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Photos on a series of panels at the Maine MILL help tell the story of Maine’s labor force in the early 1900s.
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Photos on a series of panels at the Maine MILL help tell the story of Maine’s labor force in the early 1900s.
Valerie Remilard buys coffee Thursday at the drive-thru at Dunkin' Donuts in Lewiston on Main Street. The restaurant does not normally allow for walk-ups in the drive-thru, but inside was closed to customers in response to the coronavirus. Almost every morning, Remilard walks from her nearby home to get a large regular Hazlenut coffee, she said.
Bob Cavaliere, right, brings St. Mary's Health System coworker Todd Gatchell a coffee Thursday morning as he watches over the hospital's triage tent that has been setup in front of the Lewiston Armory on Central Avenue in Lewiston.
Connors Elementary School kindergarten teacher Cari Hebert, dressed as Mario, greets students Thursday morning at the former Longley Elementary School in downtown Lewiston as other volunteers and staff bring in meals to give out. Every day while school is closed there are several locations throughout town giving away breakfast and lunch during the weekdays.
Rodney Lamontagne cleans grease from the fryolator hood vent system at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston Thursday morning before power washing it. Since the scheduled circus was canceled, he and his parents, who have worked at the arena for decades, have been busy preparing for the new owner's plans. Among those plans are to remove the bleachers that were installed on the back walls. They will install a rail all the way around the back row of wood seats to allow patrons to walk around the venue like "back in the old days." The city recently approved the sale of the facility to the owner of the Maine Nordiques.
The spires of The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul can be seen in the background of a pile scrapings behind the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston Thursday morning. It is all that is left of the sheet of ice where the Nordiques and Lewiston High School boys' and girls' hockey teams won the state championship a few weeks ago.
Life on the streets for the homeless in the city has turned especially hard recently, with many of the places they find shelter at during the day now being closed. Donations to panhandlers, like Jonathan Giasson, who is a regular at the corner of Main and Lisbon streets in Lewiston, have been reduced while many people have stopped carrying cash to lessen the risk of spreading the coronavirus.
A Lewiston resident, who was OK with his photo being taken but didn't want to give his name, picks up a bottle on Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Thursday morning while looking for a place to rest. "With everything closed it's tough finding a place to stay during the day." he said.
A Lewiston resident, who was OK with his photo being taken but didn't want to give his name, picks up a bottle on Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Thursday morning while looking for a place to rest. "With everything closed it's tough finding a place to stay during the day." he said.
A Lewiston resident, who didn't want to give his name, walks on Lisbon Street in Lewiston Thursday morning while looking for a place to rest. "With everything closed it's tough finding a place to stay during the day." he said.
A jogger circles the multi-sport turf field on Campus Avenue in Lewiston on Thursday morning.
A few restaurants on Lisbon Street in Lewiston remained open for takeout on Thursday, but like Mother India, the majority were closed.
A young boy plays in the water at the corner of Bates and College streets in Lewiston on Thursday morning.
Although students and faculty have cleared out of the campus, work on the exterior and stained glass windows at Peter J. Gomes Chapel on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston continues Thursday morning.
With no sports activities anywhere, all the playing fields, like Lewiston's softball field on the corner of Jefferson and Walnut streets are empty.
Most of Thursday morning there were cars lined up at the drive-thru teller at Five County Credit Union at the corner of Ash and Park streets in Lewiston.
Mike Bergeron of Troy, New York, father of a Bates College senior, loads the last of his daughter's belongings into their car Thursday morning before heading home. She was living off campus with friends at Elm and Oak streets. Bergeron said he didn't want to wait any longer to get his daughter in case there was a tighter lockdown on travel because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Elizabeth Bergeron of Troy, New York, a senior at Bates College, brings down the last of her belongings from the apartment she was renting with friends at the corner of Elm and Oak streets in Lewiston on Thursday morning. Most students had to vacate campus housing earlier this week but there are still a few off campus seniors who are sticking around until their lease is up or can arrange to get back home. Her father said that he didn't want to wait any longer to come get her in case there was a tighter lockdown on travel because of the coronavirus pandemic.