J.J. Harrison, center right, smiles March 31 as he greets his teacher, Sue Hedrich, left, at Farwell Elementary School in Lewiston. Hedrich, a special education teacher, had just arrived at the school by limousine after being nominated for a Golden Apple Award. Hedrich’s students waited for her to arrive and then climbed in to see the inside of a limousine. “I had no idea I was even nominated. It’s very humbling,” the first-year teacher says. “I worked in health care for 31 years and always wanted to be a teacher, but did not have the time or money to go back to school. Now, I am here at Farwell and I love it.” The Golden Apple Award is given out by 107.5 Frank FM radio to recognize outstanding teachers. Hedrich says she was nominated by a student intern from Bates College in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Nate Landry, operations manager for the Lewiston Water & Sewer Division, uses a geophone March 28 to listen for water running under a driveway on Mountview Terrace. “It works great for hearing the water and rocks moving around just below the surface, but you have to be careful as you’ll go deaf if you clang them together,” he says. The device helps determine locations of water main leaks or breaks. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lauren Dinsmore, 11, helps her father replace the wheels March 27 on her skateboard in Auburn. Tom Dinsmore says he grew up skateboarding, and has passed the passion down to Lauren. Lauren is a sixth grader at Washburn Elementary School. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Russ Hart, left, and his brother, Ralph, salute March 29 during the annual National Vietnam War Veterans Remembrance Day tribute at the Lewiston Armory. “It cost me $50 bucks to the supply sergeant to get our home records changed, but we got to fly together. My older brother right there was my Crew Chief,” Russ Hart says. The two Vietnam veterans joined several dozen other servicemen and women, along with dignitaries and well-wishers, during a ceremony at the armory, before most headed to Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston, where a wreath was laid at the Veterans Memorial Stone. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Buff Barnes stretches March 30 at the Water Street Boat Landing, along the Androscoggin River, after jogging along the river in Brunswick. Barnes is from Philadelphia but has been staying in Brunswick for several months while visiting family and taking every opportunity to visit the river. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Harley, 10, leans on her mother, Billi, of Norway as she chats March 30 with her new friend, Kelli McNulty, of South Paris. The two moms say they met for the first time at Morris Park in South Paris as they watched their children play. McNulty says she loves the centrally located park, “It’s peaceful and you meet nice people,” she says. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Paige Steffens, right, walks March 31 with her puppy, Daisy Mae, and friend Brianna Graffam and her dog, Toby, as they pass the Gendron Franco Center at 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. The women say they live in the same building, which they love because the dogs can play and tire each other out. “Our dogs are best friends, too,” Steffens says. Graffam’s daughter, Kalecia, is bundled up in a baby sling on her mother. Andree Kehn

Natalie Williamson’s White House cakes win first prize for creativity April 1 at the Edible Books Festival at Bates College in Lewiston. Made from iced graham crackers, the cakes illustrate Barack Obama’s book, “A Promised Land.” Williamson, a controller at the college, says the contest “meshes my three favorite things, which are creativity, book reading and politics.” She, her husband and their daughter each made a miniature White House using a cookie cutter Williamson ordered online. “We had a wonderful smell at the house for a week,” Williamson says. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal