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Excavators demolish the former Martel Elementary School on Tuesday morning at Lisbon Street and East Avenue in Lewiston. The tear-down includes the three-story main building at left. Lewiston Housing Authority plans build 44 units of affordable senior housing on the lot for an estimated $14.5 million. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the demolition. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Excavators demolish the former Martel Elementary School on Tuesday morning at Lisbon Street and East Avenue in Lewiston. Lewiston Housing Authority plans build 44 units of affordable senior housing on the lot for an estimated $14.5 million. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the demolition. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Excavators demolish the former Martel Elementary School on Tuesday morning at Lisbon Street and East Avenue in Lewiston. The tear-down includes the three-story main building at left. Lewiston Housing Authority plans build 44 units of affordable senior housing on the lot for an estimated $14.5 million. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the demolition. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
An excavator demolishes the former Martel Elementary School on Tuesday morning at Lisbon Street and East Avenue in Lewiston. Lewiston Housing Authority plans to build 44 affordable senior housing units, and potentially more in a second phase. The estimated cost is $14.5 million. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the demolition. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...

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