Fire destroys the home Oct. 17 of retired Lewiston-Auburn surgeon Gregory D’Augustine and his wife at 39 Beau Drive in Greene. No one was home when the blaze broke out, an official says. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Carrie Jadud, left, Sheri Withers Hollenbeck and Stanley Hollenbeck look Oct. 16 at the art installation titled “261 Flower Sleeves” at the Maine MILL at 35 Canal St. in Lewiston. To mark the one-year remembrance of the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting in Lewiston, all 261 sleeves saved from flowers placed at Just-In-Time Recreation at 24 Mollison Way and Schemengees Bar & Grille at 551 Lincoln St. are displayed. Auburn photographer Tanja Hollander and Lewiston multimedia artist Miia Zellner created the installation, which is set to continue through Sept. 6, 2025, at the museum’s memorial room. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Elizabeth Seal, center, stands Oct. 15 at the Franco Center at 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. Seal is with family members and other survivors of those killed in the mass shooting Oct. 25, 2023, in Lewiston. Seal’s husband, Joshua Seal, was killed at Schemengees Bar & Grille at 551 Lincoln St., while participating in a cornhole tournament. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Jared Goulette, aka “The Color Wizard,” paints a mural Oct. 17 on a wall of the Consolidated Communications building facing the municipal parking lot next to 66 Ash St. in Lewiston. Before beginning, Goulette painted the wall white and added a doodle grid seen at bottom left. The doodles are an underlying layer that guides the scale and location of each aspect of the preliminary mural design. In the spring, Goulette painted another set of eyes on the other side of the building. A much larger wall to the left of the mural above is to be painted this spring, with “a colorful, abstract homage to the industrial history of Lewiston,” according to Goulette. See www.theColorWizard.com for more of Goulette’s artwork. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Sam Mills receives congratulations Oct. 12 from Beacon the Puffin, the mascot for the Maine Mariners, as Mills arrives at first base at Joe Walker Memorial Field in Auburn during the second Maine Strong Memorial Foundation Softball Tournament. Mills plays for the Capsawn team, one of more than 45 teams playing on five fields throughout the Lewiston-Auburn area. The tournament continues Oct. 13. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal