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Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2025.

Augusta City Clerk Kelly Gooldrup sets up ballot machines Monday at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta. Workers were preparing for the Tuesday elections where all the city’s wards will vote in the same location instead of four separate ward sites. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Voters cast their ballots Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
The Monmouth Academy boys soccer team carries the championship plaque over to celebrate with fans after they beat Richmond 5-1 in the Class D South final Nov. 4 in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff photographer)
Patricia Dickey, 86, left, and Debra Sterling, 73, both of Skowhegan, laugh at the counter Thursday during a shift at The Friends of the Library Shop, at 61 Water St. in Skowhegan. The women volunteer at the shop to raise money for the Skowhegan Free Public Library. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
People watch Fox News on a pair large screens during the the Maine X community watch party Tuesday at Augusta Elks Club in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff photographer)
The Class B girls start their watches before the cross country state championship Saturday in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Freeport’s Alex Gilbert celebrates as he wins the boys Class B cross country state championship race Saturday in Augusta with a time of 16:35.14. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Messakonskee quarterback Tatum Douchette is taken down by Skowhegan tacklers, from left, Jason Aubin, Bill Linkletter and Sebastian Stewart, during an Oct. 31 game at Messalonskee High School in Oakland. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Belfast’s OraLee Woodbury, left, passes the ball around Mattie Small of Nokomis on Thursday at Hampden Academy in Hampden. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Skowhegan celebrates with the championship plaque Thursday after beating Mt. Ararat 3-0 in the Class A North field hockey final in Hampden. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Foxcroft Academy’s Addie Rayfield, front, battles MCI’s defender Vivian Walker for the ball Thursday in Hampden. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Dennis Fitzmaurice and wife Darcy Fitzmaurice of Skowhegan, center, and others review information regarding the Skowhegan Second River Crossing Project during a meeting Wednesday evening at the Skowhegan Public Safety Building in Skowhegan. About 70 people attended the meeting. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Foxcroft’s Ava Dunton (5) celebrates Thursday in Hampden after scoring a goal in the first period of the Class C North final. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Fort Kent’s Kamryn Martin, right, and Winslow’s Ilona Coulin compete for the ball Tuesday at Hampden Academy in Hampden. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Mount View’s Stuart Knowlton, right, and Orono’s Wesley Crouse battle for the ball Tuesday in Hampden. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Aurora Chambers, 2, of Waterville, joins her grandmother Linda Witham, left, and mom Ashley Chambers as they cast their ballots Tuesday at Thomas College in Waterville. Witham said this was the third time the trio had been to vote together. (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...

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...

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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