Arianna Sawyer, 2, right, watches her sister Aliyah, 5, fill her umbrella and dump it on her head while playing in a sprinkler in their front yard in Lewiston with their neighbor, Sophia Barnaby, 3. Their moms are best friends and were sitting in the shade watching their daughters cool off in Friday morning’s rising heat.
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