Andrew Goddard, a sophomore at Bates College, rallies his soccer team Sept. 15 at the Lewiston college, as the Bates soccer and field hockey teams hold free clinics for youth. More than 50 children are participating in the field hockey clinic, and more than 80 are working on their skills with the men’s and women’s soccer teams. Tim Duchette of the Lewiston Recreation Department says his department and Bates College held a lacrosse clinic in the spring and plan to offer basketball workshops later this year. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Koren Hawley of Auburn lifts her son, Roice, to help him pick apples Sept. 18 at Wallingford’s Fruit House at 1240 Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. Nearby, Hawley’s younger sons Dawson, 4, and Jeremiah, 2, watch. “The apples at the top are the best,” Roice says. “They get the most sun and are the most organic.” The family is at its first home-schoolers’ gathering at the orchard. She says her family plans to attend more gatherings so her children can enjoy activities with others. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Levi, left, and Molly Dockum ride scooters Sept. 19 down a hill near their home as they await the bus to take them to school in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Saint Dominic Academy’s Olivia Tapley, left, and Nina Brown, right, celebrate after teammate Gabby Allen, center, scored a goal Sept 17 during a game in Auburn against Robert W. Traip Academy of Kittery. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Walter Day of Charles M. Talbot Associates removes farm equipment Sept. 19 from a barn at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center in Livermore. The equipment is to be sold at auction. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Rick Clavet grinds a support beam Sept. 16 on playground equipment in preparation for welding a longer section of pipe onto it, which will anchor it into the ground at the former Lake Street School in Auburn. Clavet and other workers are rebuilding the former public school playground, according to Jim Wu, whose family business bought the property last year. In the background: The former elementary school that Wu’s company is set to renovate into 12 apartments. Wu says he had planned to build a day care adjacent to the playground, but the city of Auburn changed its mind and would not allow him to build the day care. Pending approval from engineers and the state, Wu hopes the playground will open this fall. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Winemaker Lindsay Benson harvests Prarie Star white grapes Friday at WillowsAwake Winery in Leeds. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Melissa Rivera, 47, received her cancer diagnosis at age 44 and had a bilateral mastectomy. “I didn’t choose cancer. Am I going to do what society says I should look like?” Rivera says. “Everyone was assuming I wanted reconstruction. When you choose flat, there isn’t a protocol for that.” Andree Kehn/Sun Journal