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An aerial view on April 2 of the canal system along Canal Street in Lewiston, facing southeast. This summer, part of the street will be reduced to one lane for vehicle traffic, with a bike lane added, to test out how the measures affect traffic safety and make the area more pedestrian friendly. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Col. William Ross of the Maine State Police updates the media April 3 at the state police barracks in Gray on the investigation into the Sabattus shooting. Ross said James Davis III of Sabattus shot and killed his mother, Christine Smith, 47, of Sabattus with a .357 revolver while riding in a car with her Wednesday afternoon. He then exited the car with an AK-47 and began to shoot at oncoming traffic traveling from Lisbon to Sabattus, killing Katherine Williams, 53, of Sabattus, and injuring Tyson Turner, 19, of Jay, and David Wilson, 35, of Hartford. Davis then died by suicide. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Emergency vehicles block off a road near Route 9 in Sabattus on Wednesday after a shooting that left three people dead. James Davis III of Sabattus shot and killed his mother, Christine Smith, 47, of Sabattus with a .357 revolver while riding in a car with her, state police said. He then exited the car with an AK-47 and began to shoot at oncoming traffic traveling from Lisbon to Sabattus, killing Katherine Williams, 53, of Sabattus, and injuring Tyson Turner, 19, of Jay, and David Wilson, 35, of Hartford. Davis then died by suicide. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Sculptor Greg Waters uses a blowtorch April 1 to help dry and give color to an owl he was working on at his Lisbon Falls home. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
People embrace as students enter Saint Dominic Academy on Gracelawn Road in Auburn before the start of classes March 31. It was the students’ first day back since being told the previous Friday that the high school will close after this school year. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal file
Steve Maheu checks the level of sap still boiling in the evaporator April 2 inside the Ricker Hill Orchards Maple Sugar Shack on Buckfield Road in Turner. Maheu has processed about 80 gallons of syrup and expects that with the continued good weather, he will probably end up with over 100 gallons this year. “Last year was a really good one and this year looks to be the same,” he said while shutting down the evaporator. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lewiston police Lt. Jim Theiss looks up at the lighting in the conference room April 3 afternoon in the new police station on Mill Street in Lewiston. The lights reflect the design of the city’s new “beehive” seal. The department hopes to move into the new building by May 1. 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...

Andree Kehn is a staff photographer who has lived in Lewiston for the past three years and has been a Greenwood resident for 20 years, on and off. She has worked full time for the Sun Journal since 2015....