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Mt. Blue’s Dillon Gray, top, beat Gardiner’s Kyle Doody Jan. 25 in the 150-pound final at the KVAC wrestling championships at Cony Middle and High School in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Monmouth Academy’s Aiden Oliveira gets past Maranacook’s Grady Hreben for a basket during Thursday’s game in Readfield. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Hall-Dale’s Davis Madore, second from right, defends Monmouth Academy’s Aiden Oliveira during a basketball game Jan. 24 in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Madison’s Jacey Moody gets a pass off between Hall-Dale’s Torie Tibbetts, right, and Lucy Gray Wednesday in Madison. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Messalonskee’s Anderson Arbour attempts to dribble past Camden Hills’ Nolan Ames during a basketball game Jan. 24 in Oakland. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Drifting snow frames the steps Thursday in front of Miller Library at Colby College in Waterville. More snow is expected this week. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Tom Tremblay, of St. Albans, left, and Jim Sarette, of Manchester, N.H. fish for smelt in a shack on the Kennebec River Tuesday at Baker’s Smelt Camps in Pittston. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Marcia Collins of Madison, seated, and Gloria Young of Solon shares a laugh Jan. 26 at the donation table during Country Sunday Open Mic at the Embden Community Center at 797 Embden Pond Road. About 20 musicians and singers played during the event, which is held twice a month. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Dance partners Marcia Collins, 77, left, and Marshall Lake, 86, share the floor Jan. 26 with others as musicians perform during Country Sunday Open Mic at the Embden Community Center at 797 Embden Pond Road. About 20 musicians and singers played during the event, which is held twice a month. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
The sun sets behind an ice-fishing shack Jan. 23 around 4:26 p.m. on Snow Pond in Sidney. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Jim Love, a moderator with the Universalist Unitarian Meeting House, in the auditorium Jan. 23 of the congregation’s former meeting house in Pittsfield. 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...

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...

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...