Art teacher Allie Bois paints a rain forest scene for an upcoming play at Pownal Elementary School. Second- and third-graders will perform “The Rumpus in the Rain Forest” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, in the school gymnasium.

Central Maine Power Co. workers remove wires from old utility poles to connect to new ones last week on South Street in Freeport. New poles were erected along the new sidewalk so they would not be in the middle, making the sidewalk more passable for pedestrians.

A bucket machine rests near a tree on the L.L. Bean campus in Freeport. Crews will be using the machines to string lights on trees across the campus, in preparation for the annual tree lighting on Nov. 18, which marks the beginning of the company’s Northern Lights celebration.