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Auburn Fire Prevention Officer Steve Almquist, white shirt, monitors Chris Baraka as he tries to put out a fire at the Auburn Fire Department's Fire Extinguisher Simulator exhibit Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Big crowd fills Auburn plaza for National Night Out
Photographer Russ Dillingham was there as hundreds attended the annual event downtown.
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AUBURN ― For the 42nd year Tuesday, the city participated in the annual National Night Out.
The end of Main Street was closed for the celebration as Auburn joined more than 17,000 communities across the country in celebrating the occasion.
Festival Plaza was filled with music, games, giveaways and free food. Demonstrations and activities were also provided by local agencies and businesses.
The free community block party is a community-building event organized by local law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.
Yulia Bastuhva, left, takes a photo of her children, Yeva, left, and Dim at the annual National Night on Tuesday on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageAuburn Exchange Club board member Scott Whalen, right, hands Jason Paquin and his son Hayden a hot dog Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSisters Eevee, left, and Lola Michaud pick out free trinkets at one of dozens of displays in Festival Plaza on Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageJayleanna Strout enjoys her free hot dog Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageKelly Barrett dances to music being played by the L/A Harley Band with her granddaughter Thea Soper on Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageChildren race down an inflatable slide Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageBelle, from Mission Working Dogs in Oxford, looks for some attention Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageTom Hamann rocks out with his son, Tripp Bell, as they watch their wife/mother sing in the L/A Harley Band on Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn.
Purchase this imageAuburn Police Officer James Davison rides with Dan Adams, right, in a golf cart as Adams wears “drunk goggles” while trying to navigate a course of traffic cones Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn.
Purchase this imageAuburn Police Chief Jason Moen, right, and Deputy Chief Tim Cougle, enjoy refreshments Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn.
Purchase this imageKeri Duhammel and her daughter, Nova, listen to music Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageHenrietta Hammer, left, looks on as her brother Wolfram checks out a toy ambulance they received Tuesday at the annual National Night Out on Main Street and Festival Plaza in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
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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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