Memories of a Maine summer. With all the snow we’ve received in the past 10 days, our publisher thought this photo he took last summer might give our readers some semblance of hope that, yes, summer is coming. Courtesy of A.R. Tandy Two feet and rising. After receiving about two feet of snow this week, the Midcoast is buried. Road crews and others have been busy day and night moving the massive piles of snow. Motorists and pedestrians are urged to be cautious, especially at stop signs, as mounds of snow are blocking visibility. Here, at the intersection of Hardwick and Pension Ridge roads in Boothbay, the stop sign is just barely visible as the snow wound down on Monday afternoon. More snow was due to arrive Wednesday night into Thursday morning. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register Dan Welch, principal at Boothbay Region High School, helps hold a mock check for $1,900 that First National Bank employees Megan Plourde, center, who works in the Boothbay Harbor branch, and Chelsea Taylor, who works at the Damariscotta branch, presented to the school through The First’s First Hoop program. This was the 12th season of First Hoop which has provided over $151,000 to local participating schools. The program began in the 2005/2006 season with just four schools and has grown to nine – Boothbay Region High School, Lincoln Academy, Medomak Valley, Oceanside, Ellsworth High School, George Stevens Academy, MDI High School, Calais High School and Shead. First Hoop is a brand visibility/community involvement program and a team and fan participation program that awards event-triggered cash donations and prizes at each participating high school’s home basketball games. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Elliot comes to the end of the path at his home in Edgecomb on Feb. 14. SUZI THAYER/Boothbay Register By hand and machine, Tuesday was cleanup day after the blizzard. Late morning, Blinn LeBourdais shovels snow away from his West Alna Road, Wiscasset mailbox. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper An Ames True Value employee moves snow on one end of the parking lot at the Route One, Wiscasset business Tuesday. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Tracy Hall, Shirley Bernier and Peter Havas rehearse a scene in “On Golden Pond,” opening Friday in the Curtis Room of the Chocolate Church Arts Center. Directed by Thom Watson, the show run and curtain times are 7 p.m. Feb. 17 & 18, 24 & 25 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 19 & 26. The CCAC is located at 804 Washington Street in Bath. Tickets: 207-442-8455 or www.chocolatechurcharts.org. Courtesy photo Ryan and Abbie Clark of Edgecomb spend every weekend ice fishing with their family. Here they show their catch, a 20-inch rainbow trout. Their uncle, David Murray (see below), spends just as much time fishing with his boys. Here he holds his catch, a 23 and 1/4 inch rainbow trout. Courtesy of Debbie Graves David Murray Hadley Angell and Oliver Lebeau take advantage of the sunshine and the piles of snow in Edgecomb on Feb. 14. SUZI THAYER/Boothbay Register On Saturday, Feb. 11, Ciara Pitcher, a Boothbay Region High School freshman, successfully competed at the Department of Maine’s Oratorical contest at Thomas College. She was one of six contestants, all of whom competed well. While she did not win the contest, she gave an outstanding speech first on the First Amendment of the Constitution and then on the 17th Amendment, said American Legion Post Commander David Patch. The requirement for the first speech on the Constitution was required to be between eight and 10 minutes. Her speech which addressed citizen’s responsibility was 8:29. The time required for the second speech was three to five minutes. Her speech was 3:28. This contest is open to all high school students, grades 9 through 12. We look forward to her competing again next year, said Patch. Courtesy photo The Boothbay YMCA Dolphins swim team had two swimmers invited to swim in the Maine YMCA All Star meet on Feb. 5 at Bates College. Graham Harris, left, and Rowan Kristan, both 14, swam for the South team. Harris swam in two individual events and a relay. Kristan swam in one individual event and a relay. Both had best times in their individual events. They swam in the 13-14 boys 200 freestyle relay which took first place after a nail-biting finish. Courtesy of Heather Hills