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Lawrence ball carrier Garrett Leclerc is taken down by Skowhegan defenders Trevor Austin, left, and Jason Aubin during a Sept. 12 matchup in Fairfield. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Ashley McSwain, of Nate and Ollie’s Rolled Ice Cream, prepares an order of Oreo Madness during the Teacher’s Tailgate Party before Lawrence hosted Skowhegan on Sept. 12. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
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Benjamin Galusha, 10, of Kingfield and Andrew Silver of the Silver Circus spin plates Sept. 17 at the 2025 Farmington Fair in Farmington. This year’s fair is scheduled for Sept. 20-26. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMaine running back Sincere Baines catches a pass in front of Stonehill defender Richard Mosely III Sept. 13 during the Black Bears’ 13-10 loss in Orono. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageDirigo’s Lana Waite, left, tries but can’t stop a pass by Winthrop’s Sophie Shuman Sept. 15 at Charlie’s Field in the Maxwell Athletic Complex in Winthrop. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageAlan Brooke, top left, and Craig Blouin, from The Paint Gurus, spray a coat of white paint while carpenter Tim Crews works on the front trim of a building Sept. 10 at the corner of Union and Water streets in downtown Hallowell. Blouin said the old Boynton’s sign had been masked off and will be repainted as part of the project. The building, that had for many years housed Boynton’s Market and more recently Hallowell Clay Works, has been renovated to include apartments upstairs and Summit Realty on ground floor. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
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Cony libero Ellie Gould digs a shot during the Rams match against Gardiner. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
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Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows talks about Maine’s refusal to turn over voter information to the Department of Justice during a news conference Sept. 17, 2025, in the Maine State House Hall of Flags in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageDemolition of the old Winslow Junior High School building took place Sept. 16 in Winslow. Students started attending the new school, built behind this building, in 2020. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMonmouth Academy’s Aiden Oliveira and Mt. Abram’s Walker Wolfe both head the ball Sept. 17 during a Mountain Valley Conference matchup in Monmouth. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageAn island of fall color stands out among the lush greenery surrounding Flying Pond in Vienna on Sept. 18. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)Taylor Hebert, a senior on the Gardiner field hockey team, grabs balloons from a teammate Sept. 18 while decorating a float for the homecoming parade in Gardiner. The parade started at Gardiner Regional Middle School and traveled to the high school where students had a bonfire. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLawrence ball carrier Garrett Leclerc is taken down by Skowhegan defenders Trevor Austin, left, and Jason Aubin during a Sept. 12 matchup in Fairfield. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
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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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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...
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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...
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Libby Kamrowski Kenny is a staff photographer at the Sun Journal who came aboard in June 2025. She’s been in journalism longer than that though, as her prematurely graying hair can attest, starting as...
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