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Walkers pass piled snow Tuesday as they circle Capital Park in Augusta. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Hollis Schwalm of Camden Hills, on floor, reacts after making a shot while being fouled by Mt. Blue’s Evan Drake during their game Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center. Camden Hills won 63-39. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Spruce Mountain’s Zoe Groomes hits the court Wednesday as she grabs a loose ball from Maranacook’s Cooper Davis, right, and Jackie Clark during the Phoenix’s 51-42 win at the Capital City Hoop Classic in Augusta. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Guitar instructor Mark Leighton carries his classical guitar over fresh snow Wednesday as he walks to Colby College’s Gordon Center in Waterville where he teaches. Leighton has taught guitar for 45 years. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Courtney Fortier, left, and her husband, Cody Fortier, hold newborn daughter, Elliot Rebecca Fortier, on Jan. 1 at MaineGeneral Health’s Alfond Center for Health in Augusta. Elliot is believed to be first baby of 2026 born in Maine. Read the story. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
A large snow blower clears a runway Tuesday at the Augusta State Airport in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
An Augusta city plow truck clears snow Wednesday from State Street in front of the Maine State House in Augusta. The opening of the second session of the 132nd Maine Legislature had been scheduled for 10 a.m. but was postponed until noon because of the snowstorm. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
A limb of an ash tree is lifted by a crane Thursday to prevent the limb from falling into the street after a Peckham Forestry Products crewman in the bucket of a utility truck cut it. Two ash trees at Gardiner Public Library in Gardiner were taken down. See video of the removal project. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Coach Ken Lindlof and members of the 1985 Waterville boys basketball team pose with the Gold Ball during the team’s 40-year reunion Friday in Waterville. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Edward Little’s Isaac Jalbert skates away from Cheverus/Yarmouth’s Lucas D’Alessandro Jan. 3 in Auburn. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)

 

A cross country skier moves along a trail Friday at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Gardiner players cheer after a made basket against Poland on Wednesday in Gardiner. (Anna Chadwick/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...