Officer Tom Murphy of the Lewiston Police Department speaks Aug. 21 with a family during the Maine State Bicentennial Parade. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Matty Sanborn kisses Kayla Frye at the end of their wedding ceremony Aug. 27 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. They decided to be married on the weekend of the Oxford 250, two years after meeting at the race. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Chad Noble, 14, of Harrison tries a “manual” skateboard trick Aug. 24 over a picnic table at the Oxford Hills Skate Park in South Paris. Noble says he has been skateboarding for more than four years and loves how there is always something new to learn. “You can never be at your peak,” he says. “You can always push yourself further.” A “manual” is a trick where the rider balances on a skateboard’s back two wheels while rolling. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Ayesha Hall, social emotional learning and equity resource coordinator for the Lewiston Public Schools, hands out free T-shirts on Aug. 25 to students and parents at a Back 2 School Youth Fair in Kennedy Park. Hodan Noon of Lewiston, right, picks up one of the more than 500 T-shirts distributed to the crowd. Music, games and giveaways are part of the fair. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Race car fans, from left, Wayne Korpi and Howard Carroll of Avon, Nat Hart of Hamilton, Massachusetts, and Moe Beaudry, formerly of Auburn and now of Vassalboro, find the shade next to Beaudry’s motor home Aug. 25 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. The retirees are camping before Sunday’s Oxford 250 and say watching a good race is a priority. Carroll says he will be cheering for Ben Ashline, while Korpi is pulling for Bubba Pollard. Korpi says he does not have a home base because he travels around the country in a camper to watch car races. “I go wherever the hell I want to go,” he says. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

First-grade teacher Patti Dube organizes children’s books Aug. 24 at her classroom at Farwell Elementary School in Lewiston. “I am so ready to go back,” she says. “To be able to sit on the floor with my kids, rather than in separate groups. I miss that so much. For me, school is not just a place to learn, but a place to share your thoughts — perhaps about their karate class or T-ball game.” Dube says she worked 12-to-15 hours a day last school year, “So this summer,” she says, “I did not do anything. I needed that time to recharge.” The first day of school is Wednesday. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Dominic Giampaolo of Lewiston, front center, competes Aug. 22 during the Scarborough Crit Series in Scarborough. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

After a car from the Maine Classic Car Museum stalls Aug. 21 during the Maine State Bicentennial Parade in Lewiston, many from the crowd jump into action to help push it aside. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

William Johnson, foreground, laughs Aug. 22 as Hope Telow stomps on her waterslide to make the water squirt higher as they play in Hope’s backyard in Auburn. The two are best friends and neighbors, according to their mothers, were are sitting nearby. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal