A runner passes the fountain at Coburn Park in Skowhegan on Thursday. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Messalonskee’s Haven Birch, right, and the rest of the Eagles touch the carved wooden eagle as they go onto the field before a football game against Edward Little on Friday, Sept. 10, in Oakland. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Mount View safety Brock Cassidy (2) intercepts a pass intended for Waterville receiver Billy Pace (42) during a football game on Saturday in Thorndike. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

A Sacoppe Valley player makes a huge splash but doesn’t really move the ball while trying to clear it out of a puddle during a soccer game Saturday, Sept. 11, at Richmond Middle and High School. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Hampden Academy’s Natalia Charles hits the sloppy part of the course during a Friday, Sept. 10, cross-country meet at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

A dog rides through the drive-thru lane Burger King on Saturday, Sept. 11, in downtown Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A mountain biker hits the last rays of the day while riding at Quarry Road under Interstate 95 in Waterville on Thursday. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

People salute as Carson Appel plays taps to end the dedication ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 11, for the new veterans memorial in Windsor. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

New Principal Mary Paine, center, speaks and laughs Friday, Sept. 10, with student Madilynn Kindelan, left, and her sister, Makelle, and father, Zachary, after school outside Marcia Buker School in Richmond. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Landree Brock of Pittsfield feeds cows Sunday, Sept. 12, that were on exhibit during the Maine Cheese Festival in Pittsfield. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Tower trucks from Waterville and Winslow fire departments hang an American flag over the parking lot Saturday, Sept.11, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Elks Lodge in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel