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Kim McGuire drives her family’s all-terrain vehicle, which has collection drums in the back, as family members and friends follow her March 19 to collect sap at A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm on Black Mountain Road in Sumner. The family has been making maple syrup for more than 30 years, now tapping about 400 trees. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Mitchell Ketchen, left, of Winthrop and Nathan Cummins of Gardiner prepare March 21 to watch the Portland Hearts of Pine soccer match at Lewiston High School. The Hearts of Pine opened the season with a game against CD Faialense. The game, a first-round match in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, is the first countable game for Maine. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Linda Stone of Lewiston helps prepare March 18 for the Craft Supply Destash Fair on March 22 at the Woman’s Literary Union in Auburn. Miller says she and other WLU members sell donated craft supplies at the fair to raise funds for the scholarship and building restoration funds. Doreen Jordan, the WLU treasurer, says items being sold include stamping supplies, fabric, artificial flowers, wood kits and “stuff that we don’t even know we have yet.” Adds Jordan, “We are still opening boxes to see what we have.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Lambs relax in the barn March 19 at A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm on Black Mountain Road in Sumner. Sheep are a big attraction at the farm. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lydia Moreland, left, speaks March 16 with teammate Zoey Leavitt during a break at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Moreland and Leavitt are on Team 4041-Iron Tigers from Gardiner. They are strategizing about what went wrong earlier in the day and how to do better in the upcoming final rounds. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The senior class at Edward Little High School in Auburn sings the school song March 21 during the March Madness Spirit Week Challenge. The junior class came out on top following four days of events between seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen and staff members. The class of 2025 finished in third place. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Dan Joler of Waterville, part of Team 2648-Infinite Loop, attaches a wheel March 16 to the team’s robot in the pits during a break before the finals at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. 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...