VIDEO: Raptor rescue in Litchfield

Gardiner firefighter Dan Freeman, left, and Game Warden Steve Allarie carry a bald eagle to a crate Wednesday night after two raptors become entangled on a tree while brawling in Litchfield.

SNAPSHOT: Wading into history

Peter Cunningham, of Gardiner, wades Vaughan Stream in Hallowell on Wednesday while searching for items that floated down the stream. The history buff found an antique hub cap that he collected.

SNAPSHOT: Bikers bowl against bullies

John Rump, right, bowls Sunday as folks dance to live music during the Strike Out Bullying Bowl-a-thon hosted by the 1-7-10 Bowling and Entertainment Center in Augusta.  The event, sponsored by the volunteer biker group Rindin’ Steel, raised several thousand dollars to donate to schools to stop bullying.

SNAPSHOT: Giving them shelter

SNAPSHOT: Spring splash

SNAPSHOT: It’s a flat, flat world

Maranacook Community High School freshmen Taylor Kubicki, left, and Austin Harris race Tuesday to place a cone atop Syria within a map loaned to the school by the National Geographic Society. The room-sized map, with meticulous geographic and political detail, was borrowed by teacher Carrie Emmerson for a week to teach elementary school students geography […]

SNAPSHOT: On spring rake

Spring rake: Cindy Hall rakes up leaves Sunday on the lawn of her Monmouth home as temperatures hover in the 70s. “This is the earliest I’ve done spring cleaning,” she said of touching up the lawn of the home she’s lived in for 30 years.

SNAPSHOT: The Great Zembroski

Kevin Zembroski, of Farmingdale, balances upon a slack line Sunday afternoon in Capitol Park in Augusta. Zembroski and his friend Carylanne Wolfington, of Hallowell, were practicing their balancing act together in temperatures in the mid-70s on one of the last days of winter.

SNAPSHOT: Net men

Fishermen lay nets Wednesday at the confluence of Togus Stream and the Kennebec River.  Commercial netters are setting up to harvest White Suckers, according to state biologists, for lobster bait on the river and streams that are clear of ice.

SNAPSHOT: Sun hound

Mike Bradley, 71, works on his tan Tuesday as his beagle maintains a vigil outside their Augusta home.  Bradley said the hound, a gift from his grandson, prefers keeping him company instead of chasing hares.