Kaleigh Hutchinson of Oxford picks a pair of potted mums Sept. 5 at Crestholm Farm in Oxford. She was driving past and noticed the colorful greenhouse and turned around to grab these two and another pot of the quintessential fall flowers. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Paula LaPierre of Monmouth chats Sept. 9 inside the exhibition hall at the Litchfield Fair. LaPierre, the superintendent of the 4-H Exhibit Hall, has been a volunteer 4-H leader for 25 years. The fair ran through Sunday. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Shane Haskell works on his BMX bike Sept. 8 in Lewiston. “I have ridden bikes all my life,” said Haskell. “I never got in trouble if I was on my bike. The second I was not on my bike, I got in trouble, so I went back to riding bikes.” Haskell said he collects a lot of bicycles from the trash and uses their parts to fix neighborhood kids’ bikes. “I’m just passing time till my nephew gets home from school so we can go ride bikes,” said Haskell. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College first-year student Fran Miele of Dallas, Texas, attends the Sept. 6 opening convocation on the Lewiston campus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Lyn Bell of Norway heads out on Sept. 7 on Lake Pennesseewassee on his paddle board. He said he tries to get out on the lake at least once a week for his mind and body and until there is too much ice to navigate. On this trip, he brought a bucket to collect mud for a school research project his wife is working on. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lisbon goalie Levi Tibbetts reaches out to grab the ball Sept. 7 before Mt. Abram’s Charlie Pye knocks it out of his hand and into the goal during the first half of their soccer match in Lisbon. The goal was not allowed. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Joyce Mills of Gray, foreground, and several dozen others protest Sept, 7 in front of the former Gov. Paul LePage’s campaign headquarters in the former Peck Building on Main Street during a fundraiser in Lewiston. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was on hand to lend support for LePage as he attempts to win the upcoming Maine gubernatorial election against incumbent Janet Mills. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Spruce Mountain goalie Nate Holland, left, swats the ball away Sept. 9 before Oak Hill’s Cooper Spencer can get a head on the ball off a corner kick during their soccer match in Wales. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal