The week in photos

Ky’Andra Miller, 5, gets a hug from Bar Harbor Fire Chief Matt Bartlett during a ceremony March 17 held to recognize Miller for her quick thinking in calling 911 for a sick aunt on March 3. Bar Harbor EMTs responded with aid. PHOTO BY JENNIFER OSBORN

Mr. Bucksport contestant Riley MacLeod (right) gets an assist from fellow Blues Brother Jake Gauvin (left) during his grand entrance during the 16th annual Mr. Bucksport competition Saturday night at the Bucksport High School gym. PHOTO COURTESY KARIN BOS

Chris Johnson, an active volunteer in the Bucksport area, received the Hans Honders Community Service Award at the Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards ceremony Tuesday evening. Presenting the award to him was Paula Kee. PHOTO BY CHARLES EICHACKER

After a windstorm severely damaged the greenhouse that had sheltered his lambs, farmer John Altman of David’s Folly Farm in Brooksville shows off one of his animals. He’s standing in front of a tent that now serves as a de facto shelter for the lambs and their mothers. It was loaned to Altman at no cost by Wallace Events of Ellsworth, and without it, the animals would be exposed to rain and snow and at risk of pneumonia and stunted development. PHOTO BY CHARLES EICHACKER

With just about 12 hours to go before the anticipated first harvest of Maine’s 2016 elver (glass eel) fishing season, buyer Bill Sheldon checked over his scale, tanks and computer connection to the Department of Marine Resources in his buying station located on Water Street in Ellsworth on Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO BY STEPHEN RAPPAPORT

Johannah Blackman directs actor Tim Pugliese, who plays Michael Evans in the theater’s latest production of “Dancing at Lughnasa.” PHOTO BY CHARLES EICHACKER

Dairy farmer Jane Bell (far left) of Tide Mill Farm in Edmunds and Sumner Memorial High School Principal Marianne DeRaps (center) and RSU 24 Food Service Manager Linda Mailhot (far right) were among the judges at Sumner’s Smoothie Contest on March 10. Alexandria Burns (second from left) won third for her Berry Monster while Breianna Gardner (second from right) took second for her Hawaiian Breeze. PHOTO COURTESY THE MAINE DAIRY & NUTRITION COUNCIL

Ellsworth High School boys’ basketball coach Peter Austin, left, was recognized at Monday night’s City Council meeting for recently being named the Big East Coach of the Year. Council Chairman Bob Crosthwaite presented Austin with a certificate and thanked him for his leadership during the past season. The boys team won the Northern Maine Class B regional title and made it to the state title game, where it fell to Lake Region. Crosthwaite said the team’s championship run created a wonderful spirit of camaraderie in the Ellsworth community. PHOTO BY STEVE FULLER

As part of a month-long effort to support Healthy Acadia’s 2016 Hancock County Food Drive, employees from Dead River Co.’s Ellsworth office helped “stuff the truck” Saturday with much needed food items. Nine large totes and 10 shopping carts worth of food were collected for local families in need. From left to right are Krista Marsh (coordinator), Heather Leathers and her son Kameron, Lisa Young and Amy Chase. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEAD RIVER CO.

Before the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge was completed in 1939, vehicles and people traveled between the island and the mainland on the North Deer Isle ferry, shown here docking at North Deer Isle. The steamboat wharf is visible at the right. John Scott of North Deer Isle, one of the early settlers on Eggemoggin Reach, was the first ferryman, crossing from North Deer Isle to the mainland terminal in Sargentville. His great-grandson, Charles H. Scott (1860-1939), was the last ferryman. During almost 150 years of operation, the ferry had a perfect passenger record: no injuries, no fatalities. THURLOW PITTS PHOTO