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The Grinch looks anything but grumpy Dec. 8 while walking Main Street during the Christmas in Auburn parade. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Azaliah Burton, center, of Auburn and Lucy Moon, right, of South Portland navigate around a fallen ice-skater Dec. 7 during the 2024 Holiday at the Plaza festival in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Peter Robinson, right, the co-director, helps Janeen Kinney select a zombie mask Dec. 10 during rehearsal for “10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse” at Auburn Middle School at 38 Falcon Drive. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Robert Milton stocks up on sand Dec. 9 at the Auburn Public Works Department’s sand supply shed on Gracelawn Road in Auburn. An ice storm was expected Dec. 10, ahead of wind and rain in the forecast for Dec. 11. “It’s Maine,” Milton says. “You just have to be ready for it.” Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Karen Staples, left, from U.S. Sen. Collins’ office and Dani Begert, the Maine state chaplain, lead volunteers Dec. 9 to place wreaths at memorials at Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Theresa Comito of Mechanic Falls admires the patriotic paint schemes Dec. 8 on 14 tractor-trailers that have just arrived at Lewiston High School. The tractor-trailers are escorted by dozens of police and other support vehicles as the convoy makes its way from Columbia Falls, Maine, to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Before continuing south, a half-dozen of the tractor-trailers were scheduled to stop Dec. 9 on the Longley Bridge for a brief ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Iyzak Sanzone takes his 11-year-old cat, Nuka, on a walk Dec. 11 outside the Auburn Public Library at 49 Spring St. after using the library’s services. Sanzone says he began taking Nuka on outdoor walks in August, and while never off the leash, Nuka seems to like them. “It helps with his depression,” Sanzone says. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Liam Fifield (4) of Poland Regional High School passes the basketball Dec. 10 to teammate Thomas Hamilton (24) during a game against St. Dominic Academy. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Attendees line up Dec. 8 to have their photograph taken with Santa Claus after the tree lighting ceremony at Festival Plaza that followed the Christmas in Auburn Parade. 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...