Skillin Elementary School in South Portland celebrated Read Across America Day on March 2 with special guest readers, including Superintendent of Schools Ken Kunin; Slugger, the Portland Sea Dog’s mascot; and several local hockey players from the Maine Wild hockey team, Skillin alumnus Dylan Reny-Farrell among them. Pictured, from left, are hockey players Matt Stewart, Willie Dunham and Zach Gagne, with Reny-Farrell kneeling.

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