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Colby College running back Keon Smart, left, catches a shovel pass as Colby quarterback Miles Drake gets tackled during a football game Saturday, Sept. 21, at Colby’s Seaverns Field at Harold Alfond Stadium in Waterville. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
J. Nadir Hashim, the CEO of Custom Glass Terrariums at 30 Summer St. in Winthrop, moves a freshly cut sheet of glass on Thursday, Sept. 19. The company, which has been in business for 16 years, makes terrariums that are often used to house reptiles. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
It was a warm, late summer morning Wednesday in downtown Waterville, but The Concourse parking lot was brutally hot. There, a man with all his belongings piled into three parking spaces, was talking to — or rather yelling at — Waterville Police Department Community Resource Officer Rob Bouley. Bouley had told him he must move his belongings, and that police had receive complaints from businesses, as well as motorists trying to park. With Bouley was Todd Stevens, the police department's community outreach coordinator. The two often work together to help those in need get connected to resources.
West Gardiner Selectman Gary Hickey retrieves steamed cobs on Sunday, Sept. 15, during a gathering with neighbors to celebrate the harvest of sweet corn. The kettle was initially used by his grandfather, Mert Hickey, in the 1980s for an annual community cookout in West Gardiner. Several dozen West Gardiner residents and members of the Hickey family attended the event that Hickey hopes will be held every year with the same kettle serving up ears for all. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
Gardiner’s volleyball team pretends to take photos of Kaitlyn Davidson as a celebration after she scored in a game against Nokomis on Wednesday in Newport. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
The Waterville boys soccer team celebrates after defeating Oceanside in overtime during a game Tuesday in Waterville. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Kennebec Explorer driver Roger Campbell assists Trena Cilley, 77, of Benton as Cilley arrives Wednesday for dialysis at Dialysis Clinic Inc. in Fairfield. Campbell said the transit bus he drives carries eight passengers. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Thomas College student Emily Gutierrez, right, grabs a bead Tuesday to make a friendship bracelet during Fresh Check Day at the college at 180 West River Road in Waterville. Fresh Check Day is hosted by one of the college’s clubs, Active Minds, and is the signature program of the Jordan Porco Foundation, which promotes positive mental health and suicide prevention at colleges. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Lighted water towers bubble Thursday at the Snoezelen Room, a controlled, multisensory environment, during a tour of the Children’s Center of Augusta at 1 Alden Ave. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Riders warm up their horses on Sunday, Sept. 22, before entering the competition arena during the Maine Event State Championship Horse Show at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds. About 150 stock type horses, saddle horses and their riders — from 5 to 80 years old — competed in the weekend event. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
The Lawrence High School team takes the field before a football game against Skowhegan on Friday, Sept. 20, in Skowhegan. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Mercedes Arnold, the marketing and communications director at the Johnson Hall Opera House at 280 Water St. in Gardiner, cleans a window Wednesday after she and co-workers decorated for Halloween. Johnson Hall is among the Water Street businesses participating in the Downtown Gardiner Trick or Treat event set for 3 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 25. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Two men on a sailing catamaran are framed Sunday, Sept. 22, in fall colors at Lake George Regional Park West in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/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...

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...