Alicia Starbird changes the closing time on a sign Wednesday, opening day at Dairy Joy on Campus Avenue in Lewiston. Her sister Emma attaches the ribbon that her mother, Eliana, the business owner, cut during a brief ceremony where Mayor Carl Sheline recited a poem he helped write. The Auburn store on Spring Street opened one hour later at 1 p.m. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Joseph Albert looks Wednesday at his cherry-topped vanilla soft serve cone at Dairy Joy on Campus Avenue in Lewiston. “I try to be the first customer every year,” he said. “And he’s probably the last as well,” owner Eliana Starbird said. The popular ice cream stands in Lewiston and on Spring Street in Auburn opened for the season Wednesday. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline reads a poem he helped write at Wednesday’s opening of Dairy Joy on Campus Avenue in Lewiston. At left is owner Eliana Starbird. The popular ice cream stand and one on Spring Street in Auburn opened for the season Wednesday. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Jaxx Daignault gets a taste of the ice cream cone his mother, Mackenzie Ouellette, bought Wednesday at Dairy Joy on Campus Avenue in Lewiston. The popular stand and one on Spring Street in Auburn opened Wednesday afternoon. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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