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Ward 2 City Councilor Flavia DeBrito speaks June 19 during a Juneteenth celebration at the Osborne family plot in Waterville’s Pine Grove Cemetery. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Before competing themselves, Issac Glover, left, and Mason Tracey watch another contestant go through the single log horse twitch course June 25 on the first day of the annual Monmouth Fair at Monmouth Fairgrounds. The fair runs through Saturday. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Eliza-Rek Farm co-owner Jennifer Polley gives kisses to one of her goats June 24 as she sets up a display at the Monmouth Fairgrounds, 79 Academy Road in Monmouth. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
An audience member brought Dr. Richard Hornberger’s book “M-A-S-H Goes To Maine” to Joe and Joshua Schmalzel’s presentation June 23 at Senior Spectrum’s Muskie Center in Waterville. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Black Labrador retrievers Goose, right, and Riggs, play in a pool to cool off June 23 in West Gardiner. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Brooks Philbrick, 5, of St. Albans, works on his ball handling June 25 during an NBA draft watch party at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport. See story on Dallas Mavericks drafting Cooper Flagg. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Workers confer June 24 as they prepare to open the eastbound lanes of the Ticonic Bridge over the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow. The town of Winslow is seen in the background. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Medomak Valley’s Kendall Simmons celebrates as she crosses home plate to score the only run in the Panthers’ 1-0 win over Hermon in the Class B softball final June 21 in Orono. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Buckfield celebrates after beating Penobscot Valley, 5-0, in the Class D softball state championship game June 21 in Orono.  (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)

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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...