Sam Melland uses an upturned rake to smooth fresh dirt into a low spot on the edge of the infield at the Beaudoin Park softball diamond in Augusta on Saturday. Volunteers were working on it and Patriot Field to get them ready for the Capital Area Youth Softball Association opening day on May 2.
Members of Cony High School’s class of 1958 tour the flatirion building, which once housed the high school, in Augusta on Wednesday. It’s being renovated for senior housing.
Polly Lutte, 2, dispenses a hug Sunday to one of the 10 hens at her family’s farm in Farmingdale. Her father, Mark, said the short days during the long winter took a toll on the egg supply. “It’s turning into a chicken retirement community,” he remarked about the flock. The elder Lutte said more sunshine should generate more eggs at the farm this spring, in addition to a little TLC from his daughter.
Maine State Trooper Chris Rogers unloads a pistol recovered Wednesday from a vehicle he stopped on Interstate 95 in West Gardiner after men in another care reported that a driver in car passing them pointed a gun at them. Demitria Buhalis was arrested after the incident.
Staff photo by Joe Phelan Cony shortstop Autumn Sudsbury makes a diving catch during a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Wednesday afternoon in Augusta.
Firefighters from several communities responded to a fire that destroyed a home Friday at 131 Hunter Road in Dresden.
Gardiner High School’s Connor McGuire clears 4’6” in the high jump in the Waterville Relays at Waterville Senior High School on Thursday.
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