SNAPSHOT: Smoldering snowmobile

Firefighter Jim Lane examines the smoking remains of a snowmobile that burned in Fairfield on Thursday. Owner Justin Bouchard said he had done some recent work on head gaskets on the Arctic Cat and took it out for a ride. “It started up real easy and while I was running it, I saw smoke and flames and jumped off,” Bouchard said.

STILL LIFE: Cleaning the sheet

SNAPSHOT: Fishing fun

Rob Liberty of Fairfield checks one of his ice traps as his son, Connor, skates to him holding a fish he caught Sunday on Messalonskee Lake in Oakland. Rob Liberty said the ice was nearly five inches deep. “This (fishing) beats sitting on the couch,” he said.

In Thorndike, gutted church doesn’t deter congregation

THORNDIKE — The fire that destroyed the Thorndike Congregational Church did not stop the parishioners from having Sunday services.

Church members reaffirm desire to rebuild after fire

THORNDIKE — The fire that destroyed the Thorndike Congregational Church did not stop the parishioners from holding Sunday services.

Blaze leaves Thorndike church in ruins

THORNDIKE — The century-old Thorndike Congregational Church was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, and trustees say they will rebuild.

Thorndike church destroyed by fire

THORNDIKE — The century-old Thorndike Congregational Church was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, and trustees say they will rebuild.

SNAPSHOT: Seeing red

Harlan Benner carries a poinsettia plant through rows of flowers Wednesday at Sunset Flowerland in Fairfield Center. Benner said the greenhouse grew 6,700 plants and 15 varieties of poinsettias this season.

Salvation Army needs bell help

WATERVILLE — The Salvation Army could use a hand this holiday season. Many hands, especially ones attached to tiny red bells.

SNAPSHOT: Salvage and repair

Justin Smith throws burned lumber off the second floor of a home on Weston Avenue in Madison on Wednesday. The house sustained serious damage in an arson fire set Nov. 30, 2010. Co-owner Alan Ward said the house will be rebuilt after salvage work is complete and will be smaller. Ward did not know when the house will be finished.