Senior Cameron Chisholm, left, and sophomore Brandon Tapley work March 24 on restoring a replica of the Turner Centre Creamery at Leavitt Area High School in Turner. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A giant sandpit across from Gracelawn Road in Auburn, bottom, is photographed March 23. A recent change to the watershed boundary has paved the way for development at the site. A former landfill can be seen at far right middle, and Lakeview softball fields can be seen at bottom right. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a closer view of the area. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Todd Gaudette of Lewiston, who usually walks four times a day around Lake Andrews at Bates College in Lewiston, takes a break March 25. “After a tumultuous day yesterday and a cold and rainy morning, I was tired and decided to stop and rest in the warm sun,” he says. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Jared Deschene takes samples and inventories materials March 22 that are needed for reconstruction of a cupola on the building at the corner of Pine and Pierce streets in Lewiston. “It’s like being on a boat,” Deschene says as the manlift sways in the gusting wind. Deschene is a carpenter for Hebert Construction, which is renovating the historic building. At right on roof is Mike Hebert, who takes notes and a sample of the slate from the roof that he believes came from Monson. The company is working with the Androscoggin Historical Society and Choice Neighborhoods Project to renovate the building that was damaged in a 2013 fire. It is part of a major renovation and building project in the downtown area. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

John Morrison of Auburn fires up his 1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee on March 22 in Auburn. “First time bringing it out this year,” he says. The engine produces about 700 horsepower. Morrison says he races the supercharged muscle car occasionally at the New Oxford Dragway in Oxford. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Oakland Vallieres, center, records information with his tablet computer March 21 while third grade teacher Tara Knight pulls a tap from a maple tree at Walton Elementary School in Auburn. The classroom was moved outside, where teachers designed lessons around the maple syrup-making process. Students tapped four maple trees on the school’s front lawn and collected the sap for Ben Lavigne of Auburn to boil into syrup. The students later shared more than a gallon of maple syrup. The students plan to use information they gathered to make a book on their tablet. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal