The installation crew from FieldTurf pulls another piece of artificial turf carpet into position Tuesday at Gardiner Area High School’s Hoch Field in Gardiner. The girders for the new Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley building can be seen in the background. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Maranacook’s CJ Robertson, left, trips up Mt. Ararat’s Kaiden Getchell on a long running play during a football game Friday, Oct. 15, in Readfield. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

The boys compete in the Mountain Valley Conference cross-country championships Saturday, Oct. 16, at the University of Maine at Augusta. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Cony receiver Ashton Dennett turns toward what became an incomplete pass during the first football game on the new turf field Saturday, Oct. 16, at Fuller Field in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Freeport High School football players warm up in the headlights of a Winthrop police cruiser Friday night, Oct. 15, at Maxwell Field in Winthrop. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Ken Eisen walks his dog as he turns from Main Street to Silver Street in downtown Waterville on Wednesday. Michael G. Seamans

Briana Erb, owner of Rustic Root Kennels, comforts her son Lochlan, 13, on Thursday as the pair walk through the charred remains of the kennel in Starks. Briana Erb said a fire swept over her kennel, office and shop about 5 a.m. Wednesday. The fire killed seven dogs. Lochlan’s hound dog and two cows were also killed. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A person strolling along the Kennebec River Rail Trail stops Wednesday to photograph fall foliage reflections in the Kennebec River near downtown Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Skateboarder Dan Chase, 24, of Montville, performs a trick during the Capitol City Jam, a competition held at the Augusta Skatepark on Sunday, Oct. 17. About 20 skaters from 7 to 30 years of age competed for cash prizes, skateboards and gear during the event. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Yang Fan, left, helps Heather Stone, right, unload pumpkins from her pickup truck Wednesday at the George J. Mitchell School in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel