SNAPSHOT: Raking up autumn

There are still leaves up on the branches, as Megan Hopkin rakes up a hilly yard on Saturday in Hallowell.

SNAPSHOT: Saluting those who served

SALUTING THOSE WHO SERVED: Navy veterans Patricia Marvin, of East Winthrop, front, and Richard Duncan, of Augusta, sing the national anthem during the Veterans Day lunch Thursday at the Cohen Center in Hallowell. The center served a total of 230 lunches, 97 of them to veterans, according to center coordinator Maggie Tardiff. There were 19 […]

SNAPSHOT: Motorcycle Memorial

MOTORCYCLE MEMORIAL: About 40 motorcyclists arrive for the Memorial Mass of Christian burial for Simone M. Duplessis on Wednesday morning at St. Augustine Church in Augusta. The group — with members of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and the Harley Owners Group Mid-Maine Chapter — met up and rode in from Lewiston in honor of […]

SNAPSHOT: First vote

Gov. Paul LePage walks out of the polling booth on Tuesday morning at Augusta City Hall. LePage, who moved to the Blaine House in Augusta when he won last year’s election, voted for the first time in his new city.

SNAPSHOT: Free to breathe

FREE TO BREATHE: People walk down Water Street during third annual Free to Breathe Walk Saturday in Augusta.They were on a 1.6-mile loop that began and ended at Augusta City Center. About 250 people walked in the event and raised $30,000 to benefit the National Lung Cancer Partnership’s research, education and awareness programs.  

SNAPSHOT: Steeple People

STEEPLE PEOPLE: A crane lifts the steeple off Cox Memorial Methodist Church in Hallowell Friday morning. Steeplewright Robert Hanscom and a crew from Cote Crane Services removed the old steeple of the church at the corner of Central and Middle streets. Hanscom was hired to build a replacement, to be installed next year.

SNAPSHOT: 105 Years Young

105 YEARS YOUNG: MaryAnne Berube, left, chats with staffer Darcey Botbyl during a party for her 105th birthday on Thursday at the Capt. Lewis Residence in Farmingdale. Berube was born in Waterville, grew up in Winslow, where she was the 11th of 15 children. She raised three children in Auburn and moved to Farmingdale about […]

Dropping eggs — and knowledge

SNAPSHOT: A Gift for the Children

A GIFT FOR THE CHILDREN: Dan Connolly, left, and Glenn Murphy load up cases of backpacks and food from the Feed The Children that were given for home-schooled children’s use Friday afternoon at the E.J. Prescott office in Gardiner. Connolly, a Gardiner Area High School guidance counselor, said they were distributing 960 backpacks that were […]

SNAPSHOT: Touching up history in Augusta

FINISHING UP: Anthony Tafuri, of Pro Point Restoration, paints on chemicals and uses a torch to add a patina to the recently cleaned plaques on the Civil War monuments Tuesday in Augusta’s Memorial Circle. Pro Point, a company from Pittsfield, N.H., has been working for about a month on repointing the stones and cleaning and […]