Jeff Bennett splits firewood Sept. 13 at his Auburn home. “We do a lot of camping,” he says, “and use the wood for our campfires.” Bennett and his wife began camping years ago in a tent, then moving up to a pop-up camper. With the arrival of grandchildren, they bought a travel trailer, in background. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A group touring the new Edward Little High School in Auburn on Sept. 14 stops in an open study area on the third floor that connects several classrooms. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

The driver of an Almighty Waste truck is taken to an ambulance Sept. 14 at the Lewiston landfill on River Road after the truck tipped onto its side while dumping a load of ash. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Bricklayers work Sept. 12 on a wall at one of the buildings under construction at the new Edward Little High School in Auburn. See sunjournal.com for a short video. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Victoria Ballou of Auburn, who says she has a love-hate relationship with seagulls, watches one Sept. 13 at Range Pond State Park in Poland. “I have lived here for years and never knew this place existed,” she says. “Now, I come here as often as I can.” Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Miah Gallan, left, of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and Jenni Flynn of Lewiston High School race to the ball Sept. 12 during a field hockey game in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Jim Thompson, the uncle of Donald Giusti, ends his statement Sept. 15 by forgiving Emmanuel Nkurunziza before Nkurunziza’s sentencing at Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland for causing Giusti’s death in 2018 in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Khamisey Haji, left, and Ali Hamse return from the fields Sept. 14 at Liberation Farms in Wales after picking tomatoes, cucumbers and other produce. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal