With warm temperatures April 6, India Randall brings her students outside for their home schooling. Her nephew, Kinsley Foglietta, forms sounds from letter combinations as Randall’s daughter, Chloe, awaits her turn in her family’s driveway in Turner. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

David Chidraoui rides April 7 along Bartlett Street in Lewiston with his 3-year-old son, Nathaniel, on their way to FunZ Trampoline Park at 40 East Ave. “When I drive this in the city, I feel like a kid again,” Chidraoui says. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Doreen Jordan sorts through formal dresses and gowns April 5 at the Woman’s Literary Union at 19 Elm St. in Auburn. Members of the organization have collected more than 350 long gowns and more than 200 dresses that were available April 9 during the 9th annual Fairy Godmother Prom Gown Giveaway. “Everything from princess gowns to the little black dress,” says Jordan, chairperson of the event. “Not everyone can afford gowns for their prom.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

While former fire Chief William St. Michel, back row center, and others vote April 2 during the town’s annual town meeting at Durham Community School, St. Michel’s grandchildren, seated next to him, are focused on their handheld devices. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Kathleen and Richard Judkins of Norway enter their kitchen April 6 for the first time in more than a month. The couple were moved into a motel to provide volunteers time to renovate and clean the house. The couple were surviving the winter with a broken furnace and by buying firewood by the bundle when Danielle Wadsworth was brought to the house by her mother, Connie Sessions, while delivering wood. Wadsworth, who has extensive connections in the community, took on the project of fixing and cleaning the couple’s house. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Isabella Ayer, 12, tries on a pair of clear frames April 4 at the Lewiston Middle School auditorium. The Maine Education Association Benefits Trust program is providing free vision screenings, eye exams and eyewear to more than 5,000 students in Lewiston. “Clear frames are popular this year with kids,” says Stephanie DuBois, director of public relations at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Every student tested who needs eyeglasses can choose his or her frames. A mobile lab set up outside the school creates the prescription glasses. A majority of students is able to get new eyeglasses and prescriptions by the end of the day. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Ali Poulin of Norway strips down parts April 7 from the airplane behind her at the Oxford County Regional Airport, as she prepares the plane for primer and paint. Poulin works for Mosher Aviation Services, which operates an aircraft refurbishing business at the airport. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Auburn firefighter Aaron Warner looks at the charred remains April 3 of badly damaged house at 36 Old Farm Hill Road. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal


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