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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)
Purchase this imageKeith 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. Besides free haircuts, food, counseling and housing opportunities were offered. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLEWISTON, October 15, 2025 – Workers from Preble Street Veterans housing Services work on a laptop and phones to secure temporary housing Wednesday for a homeless veteran, front left, at one of several dozen vendors tables assembled in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston during one of 4 Homeless Stand Downs the Maine Bureau of Veterans Services puts on every year. In addition to free hair cuts, food, and counciling, homeless veterans were offered various long and short term housing opportunities. Bangor’s event was the first of the year with Portland and Augusta to follow Lewiston’s event. (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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