Steph Rasza, right, and his children Boris, left, and Conall head out June 21 in kayaks at Range Pond State Park in Poland. The park is open for the season, but there are no lifeguards on duty. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Gov. Janet Mills, standing, chats June 23 with Lorraine Ouellette, left, Jackie Fortin, center, and Lorraine Lamare during the St. Jean de Baptiste Day celebration at the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston. Volunteers prepared 120 lunches for La Rencontre, which translates to “The Gathering.” St. Jean de Baptiste Day is a national holiday in Quebec that honors the birth of St. John the Baptist. French Canadians worldwide celebrate the day. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Roger Gauthier hays a field June 20 across from his house on Penley Corner Road in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Sierra Thomas of Harpswell shows a strawberry she picked June 20 as her nephew, Landon Harris of Gardiner, reaches around to drop a strawberry into her container at Chipman Farm U-pick Strawberries in Minot. The farm opened for the season that morning. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Kaitlyn Maithieu of the Lewiston-Auburn Maples puts up a shot June 19 during the team’s first preseason game, at the Lewiston Armory. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Graham Bayburr sits in his rolling shell June 18 as he prepares to row with his brother, Stuart, behind him, at RiverFest 2022 on a dock at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

James McDonald of Madison, N.J., casts June 22 into a pool at the bottom of Snow Falls in West Paris. McDonald is in the area visiting with friends and taking advantage of the nice day to do some fly fishing. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Bahja Hassan, 3, of Auburn waves the flag of Uzbekistan while lining up June 20 for the World Refugee Day parade of flags at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Sixty countries are represented in the parade. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal


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