Caitlyn Denico, left, and Karla Vannah, both veterans and students at the University of Maine at Augusta, hold flags Wednesday during UMA’s 9/11 Day of Remembrance, 23rd Year of Commemoration. Also shown in the background from left are Susan Baker, a retired UMA faculty member and Jason Baker, a veteran, with his girlfriend, Jessica Lando of Augusta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Gardiner players Zach Reed, left, and Logan Cote go for a header during during Thursday’s boys soccer game in Gardiner. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

A young witch with a broomstick walks Sunday, Sept. 8, in front of Renys at 185 Water St. in downtown Gardiner. Eliana Geronimo, 5, is test-flying the costume she selected with her mother, Michelle, right, while shopping with their friend, Alize Blas, left. The Lewiston residents say garden cleanup tools and Halloween decorations at Renys and other stores are harbingers of fall’s arrival. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Belfast’s Allison Friel, left, tries to pass ball past Gardiner defender Gabi Sousa during Tuesday’s field hockey game in Gardiner. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Eric Boyd splits wood at his farmhouse in Monmouth on Sunday, Sept. 8. Boyd says he anticipates burning eight cords of wood this winter in the wood-fired boiler that is his house’s primary source of heat. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Reece Tyler tosses a putting disc toward the basket Wednesday during a special physical education class at Winthrop Middle School. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Brenda Butler hurls a horseshoe on Saturday, Sept. 7, during a match on the front lawn of her grandfather’s Monmouth home. Brenda pitched with her cousin and siblings during earlier matches beneath clear blue skies. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Cony, left, and Messalonskee team members watch as the referee flips the coin before a football game kicked off Friday, Sept. 6, in Oakland. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Lawrence’s Colton Carter looks for a sack on Gardiner quarterback Asher Nagy during a football game Friday, Sept. 6, in Fairfield. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Fall colors are starting to faintly emerge from trees near where a man fishes on China Lake on Thursday. According to MaineFoliage.com, all of the state remains in “very low” foliage conditions this week. Northern Maine is expected to reach peak foliage conditions the last week of September and the rest of the state by id-October. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Winnie Grote, 3, and her mother, Arla Casselman, of Warren, explore during the Maine State Beekeepers Association Bee Fest on Sunday, Sept. 8, at Viles Arboretum at in Augusta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel