Gardiner firefighter Josh Webb lowers a gurney with a mannequin from the roof of the department's station Wednesday during a training for the agency. Firefighters practiced ladder rescue and rope techniques with instructors from Tri County Training Association LLC.
Ford Stevenson rakes a greenhouse at his family's farm Tuesday in Wayne. The retired produce and strawberry farmer said the seeds he hoped to recover from the soil is all he cultivates. "My last big crop is sunflowers," he remarked.
Oak Hill's Adelle Surette tries to make a play at short during a Mountain Valley Conference softball game against Madison on Monday in Wales.
Sen. Scott Cyrway, R-Albion, speaks during debate on L.D. 820, "An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine", on Tuesday in the Senate chamber of the Maine State House in Augusta.
The gallery was full of opponents wearing light blue clothes during Tuesdays debate on a bill to provide insurance coverage for abortions in Maine.
Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville, speaks during debate on L.D. 798 on Tuesday in the Senate chamber of the Maine State House in Augusta.
Janet Raymond, of Sidney, left, hands a card opposing L.D. 820 to Sen. Scott Cyrway, R-Oakland, before the session on Tuesday in the hallway outside the Senate chamber of the Maine State House in Augusta. The hallway was crowded with people expressing opinion about L.D. 798 on vaccinations and L.D. 820 about taxpayer funding for abortions.
Before the session started, Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, walks past people holding signs about L.D. 798 on Tuesday in the hallway outside the Senate chamber of the Maine State House in Augusta. The hallway was crowded with people expressing opinion about L.D. 798 on vaccinations and L.D. 820 about taxpayer funding for abortions.
Lauren Bolduc, left, McKenna Bernier, Angela Bolduc and Lauren Bolduc cheer after Audrey Bolduc had a good performance on the bars during gymnastics meet on Saturday in the Rist and Joy Bonnefond Ice Arena at Kents Hill School in Readfield.
Waterville's Abby Harrington competes on the beam during gymnastics meet on Saturday in the Rist and Joy Bonnefond Ice Arena at Kents Hill School in Readfield.
A Clinton police officer stands on Wednesday beside Tyrone Fleurimont, 31, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, whom police arrested at the Four Paws Only business on River Road in Benton.
Messalonskee's Mitchell Grant fields a late throw as Mt. Ararat's Austin Damon slides into third base during game on Monday in Waterville.
A bald eagle emerges from the Kennebec River with a fish Thursday in Pittston. Ospreys and eagles are descending upon the river as alewives commence migrating to the river's headwaters.
Brianna Fleet wipes a tear away Saturday as her fellow graduates note the death of her father the night before her graduation at Unity College.
George Smith shakes hands with University of Maine at Augusta President Rebecca Wyke after receiving the Distinguished Achievement Award on Saturday during UMA's commencement ceremony at the Augusta Civic Center.
Jessica Blake waves to the audience Saturday while she marches into the University of Maine at Augusta commencement ceremony at the Augusta Civic Center.
Travis Mills waits for Unity College's graduation Saturday in the wings of the Collaborative Learning Center at Unity College, with Unity College President Melik Peter Khoury, right foreground, in Unity. Mills received an honorary doctorate in sustainability science during the college's commencement ceremony.
Local & State 
