A slow start and warm weather late in the season means apples are a little behind this year but ready to be picked and many orchards, like Ricker Hill Orchards, have opened to for the public to come pick their own.

An aerial view of Bates Mill #5 and downtwon Lewiston on August 14, 2019.

There were few people on the beach and swimming on Taylor Pond in Auburn, Maine Monday afternoon August 26, 2019 at Crescent Beach except for a few stretching their summer vacation. Gianna Balestrino and her brother Xander relax after splasing around all afternoon on the last day of their vacation before heading back to start school this week in Glens Falls New York.