“Light Sentinels,” a public art installation consisting of 10 towering, flower-inspired sculptures, is scheduled to stand through the end of October at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. The installation is the work of artists from Skunk Control, an Australia-based creative team and the 2024 award recipient of Waterville Creates’ Call for Proposals for Temporary Public Art. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

A tractor pulls a hay baler on Friday, July 5, over a row of hay on a farm in Sidney. The baler makes round bales, like those in the distance. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Melissa Boynton takes down an item for a customer on Saturday, July 6, in the Endless Creations booth at the Readfield Union Meeting House Craft Fair in Readfield. Boynton is working at her daughter’s booth as a part of a fundraiser on the lawn of the historic building that’s under renovations. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Kayakers and paddleboarders participating in the Rivers For Change trip Tuesday take off from the Oosoola Park boat launch on the Kennebec River in Norridgewock. Sea kayaks, canoes and paddleboards are used on the trip to Skowhegan. Three team members began the six-day trip at the headwater of the Kennebec River at Moosehead Lake. The team plans to complete the 175-mile trip at Popham Beach, said team member Jessica Sterling. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Ornithologist Will Broussard, right, leads a bird walk on Saturday, July 6, at the Green Point Wildlife Management Area in Dresden. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Ricky Jones watches his ball at hole 11 during the second day of the Maine Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Purpoodock Club in Cape Elizabeth. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Cruze Da Costa of Rockland carries a snack on Sunday, July 7, as his mother, Leslie Sison, follows at the Union Fair/Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival in Union. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Hillary Arsenault of North Anson sprays her Swiss Holstein steers Truex and Junior before competing with them on Sunday, July 7, in the Steer & Oxen Show at the Union Fair/Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival in Union. Arsenault said she was spraying the animals with water to keep them cool. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Skowhegan 10U first base Coach Clark fist-bumps Colton Pelotte after Pelotte hit a single against Andy Valley during a state tournament baseball game Tuesday in Skowhegan. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel