The Spiral Dance Collective, The River Studio’s intergenerational dance troupe, performs the third section of “Marigolds Downriver” on Saturday, April 22, at the Gardiner Landing. Earlier in the morning, the group performed as part of Earth Day events along the banks of the Kennebec River at Augusta’s Waterfront Park and Hallowell’s Granite City Park. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

A landscaper with Lakeside Landscaping spreads mulch at the Hathaway Creative Center in Waterville on Friday, April 21. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Flagger Nate Sennett waves the checkered flag at end of a 4-Cylinder Pro heat race Saturday, April 22, during the opening day at Wiscasset Speedway. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Hall-Dale second baseman Torie Tibbetts dives but misses a ball hit through the middle of infield during a Mountain Valley Conference softball game against Winthrop on Wednesday in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Shouq Alomar, 3, right, and her cousin, Ghazal Daaboul, 11, stack dominoes Sunday night, April 23, before dining at the Community Eid Potluck for Earthquake Relief at the University of Maine in Augusta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Lyn Rowden, center, and Tammy Werber, right, both with the Recycled Shakespeare Company, celebrate William Shakespeare’s 459th birthday Saturday, April 22, at Holy Cannoli on Main Street in downtown Waterville. The group was walking the downtown stopping at various locations. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Waterville Mayor Jay Coelho carries Shella Griffin’s broken laptop computer Tuesday as he assists her up the stairs at his computer repair business, You Broke It?, in downtown Waterville. Coelho has announced he will not seek a second term as mayor. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Team members Caleb Pratt, left, and Gina Bailey of Regional School Unit 54 in Skowhegan first-bump Tuesday after completing dinner plates during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta. The son and mother team have competed in the event for six years. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Winslow’s Matt Quirion, front, tags Cony baserunner Trent Hayward at third base during a game Wednesday in Winslow. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Student musicians at Waterville Senior High School join members of the Portland-based ensemble Palaver Strings as they play music Wednesday and follow one another through the auditorium at the high school. A performance followed the workshop and was attended by about 300 students in grades six through 12. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Kents Hill’s Gladstone Meadows, left, bolts out just in front of Morse runners Brett Lindsay (5) and Charlie Thelen in the 200-meter run during a track and field meet on Friday, April 21, at the Ricky Gibson Field of Dreams in Readfield. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal