Donald Harrington, left, a flagger from Complete Labor & Staffing, looks for cars to stop on Summer Street in Lewiston as Troy Ouellette, from Morin Excavation applies mortar to a man hole Tuesday afternoon. In the past year Ouellette has built up over 500 in local streets scheduled to be paved, or in this case, have it's final coat of pavement applied after paving stopped for the winter. State and municipal paving projects will ramp up again as plants that make the tar come back online throughout the Northeast. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Kora Shrine Circus elephant trainer Terry Frisco gives some love to Isla, left and Kelly, a pair of Asian elephants in the parking lot of the Colisee in Lewiston Friday afternoon where they will be performing throughout the weekend and a special morning show on Monday. For more information visit korashriners.org/circus. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Kawai Marin, a senior at Bates College in Lewiston, takes his mind off finals Wednesday morning by slacklining next to the school's pond where the ice recently sank and the ducks begin to return. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)