For gardeners, it's tilling the ground anew. For beachgoers, it's the first bracing dip of the year. For anglers, it's the first bite from a striper along Maine's warming coast. And for the Press Herald's photographers, it's a little of everything as they capture spring across southern Maine.
The latest matchup is Pat Benatar at Maine State Pier in May 2015 vs. Metallica at CCCC in February 1992 vs. Eric Clapton at the Augusta Civic Center in May 1979.