Ellie Pfohl has her hair styled July 16 by stage manager Heather Pape at the Community Little Theatre’s musical theater workshop in Auburn. Pfohl plays Ms. Norbury in the production “Mean Girls,” under the direction of Jude Leaver. The four-week intensive camp gives teens the opportunity to perform a greater variety of roles. According to Leaver, “Mean Girls” speaks to this generation. “It’s about inclusion and why it’s important to be true to yourself,” he says. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Serafim Yssolo, background on ladder, paints the front of the Raise-Op Housing Cooperative building July 21 on Pierce Street in Lewiston. Yssolo, a native of Angola, is working through a partnership between Raise-Op and Happy Child Daycare. A grant from Healthy Neighborhoods is funding the project. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Jared Garcia, right, and his 9-year-old nephew, Jayce Rodriguez, play football July 17 in Sabattus Pond in Sabattus. “It was cold at first and then it felt really good,” Garcia’s sister, Ciarah Declet, said while cooling off in the water. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Chase Putney, 12, works on his comic book July 18 outside his Lewiston home. He said he became interested in comic book superheroes when he was about 5 because he didn’t have interest in reading. “It’s fun to come up with my own superheroes,” the sixth grader at Farwell Elementary School said. “The action that I like to draw is like a movie going on inside my head.” Putney’s project Monday was creating a storyline for “The Adventures of the Lewiston Lighter.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sherri Otterson of Noway, front left, and Linda Bond, front right, lead a crew of 20 paddlers and one steerer July 19 through the culvert under Crockett Ridge Road in Norway. Otterson started the Maine Dragon Boat Club and purchased the 41-foot dragon boat that arrived Wednesday at Lake Pennesseewassee Park in Norway from Montreal. “It’s the only one in Maine that I know of,” Otterson said.  Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Emily’s Run participants take off July 16 from Auburn Middle School in the latest installment in the Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K Series. The race memorializes Emily Fletcher, a former Edward Little High School cross-country and track runner who was 21 when killed in a 2004 car crash. The run raises money for two college scholarships in Fletcher’s name and supports the Auburn Public Library, the Auburn Nordic Ski Association, the Stanton Bird Club, New Beginnings, Tree Street Youth and the Androscoggin Land Trust. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Madilyn Keep, 17, helps art campers sew up their hacky sacks July 19 at Wicked Illustrations Art Camp in Lewiston. The July theme is “camping” and the projects are mostly throwbacks to the 1980s. Studio owner Melanie Therrien said the week was about “making a mess, making art and making s’mores.” Andree Kehn/Sun Journal