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Lincoln Tilby, 9, of China, laces his ice skates Monday, Feb. 5, before skating with his family on China Lake. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Kerri Coderre focuses on her drawing during a workshop hosted by artist Peter Bruun at the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen in Waterville on Monday, Feb. 5. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Gov. Janet Mills, left, hands a Maine state flag to Brigadier General Diane Dunn, symbolizing her taking over as adjutant general of Maine and commissioner of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management from Major General Douglas Farnham, right, during a ceremony Friday, Feb. 2, at Camp Chamberlain in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Will Martinez of Wells reacts after defeating Oceanside’s Aiden Sergent at the MPA wrestling duals Saturday in Topsham. Wells won the Class B team title, 60-23. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Lisbon cheerleaders are seen competing Saturday, Feb. 3, before winning the Class C South regional cheerleading championships at Cony Middle and High School in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Dave Ellingwood sets an ice fishing trap Wednesday on Messalonskee Lake in Sidney. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Valley’s Fisher Tewksbury hugs his mom after he scored his 1,000th career point during a game against Islesboro on Friday, Feb. 2, in Waterville. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Vera McCormack of Unity and her dog, Oliver, a goldendoodle, walk on a sunny Wednesday through Pond Cemetery in Unity. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Officer Renee Bernard of the Lisbon Police Department speaks Thursday during the fourth public meeting of the panel investigating the facts of the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston. The meeting was held at the University of Maine in Augusta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Lawrence’s Maddie Provost, right, fist-bumps her Bulldog teammate Taylor Pellerin on Thursday during a basketball game against the River Hawks in Skowhegan Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Rosie Duca, 5, hugs Kia, a therapy greyhound, goodbye when her family’s appointment was over at the weekly reading with a therapy dog event on Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

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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...

Anna is a 2023 graduate of Thomas College in Waterville where she received her Master’s in Business Administration and her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in marketing...

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...

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