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Wreath salesman Travis Morgan is kissed by his Pomeranian dog named Bear as they stayed warm in their truck while selling Christmas wreaths Wednesday at a stand set in the parking lot of the Notre Dame de Loudres Parish Center along Water Street in Skowhegan. Morgan said he was selling 12-inch and 18-inch wreaths for $25 and $35. Morgan added that he and his girlfriend Wendy Dawe hand make the wreaths from clippings they get from Quinn’s Tree Farm in Cornville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Lights glow behind a Christmas ornament Tuesday on the Jack Skehan & Associates tree at the Johnson Hall Opera House at 280 Water St. in Gardiner. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Hayley Sevigny, center looks a decorations with daughter Lila Sevigny, bottom left, and Griffin Sevigny, top right, during River of Trees event Friday November 29, 2024 at the Augusta Teen Center of the Boys and Girls Club on Water Street in downtown Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Nash Callahan shovels snow Friday in front of a mural in process by artist C.P. Sketch. The mural is on the side of Callahan’s store, Capital City Cycles, at the corner of Bridge and Water streets in downtown Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Kat Lemont pours hot water into an Americano during her coffee popup event on Small Business Saturday inside The Blanchard Gallery in Hallowell. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Lauren Bartlett carries a Christmas tree Monday that she has just cut in her backyard in Winthrop. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Deirdre Berglund, a member of Gardiner Rotary Club, tests the light settings for their tree in preparation for the Festival of Trees event Monday at Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Sarah Hubert speaks to the Maine School Administrative District 11 school board during public comment at a meeting regarding the school based health center Thursday December 5, 2024 in Gardiner. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Annie Dobos laughs Tuesday as her fiancé, Winston Fate, connects cords to light decorations on the porch they decorated at their house in Fairfield. Dobos says they have seven lighted Christmas trees on three floors at their 1902 home, including in bedrooms and the den, bathroom, kitchen and family room. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Patrice MacArthur and her dog Bode, a Samoyed, pass a Nativity scene displayed by the gazebo at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Fairfield. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Emersyn Jacques, 3, of Benton visits with Santa Claus on Sunday in his Kringleville cabin in Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville. Santa will be available from 1-4 p.m. Dec. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22. 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...