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Several dozen vendors assemble Wednesday in Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street in Lewiston for the Homeless Veterans Mobile Stand Down held annually by the Maine Bureau of Veterans Services. In addition to free haircuts, food and counseling, veterans were offered long- and short-term housing opportunities. The first Mobile Stand Down this year was in Bangor, with Portland and Augusta to follow Lewiston’s event. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Keith Batson receives a free haircut Wednesday from Julia Gomez during the Homeless Veterans Mobile Stand Down in Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street in Lewiston. Gomez, who works for Sport Clips Hair Salon, was one of several dozen vendors at the event sponsored annually by the Maine Bureau of Veterans Services. Food, counseling and housing opportunities also were offered. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Workers from Preble Street Veterans Housing Services work on a laptop and phones Wednesday to secure temporary housing for a homeless veteran, front left, during the Homeless Veterans Mobile Stand Down at Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street in Lewiston. Venders offered services such as free haircuts and food, plus counseling for housing opportunities. The Mobile Stand Down is held annually by the Maine Maine Bureau of Veterans Services. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)

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...

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