Golden doodle Ivy joins others including Hallowell’s Stacey Mondschein Katz, pictured with her handmade sign, during a “Love is Louder” rally Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, at Mill Park in Augusta. Ivy is held on a leash by owner Ed Seidel of Damariscotta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Carrabec’s Logan Caldwell takes a hard landing while colliding with Schenck’s Gabriel Whitehouse, right, during the eight-person boys soccer state final Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at Cony High School in Augusta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Gabriel Shepherd of G.V. Builders of Winslow takes a measurement Tuesday while replacing railings on the gazebo at the Winslow Town Office at 114 Benton Ave. The railings are being replaced with aluminum versions. The gazebo is to be painted in the spring, Shepherd says. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Penquis Valley players from left, Addison Conklin, Rylee Heal and Casey Moore celebrate with teammates after scoring a goal that put them ahead 1-0 against Madison during the eight-person girls soccer state final Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at Cony High School in Augusta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Lawrence football coach John Hersom covers positioning with his players at practice Wednesday in Fairfield. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Emma Rimes-Bowers,13, right, talks to a customer as her brother, Evan Bowers, 13, center, creates a balloon animal Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, during the Clever Kids Business Expo at Clinton Elementary School in Clinton. Rimes-Bowers also painted faces during the expo. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Lawrence celebrates after beating Cony 27-7 in the Class B North football championship Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at Charlie’s Field at The Maxwell Athletic Complex in Winthrop. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Mount Desert Island team members relish in victory after the Trojans defeated Greely 28-0 in the 8-man Large state championship game Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Bangor. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Gerry Scott and his horse Hercules stand beside a cannon Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, during the Veterans Day ceremony at Togus VA Medical Center in Chelsea. Scott, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, brought Hercules up from Saco. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Orono’s Pierce Walston runs towards the fans with the Gold Ball after the Red Riots beat Old Orchard Beach, 46-18, in the eight man Small school state championship game on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel