Justin Rollins, left, his father, Buddy, center, and brother, Billy, blow leaves into a pile after cleaning a lawn Thursday in Hallowell. The crew from Rollins Yard Care, of Sidney, said they are already busy removing the remnants of fall. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Deputy Clerk Lisa Klein, center, reaches into the ballot box Saturday, March 26, while tabulating handwritten ballots during the annual Town Meeting at James Bean School in Sidney. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Judy Dunn, left, and Barbara Gilman arrange squares for a quilt they are stitching on Tuesday with other residents of Vienna at the community’s Mill Stream Grange. The quilt, which is being assembled at the weekly gathering of the sewing and crafts group, is to be sold at raffle after being displayed at the Farmington Fair, to raise funds for the grange. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

A helicopter flies Tuesday as part of the search for a missing 36-year-old man above the Sebasticook River in Clinton. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Artist Mikayla Carr paints stonework that is part of the set of “Tuck Everlasting, The Musical” on Thursday at the Waterville Opera House. Carr said she was using brown paint to add depth to mossy areas of the pond, which is lit from below. The production opens Friday and runs through April 10. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Taking a break from knitting a hat, Steph Grant holds up her card to vote Saturday, March 26, during the annual Town Meeting in the Knox County town of Washington at Prescott Memorial School. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

A worker moves through the walkway Thursday connecting the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, left, with the Waterville Opera House in downtown Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Hall-Dale girls tennis players practice Monday, March 28, at the school’s courts in Farmingdale. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Trainer Chris Farrell, left, and client Connie Roberts look up at the clock to see how many more seconds Roberts has to hold a banded air squat during a training session Thursday at Farrell’s gym in Topsham. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Waterville track and field athlete Coltrane McRae sprints down a school hallway during the team’s first day of practice Monday, March 28. Other team members shown in the background wait their turn to run. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Dinah Wadleigh, left, tosses a three-legged toy to Cony goalie Madison Chavarie to get her warmed up during practice Wednesday on the field turf at Fuller Field in Augusta. The toy has three different colored legs and after throwing it Wadleigh called out a color for Chavarie to try to catch. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Lynn Chadwick evaporates sap during Maine Maple Sunday, March 27, at Chadwick’s Craft Spirits at 29 Chadwick Lane in Pittston. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal