Abduljabaar Abdi, right, of Lewiston High School consoles Abdihakim “Dayow” Daud of Edward Little High School after their match Oct. 29 at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, where Lewiston defeated ELHS 1-0 to advance to the Class A North final. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Zachary Turkel of Yarmouth High School reacts Nov. 2 after tying the game 2-2 on his second-half goal during a soccer match against Cape Elizabeth High School. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Ralph Sanborn dries hay Nov. 3 with a tedder attached to his tractor in Wales. Sanborn rakes the hay into windrows before it is baled and wrapped for cattle feed. “It’s a lovely office,” Sanborn says of working outside on a nice day. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bates College students Tatum Holley, left, studies for a psychology class Nov. 2 on the quad of the Lewiston campus as her friend, Sofia Jorgenson, takes a break from reading for her anthropology class. Students played, rested and studied on an unusually mild November afternoon. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lost Valley mascot Otto the Otter, right, encounters a variety of reactions Oct. 30 as he welcomes guests to the ski area in Auburn. While some visitors are curious, others take a wide path around the mascot as they make their way to trunk or treat and other activities during the ski area’s annual Fall Festival. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Jamie Caouette, left, director of The Store Next Door, and Joel Morse sort through clothing donations Nov. 3 at their new location at Gov. James B. Longley Elementary School at 145 Birch St. in Lewiston. The store is to have locker rooms, washers and dryers, spaces for meeting and hanging out and food and clothing for students in need. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Brian Kent Fleming, right, talks Nov.3 with John Ryan on the steps at the Trinity Episcopal Church at 247 Bates St. in Lewiston about the possibility of a city-run homeless “community.” Fleming, who says he has been homeless “by choice” for about 10 years, came to Maine from California. “In San Diego, you could not walk 5 feet from your belongings, as a homeless person, without everything getting stolen,” he says. He feels lockers or a place to live would help his situation. “If you live somewhere, you have a better chance of holding on to your stuff,” Fleming says. Ryan says he would use a sheltered community, but doubts it will happen. “They’ve proposed other stuff,” he says, “and never followed through with it.” Ryan says he lived in a tent last winter at an encampment off Lisbon Street, which has been shut down by the Lewiston Police Department. He says he is searching for another place to pitch his tent for the coming winter. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Ava Feeley, right, and Macy Gilroy, the captains of the Yarmouth High School girls soccer team, bring the Maine Principals’ Association plaque to the Yarmouth students Nov. 2 following the team’s 3-2 victory over York High school, in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal