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Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Nov. 21-28, 2025.

Ewan Barnicoat places canned goods into Thanksgiving boxes Nov. 21 at Gardiner Area High School in Gardiner. The school’s National Honors Society members organize the event annually. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Amy Rowbottom cashes out a customer purchasing cheese Monday at Crooked Face Creamery in Skowhegan. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)

 

Jennifer Fox plays Cindy Lou Who in “Who’s Holiday,” during a rehearsal Monday at Cumston Hall in Monmouth. The one-woman show revisits the sweet Cindy Lou as an adult. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Megan Mercier photographs the plaque on one of the trees Nov. 22 during dedication event for the Hallowell Lights on the Kennebec, a public art installation by Hallowell resident Kieran Kammerer. The trees/lights are intended to be a winter replacement for the famous rainbow chairs on the bulkhead in Hallowell’s Granite City Park, which have become a symbol of the city since their introduction in 2015.(Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Heather Pouliot reaches up to put another ornament on the Pouliot Real Estate tree Wednesday at the Colonial Theater located at 139 Water St. in downtown Augusta. There are 28 trees at the Augusta Downtown Alliance’s eighth annual River Of Trees fundraiser that runs through Sunday. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Volunteer Vicki Dill, right, keeps the mood light Thursday as she helps other volunteers that served food during a free Thanksgiving meal at the Boys and Girls Club of Kennebec Valley in Gardiner. Dill has volunteered at the event for 22 years. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Jesse Stanford uses pine boughs Wednesday to decorate the front of Freckle Salvage Company at 129 Main St. in Winthrop. Stanford and his wife, Nikki Stanford, own the business. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Gardiner’s Matthew Moody looks to block Nolan Brown during a practice drill Monday in Gardiner. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Aurora Centeio, left, tries squash Thursday while sharing with her dad, Hunter Centeio of Augusta, during the Scottish Rite of Augusta Valley and Hermon Lodge No. 32 free Thanksgiving meal at the Boys and Girls Club of Kennebec Valley in Gardiner. (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...