Elizabeth Seal signs “I love you” at The Colisée in Lewiston during the one-year commemoration Oct. 25 of the mass shooting. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Bates College students Maggie Amann, top, Hana Roggendorf, center, and Jilly Scott-Lewis embrace Oct. 25 at Peter J. Gomes Chapel at the Lewiston campus, following a service to commemorate the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting in Lewiston. Scott-Lewis is one of three Bates students to speak during the service, telling of her efforts to enact gun control measures in Maine. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Muntasir Haroun, left, and Nathan Dimandya run a drill Oct. 24 during soccer practice at Lewiston High School. After the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting, team members say they have found strength in their shared routines. A few weeks after the shootings at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley at 24 Mollison Way, and Schemengees Bar & Grill at 551 Lincoln St., the Blue Devils won a state soccer championship, which they dedicated to the city. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Seniors Eden Likibi, left, and Isaac Bellemore stand Oct. 24 at the athletic field at Lewiston High School. Likibi and Bellemore, who play on the school’s soccer team, say they have been deeply affected by the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting. Bellemore says he knew several victims, and has struggled with the loss of familiar faces from Just-In-Time Recreation, the bowling alley at 24 Mollison Way. Likibi says he was shaken when the team’s victory the night of Oct. 25 turned to fear as many police cruisers rushed past during the team’s drive to another game. The student-athletes say they find support in their teammates, who help one another through the grief, and take comfort in the familiarity of team practices. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Students and faculty members from all of Lewiston’s schools are gathering Oct. 25 at fields at their schools to form letters and a heart to honor the victims of the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting. Photographers Ben Jumper, Jessica Douin and Russ Dillingham launched drones throughout the morning to capture images of the gatherings, and used Photoshop to blend them into one image. The photo above is of the group from Next STEP who formed the heart for the collage. Next STEP is a program that officials say shares the values and mission of Tree Street Youth and the Lewiston Public Schools. It serves the city’s diverse student population, seeking to empower students to make an impact on their world. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Sheri Withers-Hollenbeck peeks Oct. 22 from behind a traffic control box she has recently painted at the corner of Main and High streets in Lewiston. It is part of a public art project in which dozens of artists have painted many of the control boxes throughout the city over the past year. Some people have complained the artwork on this control box highlights psychedelic mushrooms, but Withers-Hollenbeck explains: “These are not the psychedelic mushrooms people are complaining about. The top left one is a portobello, and the one to the right of it is a white button mushroom. The ones at the bottom are enoki, and all of them are available every Sunday at the farmers’ market.” Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Anna Lawlor, a freshman at Bates College, walks Oct. 21 through the campus quad in Lewiston, where the foliage is peaking. “I’m just enjoying the leaves and beautiful weather today,” Lawlor says of day’s temperatures in the 70s. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Members of the Edward Little High School volleyball team walk off the court Oct. 24 in Auburn after winning a set during a Class A playoff match against Deering High School of Portland. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Goalkeeper Will Diamond-Stanic of Lewiston High School reaches for the soccer ball Oct. 22 during a game against Edward Little High School, in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal