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Ayanthi Reese, the Sugar Plum Fairy in “A Nutcracker Christmas,” rehearses Saturday at The Dance Center in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Amira, left, and her sister Zeina throw snow at each other Tuesday afternoon in front of their home on Knox Street in Lewiston during the first snowstorm of the year. It’s the first snow the immigrants from Syria had ever seen. “It’s not even cold,” Amira said. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Even though the temperature was just above freezing Wednesday morning, the bright sun and hard work compelled Alvis Caimbota to shed some clothes as he shoveled his driveway on Riverside Street in Lewiston. The Angolan native has been in Lewiston for a few months and was filming himself on his cellphone to send to family and friends. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Kaitlyn Curtis walks her emotional support dog Moth Tuesday morning down Cedar Street in Lewiston. “I got these booties for my shelter dog … to keep him warm and the salt out of his paws. I just love walking out in the snow.” she said while walking back to her apartment. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Construction continues Wednesday morning on the Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor next to Simard Payne Memorial Park, left, on Beech Street in Lewiston. Scheduled to open next summer, it will will include permeant and rotating exhibit spaces, a learning center, a hands-on interactive design lab, children’s gallery, October 25 memorial room and extensive archives and collection storage. The museum, formerly Museum LA, is moving from the Bates Mill Complex on Canal Street. More information about the museum and a link to donate can be found at mainemill.org. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
The poutine at Mel’s Hilltop Restaurant at the Poland Spring Resort features braised pork shoulder, cheese curds, waffle fries, cheese sauce and gravy, seen fresh out of the kitchen Dec. 4. Chef Robert Gushue describes his food as American fusion. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Edward Little’s Cedric Makelele secures a rebound during Thursday’s game against Camden Hills in Auburn. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Camden Hills’ Nolan Ames contests a layup attempt by Edward Little’s Akol Maiwen during a Dec. 5 boys basketball game in Auburn. Ames and Maiwen should be among the most impactful players in this year’s tournament. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image

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...

Libby Kamrowski Kenny is a staff photographer at the Sun Journal who came aboard in June 2025. She’s been in journalism longer than that though, as her prematurely graying hair can attest, starting as...

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