Barbara Bush was remembered with a moment of silence when the Portland Sea Dogs played the Hartford Yard Goats on Wednesday.
Erica Cole listens to public comment before making a plea to Portland City Council members to stop doing business with concert promoter Alex Gray, who pleaded guilty last fall to a misdemeanor domestic violence assault on Cole, his former girlfriend.
U.S. Navy sailors prepare to lift the casket of Austin Williams across the tarmac at the Brunswick Executive Airport on Wednesday. Williams, 22, of Freeport, died April 5 while serving in the U.S. Navy in Manama, Bahrain. According to his family, he was struck by a vehicle while crossing a road with his friends.
Cole Sturgeon of Portland easily steals second base as Brendan Rodgers of Hartford has to come off the bag to handle the throw in the second inning when the Portland Sea Dogs played the Hartford Yard Goats on Tuesday at Hadlock Field.
Natalie Daigle of Yarmouth, 1, meets a chick held by Nathan Cross, an educator at Wolfe's Neck Center, during the First Time Farmers program in Freeport on Sunday, April 15, 2018. Children 3 and younger met the animals, and helped with farm chores.
The Professional bowling league tournament held at Bayside Bow in Portland. Professional Jason Belmonte, from Austrailia, takes a "selfie" with the "pin girls", local bowling fans who acted as cheerleaders at the tournament.
Kenny Haskell of Haverill, MA flies through the Cross Insurance Arena while performing on a motorbike during the Traxxas Monster Trucks Destruction Tour.
Cape Elizabeth teammates gather at home plate to celebrate a home run by Katie Bozek, center, in the fourth inning, playing softball against Leavitt.
A man crosses Pearl Street in the rain on Monday, April 16, 2018.
Zachary Louten was one of five local bowlers who took on PBA pros during a single-elimination tournament on Tuesday at Bayside Bowl. Louten did best, beating PBA opponent John Furey in one of three games. The other Mainers lost in two games.
Nicole Malpass, of Gorham, picks up cigarette butts from the street out front of Thomas Knight Park. Malpass is a member of the Coast Guard and works in South Portland. The city-wide litter clean up in celebration of Earth Day was organized by the South Portland Land Trust Program.
Unicyclist Hugh Sharp of Cape Elizabeth is reflected in a puddle at the Eastern Promenade Trail on Tuesday morning the day after heavy rains. Sharp, who was in the midst of a 20-mile ride from Cape Elizabeth to Falmouth and back, said he has been unicycling. "It's about freedom, fun and exercise," he said. "You're constantly thinking, because if you stop thinking, you fall. For me, it's living in the moment."
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