Alex Kale, left, and Jeff Trask cut the stems of pumpkins Monday in a patch at the Stevenson Farm in Wayne. Self-service picking will begin on Tucker Road on Saturday, farmer Tom Stevenson said, with the gourd available for harvest every weekend through the end of October.
Kalli-Mae Hand gets a french fry Tuesday from her father Edward at the Farmington Fair. The fair runs daily through Saturday and features food, midway rides, livestock competition, agriculture displays and pari-mutuel races and exhibits from 9 am to 9 pm.
Resident farmer Carole Mapes clears water lines Monday in one of the gardens so livestock can plow the spot this weekend for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association 41st annual Common Ground Country Fair in Unity. The fair runs Friday through Sunday.
Department of Environmental Protection Division of Response Services staffer Robert Williams, center, tosses the line from a containment boom to a co-worker on shore on Tuesday during a training exercise in the Kennebec River off Swan Island.
Cony receiver Jordan Roddy runs along the sidelines for a touchdown on a long pass play to put the Rams up 6-0 over Brunswick in first quarter of a Pine Tree Conference Class B game Friday night at Alumni Field in Augusta.
Alfred Tuttle of Madison gives Mary Lane a ride Saturday on his 2003 Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide in Augusta. Donations from the event go to Gold Star families in Maine.
A Gardiner youth football player hits a pad during practice Wednesday in Gardiner.
Ken MacMaster, left, with the state fire marshal's office, speaks with firefighters Monday outside the home at 231 Lakeview Drive in China that was destroyed by fire.
Frank Appunn of Maine InfraGard Members Alliance was one of the speakers during the Maine Cyber Security Safety Summit held Wedneday at Thomas College in Waterville.
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