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The Cony Rams celebrate with the boot trophy after beating rival Gardiner 5-3 in a field hockey game Wednesday in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Skowhegan’s Sophie Noyes attempts to block a pass by Mt. Ararat’s Krystah Coen during a field hockey game Tuesday in Skowhegan. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Dexter’s fire department operates a hand pump fire engine on Saturday, Sept. 14, during the parade at the 60th Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention held in Waterville. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Attendees walk the midway on Sunday, Sept. 15, during opening day of the Farmington Fair at 292 High St. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
A carnival worker tests out the Jumbo the Flying Elephant ride Wednesday while setting up for the 2nd annual Kickoff to Fall Fair event at Mill Park in Augusta. The event, presented by the Augusta Downtown Alliance and Smokey's Greater Shows, started Thursday and runs through Sunday.
A carnival worker tests the Jumbo the Flying Elephant ride Wednesday while setting up for the 2nd annual Kickoff to Fall Fair at Mill Park in Augusta. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Loons meet Thursday in China Lake in China.
Loons meet at China Lake in China on Thursday Sept. 12. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Gardiner’s Chase Burgess makes a catch before scoring a touchdown during a football game against Mt. Blue at Hoch Field in Gardiner on Friday, Sept. 13. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Cony wide-receiver Ethan Demmons, center, (3) catches a pass in end zone for Ram’s third first-half touchdown during a football game Friday, Sept.13, at Cony Middle/High School’s Fuller Field in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Dirigo running back Owen Smith scores a touchdown in front of Oak Hill linebacker Bryson Dubuc during a football game Saturday, Sept. 14, in Wales. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Skygazers were treated to a rare lunar trifecta Tuesday night, with a harvest moon, supermoon and partial lunar eclipse all occurring on the same night, as pictured from Waterville. The harvest moon is the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, while a supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth. Here, the partial eclipse can be seen as a shadow on the top of the moon. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Nancy Ellis and her son, William Ellis Jr., explore the headstones Sunday, Sept. 15, at the Barry family plot in Farmingdale during a memorial service for the patriarch of the Barry Farm, Albert E. “Sonny” Barry. Barry, 88, was laid to rest among the horses, donkeys, cows, chickens, dogs and cats that he and his wife, Ann, loved and nurtured for decades at several barns and across dozens of acres. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
Hussam AlRawi and dog Willow walk Tuesday near sheep at Five Pillars Butchery in Unity. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
A honeybee harvests pollen from a Jerusalem artichoke blossom on Friday, Sept. 13, in Augusta. Anna Chadwick/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...

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...

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...

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...