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Mark Champagne of Waterville Parks and Recreation, right, and Caitlin Kincaid assemble a sukkah Tuesday at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. Kincaid is the program coordinator for the Center for Small Town Jewish Life.  
Caitlin Kincaid, program coordinator for the Center for Small Town Jewish Life, carries a collage of quilt blocks Tuesday on a panel that shares the ancestry of Waterville people. The blocks were created by Waterville residents ranging from 3 to 92 years old, said Kincaid. The panel will be displayed in the sukkah that Waterville Parks and Recreation workers are shown assembling at the left. 
Andrew Brown of Waterville visits the sukkah Tuesday at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. The city, Beth Israel Congregation and Waterville Creates are working together to organize and invite the community to share in Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday. A sukkah represents the type of hut the Israelites built while wandering in the desert; it also is similar to temporary dwellings Jewish farmers built in the fields during autumn harvest time to sleep and eat their meals in, as it was too much to work and travel back and forth from home to the fields.  
The completed sukkah is shown Tuesday after Waterville Parks and Recreation workers assembled it at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. The city, Beth Israel Congregation and Waterville Creates are working together to organize and invite the community to share in Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday. A sukkah represents the type of hut the Israelites built while wandering in the desert; it also is similar to temporary dwellings Jewish farmers built in the fields during autumn harvest time to sleep and eat their meals in, as it was too much to work and travel back and forth from home to the fields.  
The completed sukkah is shown Tuesday after Waterville Parks and Recreation workers assembled it at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. The city, Beth Israel Congregation and Waterville Creates are working together to organize and invite the community to share in Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday. A sukkah represents the type of hut Israelites built while wandering in the desert; it also is similar to temporary dwellings Jewish farmers built in the fields during the autumn harvest in which to sleep and eat their meals.
Caitlin Kincaid carries a collage of quilt blocks sharing the ancestry of Waterville people while transporting the panel Tuesday from her car to Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. Kincaid is the program coordinator for the Center for Small Town Jewish Life. The blocks were created by Waterville residents ranging from 3 to 92 years old, said Kincaid. The panel is being displayed in the sukkah that Waterville Parks and Recreation workers assembled in Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. 
Al Jordan of Waterville Parks and Recreation, center, assembles a sukkah Tuesday with the help of others at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. The city, Beth Israel Congregation and Waterville Creates are working together to organize and invite the community to share in Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday. A sukkah represents the type of hut Israelites built while wandering in the desert; it also is similar to temporary dwellings Jewish farmers built in the fields during the autumn harvest in which to sleep and eat their meals. 
Waterville Parks and Recreation workers and others assemble a sukkah Tuesday at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. The city, Beth Israel Congregation and Waterville Creates are working together to organize and invite the community to share in Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday. A sukkah represents the type of hut Israelites built while wandering in the desert; it also is similar to temporary dwellings Jewish farmers built in the fields during the autumn harvest in which to sleep and eat their meals.

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