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Dignitaries and guests gather Thursday morning during a formal ceremony marking the beginning of construction of Martel Apartments at the corner of East Avenue, bottom, and Lisbon Street, top right, in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Louise Samson listens to speakers Thursday morning during a ceremony marking the beginning of construction at Martel Apartments at the corner of East Avenue and Lisbon Street in Lewiston. “I am on the Lewiston Senior Advisory Council and have been fighting for this project for the past few years. More senior housing is needed and I am hoping to be able to live here. I have always wanted to live in a new place and this is just far enough out of downtown, but still close to many amenities.” she said as a brief rain shower let up at the start of the ceremony. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Dignitaries and guests shovel dirt Thursday morning during a formal ceremony marking the beginning of construction of Martel Apartments at the corner of East Avenue and Lisbon Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Angelynne Amores, right, Lewiston’s director of marketing and communication, puts away shovels after a brief groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction at the future Martel Apartments at the corner of East Avenue and Lisbon Street in Lewiston on July 16. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Purchase this image
Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline, left, takes a selfie Thursday morning after a formal ceremony marking the beginning of construction of Martel Apartments at the corner of East Avenue and Lisbon Street in Lewiston. Darlene Letourneau, right, and Sue Conklin, middle, are former longtime educators and staff members at Martel Elementary School where the apartment complex will be built. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Dignitaries and guests gather Thursday morning during a formal ceremony marking the beginning of construction of Martel Apartments at the corner of East Avenue, left, and Lisbon Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/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...

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