Raeanna Gormatov wraps colorful tinsel around a pole on Tuesday afternoon inside the front window of Lisa’s Legit Burritos on Water Street in downtown Gardiner.

Herbert Wave burns brush on a cool and sunny Thursday afternoon near his Winthrop home.

City worker Andy Chavarie strings holiday lights on a tree Thursday afternoon in Augusta Waterfront Park. Chavarie and and a coworker were putting almost 3,000 lights on several trees near the gazebo alongside the Kennebec River.

Gardiner city worker Pat Chadwick rakes leaves towards tube that sucks them into a truck on Wednesday afternoon. He was part of a crew cleaning up leaves on the Gardiner Common.

Shirley Chen, of Fairfield Center, who served as an Army private first class from 1979 to 1981, left, and Ruth Marshall Gilmore, of South China, who served as a sergeant in the Marine Corps from 1954-56, chat after the ceremony to present a commemorative silver coin to Maine women veterans on Friday afternoon in the Chapel at at the VA Healthcare Systems Maine Medical Center – Togus.

Shirley Chen, of Fairfield Center, who served as an Army private first class from 1979 to 1981, left, and Ruth Marshall Gilmore, of South China, who served as a sergeant in the Marine Corps from 1954-56, chat after the ceremony to present a commemorative silver coin to Maine women veterans on Friday afternoon in the Chapel at at the VA Healthcare Systems Maine Medical Center – Togus.

Sedona Kmen paints a pumpkin during Halloween events on Wednesday afternoon at the Gardiner Farmers Market on the Common. Besides the the usual market stalls, there were face painting and games for the holiday.

Jerry Maschino works on getting his boat Explorer ready for winter storage on Friday afternoon near his Gardiner. He said that she was built in Stonington in 1949 and had been moored over the summer in the nearby Kennebec River.

Hallee McCarthy, 3, left, leads her sisters Chloe, 4, right, and Taylor, 3 center, as the three girls from West Gardiner, walk down Water Street on Friday afternoon in downtown Gardiner. Hundreds of people were trick or treating at businesses on the street before a parade and costume were held.

Workers paint trim and install siding on Thursday afternoon at the new Kennebec Savings Bank branch being built at the corner of Northern and Maine avenues in Farmingdale. The new building is designed to resemble the 1826 mansion that was removed earlier this year.