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Jared Goulette, also called The Color Wizard, begins spray painting May 5 on the third part of a three-sided mural on the wall of the Consolidated Communications building facing the municipal parking lot next to 66 Ash St. in Lewiston. Before beginning, he painted the wall white and added a “doodle grid.” The doodles are an underlying layer that guides the scale and location of each aspect of the preliminary mural design. There is another pair of eyes on the other side of the building that he painted last spring. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Prince of Peace Parish facilities manager Jim Begin and maintenance worker Thomas Hattrup remove ladders after installing the papal bunting May 8 around the main entrance of the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul at 122 Ash St. in Lewiston in honor of the announcement of a new pope. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Richard F. Roy Jr., right, watches a pedestrian walk around a puddle May 5 on Chestnut Street in Lewiston. “I don’t mind this weather; it’s better than snow. Plus the birds and the flowers and trees like it. It also helps me get my mom out of the house,” he said. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A mallard duck flies May 5 over the Androscoggin River as it cascades over Great Falls between Lewiston and Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Dave Quimby from Nickerson & O’Day Inc. prepares May 8 to remove the supports a Cote Crane & Rigging crane used to lift the new bell tower into place on top of the former Monmouth Academy on Academy Road, across the street from the high school. In partnership with the town and the Monmouth Academy Rebuilding Committee, the former school’s bell tower was rebuilt. It was a major milestone in the restoration of the building that will become a multifunction facility for the town and private use. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Firefighters hose down a tractor-trailer May 7 in front of Northeast Firearms at 868 Auburn Road (Route 4) in Turner after it and a pickup truck, right, collided. Law enforcement officials on scene said there were no serious injuries in the crash. 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...

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