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Jamie Amergian-Arey untangles a witch’s hat on Oct. 28 in her Lewiston driveway. She has been adding decorations, many hand made, for the past 20 years. “It’s my favorite holiday by far. I love making things out of items I find, some that have lasted forever. I’ve had to install cameras after several items were stolen. But the best is Halloween night when I sit on my porch and scare trick-or-treaters. Many kids are now grown ups and still come by,” she said. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Karen Hudson grooms Poppy’s toenails Oct. 31 at her business, Sydoodles, a pet grooming service inside the new Kommunity Kritters at 19 Bartlett St. in Lewiston. Now in its fourth location, Kommunity Kritters was founded by Amy Sanchez and Larissa Ryerson and offers low-cost and no-cost support to help people stay with their pets, citing significant mental health benefits. Sanchez, who was once homeless with a pet, said the love and acceptance of her dog made all the difference in lifting herself into a better situation. Hudson offers free nail clipping twice a month, and is establishing a sliding scale for the rest of her services. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Erika McGrath tries on Halloween masks Oct. 30 with her daughter, Layla Penney, 8, at Spirit Halloween, 730 Center St. in Auburn. McGrath’s family had planned to attend a trunk-or-treat event Wednesday and join a large group for door-to-door trick-or-treating Thursday. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Barrett Perkins, left, Maddy Beck, center, and Izzy Folsom on Oct. 28 throw the knee braces they had to wear after they sustained ACL tears. All three Winthrop seniors have moved past needing to wear the braces but are still waiting to be cleared to return to game play.  Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Lewiston’s Tegra Mbele heads to the sidelines to celebrate the first goal of the game against Bangor on Oct. 30 in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Dressed as a cow, Rhonda Watson of Community Concepts encourages children Oct. 31 in downtown Lewiston to eat more candy. Community Concepts handed out treats to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Mudasir Hassan, right, and Khalid Mohamed react Oct. 30 after Hassan scored the game-winning goal in double overtime against Mt. Ararat in a Class A North quarterfinal in Topsham. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
A tractor sits Oct. 31 along the side of Center Minot Road as the sun sets in Minot. This week has seen unseasonably warm weather, although cooler temperatures are on the horizon. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Samuel Hurt takes a break Oct. 31 from cleaning the Auburn Mall to get ready for trick-or-treating in the evening. Hurt moved to Lewiston from Philadelphia 10 years ago and has worked at the mall ever since. Daryn Slover/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....

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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