Buster Potter, 92, tills the bean stalks in the garden plot next his Readfield home on Monday. Potter said the garden has yielded a good amount of produce since he started cultivating it in 1948.
Sarah Shed chops Japanese knotweed with a machete on Saturday September 21, 2019 on the edge of Kennebec River Rail Trail near Granite City Park in Hallowell. Shed and other members of the Hallowell Conservation Committee were eradicating trail side invasive plants.
Monmouth Academy 21 midfielder Anna Lewis dribbles during game on Saturday September 21, 2019 at Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale.
Gardiner's Kyle Adams, left, celebrates with George Ricker after Ricker scored to put the Tigers up 22-0 against Hampden during a Pine Tree Conference game Friday in Gardiner.
Gardiner linebacker Kyle Adams, right, knocks away a pass intended for Hampden's Jackson Thayer during a Pine Tree Conference game Friday in Gardiner.
Cony field hockey players pull on the rope on their way to beating girls soccer team in tug of war during Cony High homecoming bonfire on Wednesday September 25, 2019 in Mill Park in Augusta. The evening event had tug of war and other contests before the bonfire, made from pallets and scrap wood donated by Lowes, was torched off by the Augusta Fire Department.
Hall-Dale's KK Wills shoots and scores on Winthrop keeper Brooke Burnham during a Mountain Valley Conference game Wednesday in Winthrop.
Memorial Bridge frames an arc of water being shot out of Augusta Fire Department Engine 1 and back into Kennebec River during it's annual testing Tuesday at the East Side Boat Landing in Augusta.
Maine Central Institute's Gavin Rogers, right, battles for the ball with Winslow defender Landen Gillis during a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B game Thursday at Kennebec Savings Bank Field in Winslow.
Isaac Amos constructs the Bike Dome at the gates to the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity on Saturday.
Fall colors brighten a waterway in Skowhegan, Maine Thursday September 26, 2019.
Charlotte Manson, 20 months, rides a toy car powered by her dad, Parrish Manson, on Wednesday through downtown Waterville. The pair were en route to the indoor playground, the Play Factory.
Charles Brewster, 13, bounces on his trampoline Monday while playing with his brothers at their house off Route 137 in Winslow. Temperatures in central Maine rose into the 80s on the first day of autumn.
Conga player Lenny Hatch plays with with Primo Cubano during the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine Sunday September 22, 2019.
The Cony High School homecoming events Wednesday in Mill Park in Augusta were capped off with a bonfire.
Cony students cheer as the golf team, not seen at left, beats the boys cross country team, bottom in tug-of-war during the high school's homecoming bonfire Wednesday in Mill Park in Augusta.
Messalonskee's Bradley Condon drives on the 9th fairway during the KVAC Class A Shootout on Thursday at Brunswick Golf Club.
Head coach Dave St. Hilaire is framed in a ring being tackled by Gavin Perkins during practice Tuesday in Winthrop.
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