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Madison Hamner, 10, holds a lobster May 11 as her little brother, Aiden, and stepmother, Maggie, watch during the Auburn Lobster Festival at Festival Plaza. The lobsters are part of an exhibit brought to the festival by the Lobster Institute, a research and outreach center at the University of Maine that focuses on research and promoting the sustainability of American lobster fisheries in the United States and Canada. Andree Kehn/Sun JournalLogan Prior, a freshman at Edward Little High School in Auburn, cleans showcase glass May 17 at Alden M. Gayton American Legion Post 31 at 426 Washington St. N in Auburn. Thirty-six students from Marc Lepage’s and Marty Bressler’s homerooms helped American Legion members clean inside and outside during ELHS Community Service Day. “It’s a good way to give back to the veterans,” Bressler says. Other students and staff members from ELHS spread out to help more than 25 organizations throughout Lewiston and Auburn get work done during the annual day of volunteerism. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalJessie Gendron, left, and Rylee Dufour pick tulips May 16 at Chipman’s Upick Tulips at 150 Carpenter Road in Poland. Gendron and Dufour are 2023 graduates of Lewiston High School. Gendron attends Central Maine Community College and Dufour the University of Southern Maine. Tomi Chipman Ricker says she planted 20,000 tulips last fall and opened her field over Mother’s Day weekend. Chipman Ricker says cooler, cloudy days are ideal for tulips. “They blossom slower and last longer when it is not so hot,” she says. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalDan Cote, left, of The Cote Corp. and Jerry DeWitt of the L&A Veterans Council talk May 14 as renovations begin at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. The park sustained heavy damage during a December 2023 flood. The Cote Corp. plans to bring in a crane to help with the work. The Auburn-based company is volunteering its services to help repair the park. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalJayla Cocroft performs a backbend May 14 during a routine at Mary Jane’s School of Dance in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalKallista Stearns of Buckfield Junior-Senior High School dives back to first base May 13 before Sam Deblois of Leavitt Area High School can tag her out during a pickoff attempt at a game in Turner. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalMadison Dutil, right, of Leavitt Area High School slides into home May 13 before catcher Amelia Hill of Buckfield Junior-Senior High School can tag her out after a passed ball during their game in Turner. Dutil scored two runs in the Hornets’ 4-3 victory. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalAbssir Bule, left, Ibrahim Abdi and Ibrahim Muhammad listen May 16 as Ahmend Barki tells a story during the Docada Beer Abuurka 2024 (Blessing and Celebration of the 2024 Growing Season). The four men are farmers and elders who led the blessing later during the meal. Somali Bantu family farmers at the farm receive land, seeds, training and assistance. Commercial growers organize into Iskashito groups, a cooperative growing method that shares profits equitably. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...
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Andree Kehn is a staff photographer who has lived in Lewiston for the past three years and has been a Greenwood resident for 20 years, on and off. She has worked full time for the Sun Journal since 2015....
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Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...
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