Maine Republicans rally around Sen. Susan Collins, in her emblematic red dress, during her appearance at the party's state convention in the Augusta Civic Center.
A break in the smoke reveals the engulfed Quimby family farm house in Albion as fire crews work to contain the flames..
Student Phillip Heuerman reacts with dismay after seeing his car in a flooded parking lot at the University of Maine at Farmington. The nearby Sandy River breached its banks after an early season thaw.
Clinton Police Chief Leonard Macdaid surveys a truck that was pushed about 300 yards down the railroad tracks. The driver had attempted to cross in front of the slow moving train, but misjudged its speed. The driver had minor injuries, Macdaid said.