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Winthrop’s Kylee Mansir, left, and Richmond’s Olivia Mason chase down a loose ball. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Rep. Amy Kuhn, D-Falmouth, left, gives a tour to Paralympic cycling bronze medalist Clara Brown, of Falmouth, and her family before the session started Tuesday January 21, 2025 at the Maine State House in Augusta. Brown won the bronze medal in the women’s C1-3 – Road Race in Paris last summer. She also participated in the Tokyo games in 2021. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Lawrence performs its routine during the KVAC B cheerleading competition on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. The Bulldogs won with a score of 77.8. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
The Cony Rams bench celebrates a good play against Mt. Blue during a boys basketball game Friday in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
A worker clears slush and snow Tuesday from a path as members of the Colby College community walk between buildings at the college in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Michelle Fontaine, center, overlooks a bust Sunday of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow near the stairwell leading to the balcony of the theater at Memorial Hall at 26 Church St. in Oakland. Those working to restore and preserve the historic hall expect to learn in about a month what needs to be done to the building. Fontaine is a grant writer for the project. Oakland Town Manager Kelly Pinney-Michaud is at right. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Participants in the Martin Luther King Day March respond Monday as Elizabeth Leonard, bottom left, reads from King’s “I’ve been to the mountain top” speech at Waterville City Hall. The speech, which King delivered April 3, 1968, was his last, given the day before he was assassinated. About 30 people took part in the march. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
A person crosses through a shaft of late day sunlight Wednesday January 22, 2025 near the steps of the Somerset County Court House in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Maryam Sif Eddin, 11 months, receives a kiss on the cheek from Tom Nale Sr., her “Jiddo,” which is Arabic for grandfather, Wednesday at an event at Holy Cannoli in Waterville hosted by the Capitol Area New Mainers Project. Sif Eddin’s family immigrated to Waterville from Syria. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Gardiner’s Trace Moody (10) and Cony’s Matt Boston battle for the ball. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Gardiner’s Brady Peacock grabs a rebound in front of Cony’s Keenan Clark, left, and Jordan Benedict. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Augusta’s Cassie Sano joins the People’s March on Saturday to call for solidarity and action at the Maine State House in Augusta. The rally is one of many throughout the nation and Washington, D.C., called to protest the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Monday. Anna Chadwick/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...