Photos of the week: March 17

: SMALL PAINTINGS BY Allen Fitzpatrick rest atop a bookshelf at the Brandon Public Library. Fitzpatrick relocated to Leicester after retiring from a 40-year teaching career in New Jersey. His paintings are a reminder of warmer weather ahead. They will remain on display until the end of March. Photo/Allen Fitzpatrick

: JOSH DISHAW, WHO was featured in an Addy Indy story about how he and wife Meghan were renovating their Middlebury house two springs ago, was recently seen boiling down sap from his and his neighbors’ maple trees in a homemade evaporator that appears to be fashioned from a 55-gallon drum. Is there anything this guy can’t do? Photo courtesy of Andrew L’Roe

: WHILE SOME PEDESTRIANS enjoy a stroll through Riverside Park in Middlebury’s Marble Works on a sunny Monday afternoon, this frozen fella appears to have lost his smile as warmer temps made him an endangered species. Independent photos/John S. McCright

: SAMPLE BOTTLES OF maple syrup catch the light from a window in an Addison County sugarhouse. Independent photo/Steve James

: PANTHER FRESHMAN KYLIE Quinlan and her teammates are all smiles as they skate back to their bench after Quinlan’s first goal on Saturday gave Middlebury a 1-0 lead over visiting Endicott in an NCAA quarterfinal. Independent photo/Steve James

: THE MIDDLEBURY AMATEUR Hockey Association 14U squad claimed the Vermont Tier 3 Championship on March 6, winning the title game vs. Lyndon, 3-2, in overtime, at the Memorial Sports Center in Middlebury. The members of the team are T.J. Barron, Sedona Carrara, Caleb Foster, Jaxson Heffernan, Landon Kean, David Elliot MacDonough, Adrien Malhotra, Logan McNulty, Ethan Mulcahy, Asa Root-Pratt, Sutton Rubrith and Joe Sullivan. Rick Sullivan is the head coach; he is assisted by Matthew Mulcahy and Jeffrey Pratt. The MAHA squad will compete at regional games in Massachusetts on March 18.