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Responders working at the scene of a fatal plane crash are seen from a roadblock south of the incident Wednesday on Oak Hill Road in Litchfield. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
A vehicle is stranded in floodwaters Friday, Aug. 18 on Front Street in Waterville as a bicyclist rides through the water after heavy rain drenched the region. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
A driver jumps from his car Friday, Aug. 18 as fire erupts from the exhaust stock during the demolition derby at the Skowhegan State Fair. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Ashlee Guptill paints the wooden screen door of Emily’s Restaurant Thursday at the Windsor Fairgrounds. The Windsor Fair opens at 9 a.m. Sunday and runs through Sept. 4. The fair features harness racing and has nine days of agricultural exhibits, vendors and midway rides. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Karen Morley, left, and Michael Morley, right, take their grandson, Mykah McFarland, out for a fishing trip Tuesday on Messalonskee Lake in Belgrade. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Spectators watch the Bailey Ukulele Band perform Saturday, Aug. 19 during the Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce’s 35th annual Sidewalk Art Festival in downtown Winthrop. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Waterville’s Hamza Baher, left, shares a laugh with interpreter, Hamed Alsaleh, during a boys soccer practice Thursday, Aug. 17 in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Madison scores on Lisbon keeper Victoria Babbin on Saturday, Aug. 19 in Madison. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

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Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...

Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...

Andy started his photojournalism career with the Kennebec Journal in 1995. Over the years, he has won numerous Maine Press Association awards for his images of Maine people, places and events and contributed...

Michael is a Maine-raised photojournalist who has been on staff at the Morning Sentinel since August 2010. He is a 2002 graduate of Sterling College in Vermont where he studied experiential education with...