The Week in Photos: Festivals, fairs and fans

The Moxie Festival parade makes its way July 9 past a stack of lobster traps on Lisbon Street in Lisbon Falls. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A crowd watches the Fist & Heel Performance Group, Bates Dance Festival students and faculty members and community members from southern and central Maine perform July 11 near Lake Andrews at Bates College in Lewiston as part of the Bates Dance Festival. For information on future public performances, see batesdancefestival.org. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

When Hannah Thompson, background, came across a spider July 13, she did not dare put her hands on the wall until Ezra Veit removed the arachnid. Thompson and Veit are painting a retaining wall on Bartlett Street in Lewiston as part of a public art project, “CITY OF US.” Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Ivy Brodmerkle is covered in juice July 15 as she enjoys a cupful of berries at the Waterford World’s Fair in North Waterford. Her family is from Florida and visiting the fair while vacationing. The fair continued Saturday and Sunday. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Dave Gay, right, of Gardiner and Elijah Perry of Litchfield check out a 1923 Ford street rod July 10 during the Moxie Festival Car Show at Beaver Park in Lisbon. Gay says the car’s owner, John Spencer, has a hard time backing up the modified vehicle because its 502-cubic-inch engine is so powerful the car just wants to jump and go. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline cheers July 10 for the Lewiston-Auburn Maples during a game at the Lewiston Armory. Gov. Janet Mills is seated to Sheline’s right. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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