After much preperation in the Knox Street Garden in Lewiston over the past few weeks, Wednesday was the big planting day. While some crops were already in the ground, the favorites, peppers and tomatoes were brought in by the staff from St Mary's Nutrition Centers Lots to Gardens program Wednesday afternoon. There are 27 plots in this garden, one of many throughout the city that local families plant and tend to all summer long. Rukiyo Hussein, 15, of Lewiston, sweeps dirt around a pepper plant she just planted.
Washburn Elementary School 3rd grader, Bryce Holt-Giard passes a cup filled with water to 2nd grader, Elizabeth Gove, during a game of "bucket brigade", one of many being played during Monday's Field Day held at the PAL center in Auburn.
Auburn firefighters and United Ambulance personel work to extricate Bethany Mason of Turner from her car on the side of Washington Street South Sunday morning around 10:00 am. According to Tom Murphy, the driver of the truck in the background, he was crossing Washington Street on Beech Hill Road and did not see Mason approaching. Murphy was shaken up, but did not require medical treatment. Mason was transported to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries.
