Starr Moretti drags groceries and other items Jan. 7 up Chestnut Street in Lewiston to deliver them to her mother’s house several blocks away. “I know it looks silly, but I just forgot my cart today,” she says. “But the snow makes it easier to drag than carry it all.” Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Rayne Berriault, left, slides down a hill Jan. 7 next to her family’s apartment on Blake Street in Lewiston. She and her sister Star, center, were using the tops of storage containers on the icy hill when Star slipped and slid backward. Their friend, Caleb Williams, right, looks for solid footing as the three enjoy a snow day away from school. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Charlie Pye of Mount Abram Regional High School races Jan. 5 down Grey Ghost ski trail at Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Caleb Dunn of Turner takes off his ice skates Jan. 4 at The Basin in Auburn. The 2017 graduate of Leavitt Area High School, now a senior at the University of Maine at Machias, says he grew up playing hockey, but now skates mainly to get to good ice fishing spots. Salmon is his fish of choice. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Zach Poisson of Mt. Blue High School, left, Chase Larrabee of Erskine Academy and Mt. Blue’s Seth Pinkham struggle for control of the ball Jan. 6 in Farmington. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Charity Sargood of the Farmington Parks & Recreation Department floods the ice skating rink Jan.6 at Hippach Field in Farmington, while chatting with Bob Richmond, who was walking by. The department aims to have the rink open Jan. 14. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Demonstrators join Resist Central Maine on Jan. 6 outside U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ office on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. Remembering the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the group is urging Collins, a Republican, to support legislation protecting voting rights. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

A crowd enjoys public skating Jan. 1 at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal