The week in photos

Construction at the Bucksport Wastewater Treatment Plant remains “on budget and on time,” according to Bucksport Town Manager Susan Lessard. HVAC air handlers are now perched atop the plant’s main Headworks building, where the wastewater first enters the treatment system. PHOTO BY DAVID ROZA

George Stevens Academy students hold a demonstration in response to changes in the school’s dress code. PHOTO BY JENNIFER OSBORN

Cheesecake baker Brenda Ledezma gets inspiration for new flavors from her family. PHOTO BY JENNIFER OSBORN

This young teamster keeps an eye on her team as she puts them through their paces at the fair. PENELOPE GOODWIN PHOTO

John McCurdy took over the running of the McCurdy Smokehouse from his father, Arthur, in 1977. “These people have done a tremendous job restoring,” he said about Lubec Landmarks, which turned the surviving structure into a museum. PHOTO BY DAVID ROZA

LOOKING BACK — Located on the banks of the Penobscot River in Prospect, construction began on Fort Knox in May of 1844. After British forces invaded the Penobscot during both the American Revolution and War of 1812, the federal government recognized the need to defend the area (especially while Bangor was growing as a lumber port). Granite came from nearby Mount Waldo in Frankfort, and work began in earnest on the stone foundations and walls of the fort in 1859. Work ended a decade later with the fort still an unfinished structure. A few dozen troops were stationed at the fort during the Civil War, while 575 soldiers from Connecticut were garrisoned there during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The fort never came under attack while it was operated as a military facility. The fort is today owned by the state of Maine but leased and managed by the Friends of Fort Knox, a group that got started 25 years ago and raised money to help restore and preserve the fort. STEVE FULLER COLLECTION

Castine’s new collection and filtration plant can produce as much as 50,000 gallons of water a day. An average person, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, uses about 80 to 100 gallons a day. PHOTO BY DAVID ROZA

Bucksport’s Cam Ashey (middle) is tackled by Winslow’s Dylan Hutchinson during a preseason game on Aug. 26 in Bucksport. PHOTO BY MIKE MANDELL