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Tamera Caron adds oil to an Italian sandwich Jan. 11 at Gerard’s Pizza in downtown Gardiner. The restaurant will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an event Monday. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Mt. Ararat’s Lilly Lebel, left, faces off with Mt. View’s Edward Powers during a Jan. 8 wrestling meet in the Ryan Family Gym at Cony Middle and High School in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Elm City Community Music School founders from left, Rebecca Green, Sue Barre and Teresa McKinney, get into the musical spirit Wednesday while demonstrating keyboard, clarinet and flute at the school. The women are looking forward to opening day of the school Jan. 18 in The Playhouse at Waterville Station at 17 Railroad Square in Waterville. The school occupies three rooms in the newly renovated building. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
A person shovels snow off the ice Tuesday in preparation for ice skating on China Lake in China. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Ernest Rice runs his snowmobile Jan. 13 across a thin layer of snow adjacent to a dormant snowmobile trail that runs near his home in Belgrade. Substandard snow has kept snowmobilers off the trail this season. Rice, 80, has maintained 44 miles of snowmobile trails since the early 1970s. The trails go through Belgrade, North Augusta, Readfield and Mt. Vernon, said Rice. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

James Goodman, 5, lifts his feet Jan. 12 while calling to his father for more pizza during the Northeast Motorsports Expo and Trade Show at the Augusta Civic Center at 76 Community Drive. The boy’s father, James Goodman, is the driver of the street stock race car in the background. The car can reach 130 mph, the elder Goodman says. The boy’s mother, Macy Goodman, right, says her son drives a go-kart and attends his father’s races. The family from Carmel is joining many others at the three-day show, which ended Jan. 12. The show features dragsters, race cars, go-karts, motorcycles, vintage dragsters and pulling tractors. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Supporters holding signs fill the grand staircase behind speakers Tuesday during a press conference about funding for victim advocates in the Maine State House Hall of Flags in Augusta.  Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Gardiner’s Kyle Doody throws Oxford Hills’ Curtis Fogg during a meet Wednesday at Cony High School in Augusta. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Medomak Valley’s Chloe Fox looks for a passing option over Erskine Academy’s Madeline Clement-Cargill during Tuesday’s game in South China. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Instructor Misha Oraa Ali, left, shows 3D printed items to attendees of the 3D Printing: For Ceramic Arts workshop held Jan. 11 in the Ticonic Classroom at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center located at 93 Main St. in Waterville. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Lawrence’s Ashley Shores rebounds the ball before Nokomis’ Abbie Bradstreet during the game Jan. 11 in Newport. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
People walk beneath a large painting of George Washington that hangs over a grand staircase between Hall of Flags and third floor Tuesday in Maine State House in Augusta. 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...

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...

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