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A crane hoists building materials Wednesday morning to the roof of 186 Main St. in Auburn. Great Falls Construction Inc. is building 18 market-rate apartments on the top floors. Developers are looking to fill the ground floor with a restaurant and retail shops. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Learn more: Restaurant, brewery on tap for vacant Main Street lot in Auburn

A crane hoists building materials Wednesday morning to the roof of 186 Main St. in Auburn. Great Falls Construction Inc. is building 18 market-rate apartments on the top floors. Developers are looking to fill the ground floor with a restaurant and retail shops. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Vehicles are parked Wednesday morning in front of the Picker House Lofts on Cedar Street in Lewiston. The renovated mill consists of 72 mixed-income apartments. The other parts of the former Continental Mill will eventually be converted into 377 market-rate apartments. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Learn more: A peek inside Picker House Lofts offers a look at revitalization in Lewiston

Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are  expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Learn more: First residents to move into Lewiston’s Wedgewood development in October 2024

Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Renovations are underway Wednesday at the former Camden Yarns mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River next to Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. The $13 million project will house the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor, which is moving from the Bates Mill Complex at 39 Canal St. in Lewiston. Besides the renovation, an 8,000-square-foot addition is planned. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Renovations are underway Wednesday at the former Camden Yarns mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River next to Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. The $13 million project will house the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor, which is moving from the Bates Mill Complex at 39 Canal St. in Lewiston. Besides the renovation, an 8,000-square-foot addition is planned. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Learn more: History and culture museum begins work on a new home in Lewiston

Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/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...