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Shayne Berg, 9, sings the Mariah Carey song “Emotions” on June 5 as Oren Stevens cheers prior to the start of the Celebratory March at Tree Street Youth at 144 Howe St. in Lewiston. Berg, a fifth grader at Montello Elementary School in Lewiston, says he has been coming to Tree Street Youth since he was 4. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Fourth grade teacher Karen Letourneau fills students’ buckets with water June 6 during the annual field day at Sherwood Heights Elementary School at 32 Sherwood Drive in Auburn. Letourneau is overseeing the water relay. Other activities include outside games, pies in the face, reading challenge acknowledgement and the end-of-year awards. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Taylor Takatsu (14) of Gardiner Area High School is congratulated by her teammates June 6 after hitting a home run against Leavitt Area High School during a Class B South quarterfinal softball game in Turner. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Dana Lesko, an intern from Winthrop, prunes grapevines June 5 at WillowsAwake Winery at 10 Leeds Junction Road in Leeds. Removing some of the leaves and shoots at various stages of growth helps control yield and improve the quality of the fruit. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Pindi Panda takes a photograph June 4 of one of his friends, Jose Celestino, next to the Angolan flag, before their adult education graduation at Lewiston High School. Panda and Celestino came to America from Angola two years ago and enrolled at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Cole, left, and Mal Taylor of Lewiston play Wavelength for the first time June 3 at Forage Market at 180 Lisbon St. in downtown Lewiston. The market is hosting Queer Board Game Night during Great Falls Pride, a week of 14 community events. Forage is providing free focaccia and drinks. “It’s our contribution to Pride Week,” Phoebe Abner, the cafe’s manager, says. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Great Falls Pride kicks off Pride Week with a parade June 2 from Great Falls Plaza in Auburn to Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Each day of the week features a queer-friendly event, including kickball, a wine tasting, a printmaking class, storytelling and a queer Dungeons & Dragons tournament. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Chartreuse, a former preschool teacher, reads aloud June 1 at Drag Queen Story Hour at Quiet City Books at 124 Lisbon St. in Lewiston. Chartreuse is reading “Ho’onani: Hula Warrior,” a story of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawaii who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe. June 1 marked the first day of Great Falls Pride Week in Lewiston, which recognizes and celebrates members of the LGBTQ community. 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...

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....

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...