Employees at Central Maine Medical Center toss confetti Feb. 28 as members of the 96th Medical Group from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida walk the hall of the Lewiston hospital on their last day. Twenty members of the Guard arrived Feb. 1 to assist the hospital under a federal COVID-19 response program. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Scott Belongie, left, prays May 26 at the scene of a head-on crash that killed three people and a dog on outer Lisbon Street in Lewiston just beyond Foss Road. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

On Sunday morning, Oct. 10, fall colors are doubled thanks to reflections in Wilson Lake. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser

Darlene Power, left, and Deborah Rose held a protest in March on Farmington Falls Road in New Sharon to encourage residents to reject all articles on the 2022 town warrant. Townspeople were concerned with the format of New Sharon’s 2022 Town
Meeting, held by referendum vote. Some residents said they felt the new process hindered peoples’ voices. Power dressed as a duck to represent the “sitting ducks” of the Board of Selectmen, and Rose dressed as a bulldog to signify they are serving as “watchdogs” for the select board. Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal