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Tucker, a 5-year-old corgi, shepherd mix walks with Pauline Veilleux as they travel Sunday along a trail near their home in Winslow. Veilleux carried a small battery operated hand saw she used to cut vines that were ‘choking out the trees,’ she said. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Madison’s Brayden Furbush, top, and Dirigo’s Nathaniel Wainwright dive for the ball during Thursday’s boys basketball game in Madison. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Rangeley’s Brayden Thompson, middle, looks for an open teammate as Richmond’s Zander Steele (44), David Edwards, middle, and Brady Alexander defend during a boys basketball game Tuesday in Richmond. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Messalonskee boys basketball players react during a game against Cony on Tuesday in Oakland. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Messalonskee’s Jake Towle throws Mt. Blue’s Kendall Foster during a 165-pound weight class match Thursday in Oakland. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
High school skiers turn though gates on a slalom course at Saddleback ski area Wednesday in Rangeley. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Skiers ride the lift at the Saddleback ski area in Rangeley on Wednesday. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Flowers were left Sunday, Dec. 31, at the entrance to Damon’s Beverage in Waterville near signage relevant to the recent death there of employee Angela Bragg. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Maine Maritime Academy’s C.J.Lilljeqvist, left, and Colby’s Liam O’Connell go for a loose ball during a men’s basketball game Tuesday in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
Judi Richardson, left, hugs Arthur Barnard, who lost his son Artie Strout in the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston, after Barnard spoke Wednesday at a news conference on the opening day of the legislative session in Augusta. Richardson’s daughter, Darien Richardson, died from complications resulting from gunshot wounds in 2010. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Owner Mike Robinson pets Waylon the goat Tuesday at RMT Farms in Litchfield. The grain-free farm and rescue has 22 goats along with alpacas, pot-belly pigs and birds that munch on the discarded holiday trees after workers inspect to make sure all decorations are gone. Robinson says they collected about 100 trees so far. 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...

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...

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