Sugar Plum Fairy, Katarina Weissbach and Cavalier, Stefan Kroger, center, float across the stage at the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston Wednesday during the final dress rehersal of A Nutcracker Christmas. Dozens of local dancers from The Dance Center in Auburn will put on three shows this weekend. For more information or tickets, visit francocenter.org (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Dancers float across the stage at the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston Wednesday during the final dress rehersal of A Nutcracker Christmas. Dozens of local dancers from The Dance Center in Auburn will put on three shows this weekend. For more information or tickets, visit francocenter.org (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

A Lewiston firefighter catches his breath after coming out of an apartment on the second floor Wednesday morning at 906 Lisbon Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)