Work for December

BANGOR, MAINE --12/19/2015 - Bangor's Marc Hutchins (center) leaps for a rebound against Deering's James Sinclair (left) and Manny Chikuta during their basketball game at the Red Barry Gym in Bangor Saturday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/18/2015 - Bangor celebrates after Cameron Burpee scored on Brewer during their hockey game at Sawyer Arena in Bangor Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/25/2015 - Fog rolls over downtown Bangor on Christmas morning Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

HAMPDEN, MAINE --12/15/2015 - Hampden Academy's Nick Gilpin (center) leaps for two past Bangor's Ian Nagle (right) during their basketball game at Hampden Tuesday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/03/2015 - Shane McCarthy serves wine during the Holidays at the Hill House preview for members at the Bangor Historical Society in Thursday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

HAMPDEN, MAINE --12/18/2015 - Carolyn Hopkins reads over a script at her home office in Hampden Friday. If Hopkins' voice sounds familiar to you, there's a good reason for that. The Hampden woman records voice announcements in her home studio for airports, trains and other public transportation systems around the world.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

HAMPDEN, MAINE --12/18/2015 - Carolyn Hopkins reads over a script at her home office in Hampden Friday. If Hopkins' voice sounds familiar to you, there's a good reason for that. The Hampden woman records voice announcements in her home studio for airports, trains and other public transportation systems around the world.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/16/2015 - Hannah Somers-Jones sits while her treatment happens at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor Wednesday. Somers-Jones, an accomplished flute player and MDI native, was badly injured in a Nov. 22 accident in Mattawamkeag. She is facing a long road to recovery but, despite severe injuries to her face, is aiming to play the flute again, according to her father. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/16/2015 - Hannah Somers-Jones sits while her treatment happens at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor Wednesday. Somers-Jones, an accomplished flute player and MDI native, was badly injured in a Nov. 22 accident in Mattawamkeag. She is facing a long road to recovery but, despite severe injuries to her face, is aiming to play the flute again, according to her father. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/01/2015 - Police investigate the scene at Leadbetter's at 1105 Hammond Street on Tuesday evening. Witnesses reported hearing shots fired after a male occupant of a car that had been pulled over fled towards the woods. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/01/2015 - Police place a female under arrest after searching her car at the scene at Leadbetter's at 1105 Hammond Street on Tuesday evening. Witnesses reported hearing shots fired after a male occupant of a car that had been pulled over fled towards the woods. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/01/2015 - Police ask witnesses questions at the scene at Leadbetter's at 1105 Hammond Street on Tuesday evening. Witnesses reported hearing shots fired after a male occupant of a car that had been pulled over fled towards the woods. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BLUE HILL, MAINE --12/11/2015 - Noel Paul Stookey poses for a photo at his home studio in Blue Hill Saturday. Stookey recently released a new album about Maine. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/03/2015 - Age, 18. Homeless, about a month. Most important possession, pool stick. "I've played in a tournament before with it. I've had it since I was 13." Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/03/2015 - Age, 19. Homeless, five years. Most important possession, guitar. "This belonged to my grandpa when he was at war. He gave it to me when I wanted to star playing guitar." Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/03/2015 - Age, 19. Homeless, seven years. Most important possession, running awards. "I was the best in the state at one time and third in New England. These are my prize possessions because I worked hard for them." Ashley L. Conti | BDN

CARMEL, MAINE --12/22/2015 - Wayne Scovil (left) bends down to ask Natalia Scovil, 5, what she would like to eat Tuesday in their home in Carmel. Natalia was injured by a gunshot on Oct. 30, 2013 in Bangor when she was three that left her paralyzed. She has slowly began to regain mobility to her appendages, most recently being able to move her leg. Natalia and her two siblings were adopted by her grandparents, Wayne and Joline, and became Scovils on Nov. 10. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

CARMEL, MAINE --12/22/2015 - Natalia Scovil (right), 5, jokes with brother, Jayden Scovil, 7, Tuesday in their home in Carmel. Natalia was injured by a gunshot on Oct. 30, 2013 in Bangor when she was three that left her paralyzed. She has slowly began to regain mobility to her appendages, most recently being able to move her leg. Natalia and her two siblings were adopted by her grandparents, Wayne and Joline, and became Scovils on Nov. 10. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

CARMEL, MAINE --12/22/2015 - Wayne Scovil  holds down a piece of paper so Natalia Scovil, 5, can draw a picture Tuesday in their home in Carmel. Natalia was injured by a gunshot on Oct. 30, 2013 in Bangor when she was three that left her paralyzed. She has slowly began to regain mobility to her appendages, most recently being able to move her leg. Natalia and her two siblings were adopted by her grandparents, Wayne and Joline, and became Scovils on Nov. 10. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

CARMEL, MAINE --12/22/2015 - Peyton Scovil (right), 9, gives her sister, Natalia Scovil, 5, a hug after coming home Tuesday in Carmel. Natalia was injured by a gunshot on Oct. 30, 2013 in Bangor when she was three that left her paralyzed. She has slowly began to regain mobility to her appendages, most recently being able to move her leg. Natalia and her two siblings were adopted by her grandparents, Wayne and Joline, and became Scovils on Nov. 10. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/30/2015 - Annie Moran (left), 8, and Sophie Clough, 8, laugh while sledding down the hill at Mansfield Park in Bangor Wednesday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/29/2015 - Mike Wagner (right) clears snow from the sidewalk in front of Epic Sports Tuesday during the first snow storm of the season in Bangor. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BREWER, MAINE --12/29/2015 - A woman walks her two dogs down a snow covered street in Brewer during the first snow storm of the season Tuesday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/17/2015 - Ashton Kwiatkowsky (right), 7, and Andrew Fogg, 10, battle Donovan Travers during the opening night of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the Bangor Mall Cinemas Thursday.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/17/2015 - Riley Hamel (center) looks at a screen while waiting to enter the theater during the opening night of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the Bangor Mall Cinemas Thursday.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/19/2015 - Richard Stuart (from left), Luke Pacelli, and Steve Reeder work to make dishes at Timber Kitchen and Bar in Bangor Saturday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/09/2015 - University of Maine's Till Gloger (center) goes up for two past Dartmouth's Evan Boudreaux (left) and Connor Boehm during their basketball game at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor Wednesday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --12/02/2015 - The University of Maine pep band pumps up the crowd during their basketball game against Army at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor Wednesday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

Blood trackers use dogs to try to locate injured deer

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Lindsay Ware gives her dog Gander some water while tracking a gut-wounded deer in woods in Bangor late Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton (left) and Lindsay Ware check their GPS to where they have tracked with Meggie for a gut-wounded deer.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - German Wirehaired Dachshund Meggie is held while trying to figure out a plan to track a gut-wounded deer in the woods of Bangor early Saturday.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton readies her gear to take her German Wirehaired Dachshund Meggie out to track a gut-wounded deer. Meggie took over after Lindsay Ware and her dog Gander were unable to find the deer in the tricky blood trail. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton carries a gun for protection against different animals in the woods and incase an animal they track is not dead yet and needs euthanized. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Gander tracks a scent of a gut-wounded deer through a stream with Lindsay Ware late Friday in Bangor. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton (left) and Lindsay Ware check the blood splatters to see which way it is fingering to try to determine the direction the deer may have went. Hamilton and Ware spent five plus hours trying to track a very smart deer who doubled back on its tracks.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Lindsay Ware adds a ribbon to a tree to mark where they spotted blood early Saturday in Bangor.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Lindsay Ware checks the blood splatters to see which way it is fingering to try to determine the direction the deer may have went early Saturday in Bangor. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton holds her blood-tracking German Wirehaired Dachshund Meggie while walking to the next spot to track from early Saturday in Bangor.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

Work for November

BANGOR, MAINE -- 11/24/2015 - Birds fly over a nearly full moon in downtown Bangor.

ORONO, MAINE --11/20/2015 - Oak Hill's Darryn Bailey (right) tries to dive for a pass intended for him past Maine Central Institute's Braden Monteyro during their Class D football state championship game at Alfond Stadium in Orono Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

ORONO, MAINE --11/20/2015 - Maine Central Institute's Braden Monteyro (center) flips on his head after being tackled by Oak Hill's Colby Spencer during their Class D football state championship game at Alfond Stadium in Orono Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

ORONO, MAINE --11/20/2015 - Oak Hill celebrates after Darryn Bailey intercepted a pass intended for Maine Central Institute's  Josh Buker (right) during their Class D football state championship game at Alfond Stadium in Orono Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

DEDHAM, MAINE --11/24/2015 - Susan Stone (left), volunteer at Avian Haven and Marc Payne, co-found of Avian Haven, release a female eagle at the boat launch on Phillips Lake at the end of Poplar Road in Dedham Tuesday. The adult bald eagle was hit by a car while feeding on a road kill raccoon on Route 1A in October and brought to Avian Haven. The tip of the eagle's beak was almost broken clean off, so Avian Haven cut it off and used a dremel tool to reshape the end of the beak. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

DEDHAM, MAINE --11/24/2015 - Terry Heitz searches the trees to see if he can see the female eagle that was released earlier at the boat launch on Phillips Lake at the end of Poplar Road in Dedham Tuesday. The adult bald eagle was hit by a car while feeding on a road kill raccoon on Route 1A in October and brought to Avian Haven. The tip of the eagle's beak was almost broken clean off, so Avian Haven cut it off and used a dremel tool to reshape the end of the beak. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

DEDHAM, MAINE --11/24/2015 - Susan Stone (left), volunteer at Avian Haven and Marc Payne, co-found of Avian Haven, release a female eagle at the boat launch on Phillips Lake at the end of Poplar Road in Dedham Tuesday. The adult bald eagle was hit by a car while feeding on a road kill raccoon on Route 1A in October and brought to Avian Haven. The tip of the eagle's beak was almost broken clean off, so Avian Haven cut it off and used a dremel tool to reshape the end of the beak. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

DEDHAM, MAINE --11/24/2015 - A female eagle soars through the air at the boat launch on Phillips Lake at the end of Poplar Road in Dedham Tuesday. The adult bald eagle was hit by a car while feeding on a road kill raccoon on Route 1A in October and brought to Avian Haven. The tip of the eagle's beak was almost broken clean off, so Avian Haven cut it off and used a dremel tool to reshape the end of the beak. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

OAKLAND, MAINE --11/05/2015 -  A spot in the driveway, believed to be where gunman Herman Derico took his own life is seen while Oakland Police Sgt. Jerry Haynes (left) talks with Oakland police officer Todd Burbank outside the home where three people were shot and killed on Belgrade Road in Oakland late Wednesday night. The victims have been identified by police as Amanda Bragg, 30, Amy Derosby, 28, and Michael Muzerolle, 28. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

OAKLAND, MAINE --11/05/2015 - Police tape hangs on a meter outside the home on Belgrade Road in Oakland where three people were shot and killed late Wednesday night. The gunman, identified as 42-year-old Herman Derico, was said to have taken his life. The victims have been identified by police as Amanda Bragg, 30, Amy Derosby, 28, and Michael Muzerolle, 28. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

OAKLAND, MAINE --11/05/2015 - Chris Perry (center) talks about his neighbors Thursday. Three people were shot and killed at a home on Belgrade Road in Oakland late Wednesday night. The gunman, identified as 42-year-old Herman Derico, was said to have taken his life. The victims have been identified by police as Amanda Bragg, 30, Amy Derosby, 28, and Michael Muzerolle, 28. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

OAKLAND, MAINE --11/05/2015 -  Oakland Police Sgt. Jerry Haynes patrols outside the home where three people were shot and killed on Belgrade Road in Oakland late Wednesday night. The victims have been identified by police as Amanda Bragg, 30, Amy Derosby, 28, and Michael Muzerolle, 28. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

OLD TOWN, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Old Town's TJ Crawford uses teammate Ian Gerrish (center) to avoid a tackle attempt from Foxcroft Academy's James Smith during their Class C North football semifinal game at Victory Field in Old Town Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

OLD TOWN, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Foxcroft Academy's Zachary Caron (center) breaks up a pass intended for Old Town during their Class C North football semifinal game at Victory Field in Old Town Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/11/2015 - A Shaw House resident takes a phone call while another plays a game of pool with Dianne Herring (right) at the Shaw House in Bangor Tuesday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

ORONO, MAINE --11/20/2015 - University of Maine's Dan Renouf (right) slides while clearing the puck against University of Vermont during their hockey game at Alfond Arena in Orono Saturday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

ORONO, MAINE --11/28/2015 - University of Maine's Blaine Byron (center) slips a shot past Princeton University's Colton Phinney (left) and Quin Pompi for a goal during their hockey game at Alfond Arena in Orono Saturday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN