Roseilla “Rosie” Pinkham blows out candles on her cake Wednesday while celebrating her 103rd birthday with six generations of family at her home in New Portland. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Joe Roseberry collects the mail Wednesday at his Richmond farmhouse, surrounded by 300 acres of pasture. He said he is uncertain what the future holds for his organic dairy farm in Richmond after his milk buyer, Danone North America, dropped him and 13 other organic farmers in Maine. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Workers build a walkway that connects the Paul J. Schupf Arts Center, left, with the Waterville Opera House right, during construction Tuesday in downtown Waterville. Authorities said a woman set fires at the construction site the prior night. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Evelyn and Michael McGraw stand outside their fully decorated 1891 farmhouse as decorated tractors file by Saturday, Dec. 11, during the Holiday Stroll tractor parade in Norridgewock. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Volunteer Sarah Baker looks through donated toys Tuesday while fulfilling a family’s Christmas gift requests in an empty storefront at the Marketplace at Augusta. Salvation Army officials say they have collected gifts for about 400 kids from around 300 families throughout the Augusta and Waterville areas this year. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Mckyah Pooler, a volunteer from Maine Arts Academy, slides table arrangements into the bed of a pickup truck Monday, Dec. 13, while helping with an order of 164 centerpieces at The Robin’s Nest florist in Waterville. According to The Robin’s Nest business owner Robin Samalus-Getchell, they’ve made 867 seasonal centerpieces for 13 local organizations this year. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Maine Central Institute sophomore Gianna Wilson, 15, right, rehearses Friday, Dec. 10, for the Bossov Ballet Theatre’s performance of “The Nutcracker” at the Waterville Opera House. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Clad in shorts, Tom Cote, 10, catches some air on the trampoline Thursday behind his family’s home in Monmouth as temperatures reach into the high 30s. Cote said he doesn’t need mild temperatures to bust out the knee-highs but the aerial workout prompted the attire. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Kelly Leblond, a volunteer snowmaker for Quarry Road Trails in Waterville, walks through a powerful blast of snow last Thursday, Dec. 9, as he makes around the Nordic ski trails. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Mt. Ararat/Brunswick wrestler Brycen Kowalsky, left, competes with Cony’s Mohammed Alibrahim during a meet on Wednesday in Augusta. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

The circular structure of the Mt. Abram Regional High School gymnasium stretches above D’Andre Daniels, left, as he drives the ball through Mt. Abrams defenders during basketball action in Strong on Monday, Dec. 13. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

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