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Hall-Dale senior Zachary Sanborn lights the torch to officially open the Kennebec Special Olympics on Wednesday in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Marilyn R. Pukkila walks next to a completed Denil fishway during an event that celebrated the project completion along Outlet Stream that flows past the Olde Mill Place at 934 Main St. in Vassalboro on Thursday. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Gardiner Area High School students release an alewife Wednesday that they examined above a dam on Cobbossee Stream in Gardiner. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
A common loon clutches a crayfish in its beak Monday, May 16, on the Kennebec River in Sidney. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
An installation crew from Cumberland County Glass on Friday, May 13, finishes the Common Street side of the new Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Firefighters on Wednesday attack a blaze that injured two people and destroyed a residence at 1188 Brunswick Road, on a private drive near Pleasant Pond in Richmond. Three Central Maine Power Co. linemen and two neighbors rescued a man and his mother who were trapped by flames on the roof of the year-round residence. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
Cony’s Azabell Assaf (15) scores on Lawrence goalie Emily Hersee (29) during a girls lacrosse game Thursday in Fairfield. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
A pair of tom turkeys fan their feather Thursday beside a hen in Hallowell. The courtship display failed to impress a flock of hens who resumed grazing after the male’s serenade before strutting off into the woods. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
Hall-Dale softball players encourage a teammate at the plate during a game against Dirigo on Monday, May 16, in Farmingdale. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan singles player Dominick Clifford keeps his eyes on the ball during a match with Erskine Academy’s Jack Blais on Wednesday in Skowhegan. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
A graduate on the floor waves to spectators in the bleachers behind them Saturday, May 14, during University of Maine at Augusta graduation ceremony at the Augusta Civic Center. 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...

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...

Michael is a Maine-raised photojournalist who has been on staff at the Morning Sentinel since August 2010. He is a 2002 graduate of Sterling College in Vermont where he studied experiential education with...

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...