Shawn Asselin of Lewiston, who owns a small snowplowing company, stocks up on groceries April 3 at Shaw’s in Lewiston ahead of the nor’easter. Asselin says he is headed with friends to Eustis to ride snowmobiles. “It has not been a good winter,” Asselin says. “It’s about to get fun, but first I have some plowing to do. I have some customers to take care of first.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A woman pulls a wagon containing her belongings April 4 on Sabattus Street in Lewiston during the nor’easter. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn firefighters catch their breath April 1 while battling a house fire at 27 Baxter Ave. in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Ahead of last week’s nor’easter, Nicholas Farris, who owns Duckblind Lawncare LLC in Minot, digs a temporary drainage channel April 3 to manage water runoff and keep his driveway dry. “We don’t know what we are getting,” Farris says. “Even if they say we are getting 2 feet, we might get 16 inches, we might get 2 feet or we might get 5 inches.” Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Les Libby of Auburn fills his sand buckets April 2 at the Auburn Public Works Department in anticipation of the upcoming nor’easter. “I’m just hoping it’s not as bad as they are saying it’s going to be,” he says. “That last storm, I ran my snow thrower through it twice while it was falling and the next morning. Forget it. I couldn’t touch it,” he says. “I had to drive over it.” Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Teammates from Salaam FC watch a penalty kick March 30 during the Lewiston-Auburn Ramadan soccer tournament championship game against the Winter Warriors in Auburn. Salaam FC would win the match on penalty kicks. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Attendees arrive for an Easter sunrise service March 31 at the Buker Family Farm in Minot. The West Auburn Congregational Church has held an Easter sunrise service at the farm for more than 40 years. “It has been a tradition here for a very long time,” the Rev. John Williams says. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal