A man walks across the Longley Bridge between Lewiston and Auburn on Tuesday morning as the temperature hovered slightly above zero. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

“Africa is hot. Maine is cold,” Saada Hassan, left, said Tuesday morning while she and Hayat Allaleh help unload a truck in Lewiston. Hassan moved to Maine from Djibouti in 2011. Her new business, Mile Wholesale and Retail, will be open within a month. “New year, new life, new business,” she said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Two runners exercise Tuesday morning on the Lewiston-Auburn Riverwalk in Auburn as the temperature hovers slightly above zero. The path, which connects the two cities, follows the Androscoggin River. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Assistant District Attorney Nate Walsh waves Tuesday to a fellow attorney as he climbs over a snowbank in Auburn. Walsh was heading to work at the Androscoggin County Courthouse. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sun shines on a painting displayed on a frigid Tuesday morning in a building on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. The portrait was created by Jeanelle Demers. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal