Monique LaRue, of Turner, prays after receiving ashes with her children at Wednesday's mass at Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston during on Ash Wednesday March 6, 2019. From left to right are Grace, Joseph, not seen, Elizabeth and Vanessa.
Maine's first female governor Janet Mills, center, is surrounded by female colleagues on the steps inside the capital building in Augusta February 26, 2019.
