Longtime chef and Lewiston Regional Technical Center instructor Dan Caron, center, gets a hug from Martine Gagne, the dining room supervisor at the Green Ladle, as others wait to congratulate him Friday morning during an assembly in the gym at Lewiston High School. Several hundred educators were gathered for the Maine Career and Technical Education Conference, during which Caron received a lifetime achievement award. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Longtime chef and Lewiston Regional Technical Center instructor, Dan Caron, left, gets a hug from Justine Burns as others wait to congratulate him Friday morning during an assembly in the gym at Lewiston High School. Several hundred educators were gathered for the Maine Career and Technical Education Conference, during which Caron received a lifetime achievement award. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal