SNAPSHOT: A spirit alive and strong

Michelle Freeman, a Department of Health and Human Services caseworker, collects presents Wednesday for children in her care at the Sacred Heart Church rectory in Hallowell. State child caseworkers collected 450 gifts donated and wrapped by members of the Hallowell churches St. Matthew’s Episcopal, Old South Congregational and Sacred Heart Catholic and employees of the […]

SNAPSHOT: Towers of power

Construction workers attach an electrical conductor Tuesday to a transmission line tower being erected on Browns Island between Farmingdale and Chelsea on the Kennebec River. Two towers more than 100 feet high are being installed to replace the utility poles that previously held electrical lines spanning the river as part of Central Maine Power’s multimillion […]

SNAPSHOT: Graduation Kisses

GRADUATION KISSES: Game Warden Troy Thibodeau kisses his grandmother, Bernadette Winters, after a graduation ceremony Friday for 54 students who attended the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. Officers from state agencies, county sheriff departments, municipalities and students enrolled at Thomas College completed the four-month course in basic law enforcement. Thibodeau, 30, of Augusta, is […]

SNAPSHOT: Feeding time

Dolores Rioux fills a bird feeder on the porch of her Monmouth farmhouse Monday beneath blue skies and in temperatures in the 50s. Rioux reported she is taking full advantage of the unseasonably mild weather.  “I hope it lasts,” she said.  “I can go feed my chickens.”

SNAPSHOT: Mmmmm! Latkes!!

SNAPSHOT: Uniquely similar

Betty Caldwell discusses a piece of artwork Wednesday with her son Jim, right, as her other son, Rick, prepares to take a photo of the “8 x 10 x 80” art show on display at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell. The annual fundraiser displays 8-inch-by-10-inch work for sale by artists from a variety of media […]

SNAPSHOT: Needing some help down

Maine Department of Transportation employee John McCormack, left, climbs onto an Augusta Fire Department ladder operated by firefighter Mike Buck at the Blaine House in Augusta on Tuesday. The bucket McCormack operated became stuck — a hydraulic line on the boom truck broke — while decorating the fir tree on the lawn of the governor’s […]

SNAPSHOT: Dry run

Maine State Police cadet Niles Krech, right, seizes a shotgun Monday from a pickup operated by David Webber during a class conducted at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.  Law enforcement students enrolled at the Academy are participating in live training scenarios around the campus this week with police officers from agencies across Maine. […]

New lights in Hallowell

Hallowell Public Works employees Chris Buck, left, and Tony LaPlante unveil a new street lamp Monday on Water Street in Hallowell. City crews and electrician Rick Godbout installed four new poles and replaced 22 lights with lanterns on the sidewalk along Water Street. The LED lights are expected to provide the same illumination at half […]

SNAPSHOT: Tee time

Josh Dakin, of Jay, watches the ball Sunday after teeing off at the Cobbossee Colony Golf Course in Monmouth. Clad in shorts and a short sleeve shirt, Dakin teed off with his friends, Karen and Dave Brackett, left, and his father, Glenn, in temperatures in the 40s.