Rabbi Erica Asch, of Temple Beth El in Augusta, speaks Wednesday during the Hallowell United Rally in Granite City Park in Hallowell. The rally was prompted by an incident at a recent City Council meeting where anonymous individuals joined remotely via Zoom and spouted racist, homophobic and antisemitic comments. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Messalonskee’s Jack Kinney (10) defends against Cony receiver Parker Sergent during a football game on Friday, Sept. 15, in Oakland. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Workers from The Cote Corp. of Auburn adjust jacks Wednesday as they move the boiler section of the Lion locomotive at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. The steam engine, among the oldest surviving American-built railroad engines, is being moved as part of the museum’s ongoing $45.4 million renovation project. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Carroll Ayer and Maurice walk in a park in front of The Olde Federal Building on Saturday, Sept. 16, in downtown Augusta. They didn’t let the wind and rain from post tropical cyclone Lee interrupt their daily routine of several walks a day. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Jeremy Blaiklock hangs a sign for a baked bean booth Tuesday while he and George Sergeant, bottom right, set up for the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Trent Roy, 10, and his grandfather, Steve Fortin, 65, are shown Sunday, Sept. 17, with Trent’s 1947 Allis-Chalmers Model C tractor at a shop in Anson. The tractor was given to Trent by Sonny Peare, 85, of Canaan. Fortin has helped the boy develop an interest in tractors and motors. They began riding garden tractors together when Trent was 5. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Cony’s Judah Bickford, tries to stop Gardiner’s Kian Alves before he scores the Tigers’ fifth goal during a boys soccer game Thursday in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Lynden Breen, left, slips a shot past a goalie during a University of Maine men’s hockey practice Wednesday at Alfond Arena in Orono. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Nokomis Regional High School students cross Low’s Bridge over the Piscataquis River while fly-fishing in Guilford on Monday, Sept. 18. The students are part of an interdisciplinary English course on fly-fishing. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Gardiner and Falmouth coaches and captains meet with officials before a football game at Hoch Field in Gardiner on Friday, Sept. 15. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal