Joe Phelan captures ongoing tower renovations Wednesday morning.
Joe Phelan
Staff Photographer
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 job was as a kid delivering his hometown newspaper, The Blade, in the suburbs of Toledo, Ohio. Then he worked as reporter and editor for the school newspapers in high school and college and started taking pictures to go with his stories for a local running magazine. He graduated from Bowling Green State University with a journalism degree. Before getting hired by MaineToday Media he did a photojournalism internship at the The Plain Dealer and worked as an Associated Press stringer in Cleveland.
See MIFF events in Waterville and Shrine Lobster Bowl previews in the Week In Photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
See the state men’s amateur golf tournament in Oakland and July 4th parades in the Week In Photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos July 4-10.
See Waterville Civil War ceremony, sports and other summer events in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from June 26-July 2.
Tournaments, Monmouth Fair, and Newport Flagg draft parties are highlighted this week
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the week of June 20-27, 2025.
Monmouth Fair opened Wednesday and runs through Saturday
Joe Phelan captures fair setup and first-day events at the fairgrounds.
Richmond lupines, politics and sports championships featured in Week In Photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Richmond roadside field fills with lupines
Joe Phelan captures June’s flower bloom Monday.
Baseball playoffs, Waterville food trucks and legislative session in Augusta focus of Week In Photos
Central Maine photographers share their work from June 5-12.
Winslow, MCI, Lawrence athletes excel in track; while ecology, politics and baseball round out week
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.