Mary Seaman paddles her kayak Oct. 4 around the island she bought recently on Lake Anasagunticook in Canton. The camp and lighthouse were completed in 1938 by Charles Ray. A new top was put onto the lighthouse in 1973. He called it “Ray’s Light” and, according to historians, the island is known as Rocky Mecca, in honor of the Rocymeka Indians, who once inhabited the area. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Mary Seaman climbs a lighthouse Oct. 4 on the island she bought recently on Lake Anasagunticook in Canton. The camp and lighthouse were completed in 1938 by Charles Ray. A new top was put onto the lighthouse in 1973. He called it “Ray’s Light” and, according to historians, the island is known as Rocky Mecca, in honor of the Rocymeka Indians, who once inhabited the area. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Gov. Janet Mills reacts to a question Oct. 6 posed by Hailey, standing, about reducing the voting age, during a visit with youth from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine at the Lewiston Armory. Seated behind Hailey: Other young questioners, from left, Josh, Viktor, Lipp and Devan. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Sara Hayden, left, Lydia Ruksznis, Elana Vennard, Julia Allen and Lia Lord-Rozeff of Wells High School line up Oct. 6 for a penalty corner during a game against Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Edward Little High School seniors celebrate Oct. 6 with the ghost of Edward Little after winning the Homecoming Spirit Week competition at the Auburn school. The class of 2023 beat the juniors, sophomores and freshmen, earning points competing in events, including a skit, scavenger hunt and “Dress Like Adam Sandler” day. The homecoming football game was Friday night and the dance Saturday evening. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Kevin Jenkins of Norway paddles Oct. 5 as he fishes on Pennesseewassee Lake in Norway. “I have had epic days here,” he says of bass and rainbow trout he has caught at the lake. “Anything that you throw out here during the months of May and June, you will get a hit on almost every cast. But the fall is good, too.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Longtime chef and Lewiston Regional Technical Center instructor Dan Caron, center, receives a hug Oct. 7 from Martine Gagne, the dining room supervisor at The Green Ladle, as others wait to congratulate Caron during an assembly at the gymnasium at Lewiston High School. Several hundred educators and others were gathered for the Maine Career and Technical Education Conference, at which Caron received a lifetime achievement award. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Randy Springer of Windham fishes from his kayak Oct. 5 for northern pike on the Androscoggin River in Turner, surrounded by near-peak foliage. “There is a kinda cult-like culture with people who fish from kayaks these days,” he says. “It’s a bit weird and I’m a little weird, so that’s probably why I’m fishing for pike. That, and they put up a really good fight.” Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal