Harper Schneider, 9, a Carrie Ricker School third grader, searches for specimens April 25 during a Vernal Pool Field Trip at Smithfield Plantation in Litchfield. Seventy-eight third graders visited the preserve, guided by Smithfield trustees, members of the Litchfield Conservation Commission and employees of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Students discovered fairy shrimp, spotted salamanders, caddis fly larva and other critters that make their way to the vernal pool after ice out. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Yeshiva University’s Donny Fuchs, background, and Hofstra University’s Britt Bischoff seem to merge into one person as they battle for the puck during the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association’s Division III championship game April 21 at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Grand Canyon University captain Aydin Schwetz skates toward his teammates and Lopes fans with the championship trophy after a thrilling 2-1 victory April 21 in triple overtime over Lindenwood University in the Division 1 National Collegiate Roller Hockey Championship at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Ian Barclay plays the flute April 24 while his dog, Abbie, listens outside Barclay’s Skindiver’s Paradise shop on outer Main Street in Lewiston. “The flute is my COVID instrument,” he said. During the pandemic when he couldn’t go to work, he decided to clean an unused bedroom and found the flute and taught himself to play. “Never did clean the bedroom,” he said. Abbie accompanies him to work every day. “She has never had a day off,” he said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Corrina Tancrede, top, gets a hand from friends April 22 while installing a butterfly mural on an alley wall in downtown Lewiston. Over 100 people helped create the butterfly wings on “Love Lewiston Day” on Nov. 3 following the mass shooting on Oct. 25. Various pairs of wings painted on mural fabric were installed in the alley off of Lisbon Street in 2019 and improvements have been made ever since. Below Tancrede, from left, are Melanie Therrien, Sheri Withers Hollenbeck, Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline and Courtney Schlachter. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Treats from Bakery Barn in Lewiston, foreground, are a hit with customers April 20 while a band plays at Cure Cannabis Co. in Auburn and staff members from Casco Botanical, right, talk to a customer. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Sherri Stanton and Keith Tremblay embrace April 25 during a moment of silence at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the six-month anniversary observance of the Oct. 25 mass shooting. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Regina Schulman hands out tissues April 25 before the start of the six-month anniversary observance of the Oct. 25 mass shooting, held at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal