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Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, is seen three times through a corner of a cut glass door as she gestures to a visiting sports team Tuesday in the Senate chamber at the Maine State House in Augusta. The team was visiting while a legislative sentiment was passed in their honor. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Chickens, Maine Maple Sunday Weekend & seed selection focus of week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from March 20-26, 2026.
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Library patrons Eve Wertz, 3, and her mother, Emily Wertz, both of Waterville, sort through free seed packets they chose Friday at the Waterville Seed Library at the library in Waterville. A variety of vegetable seeds can be obtained at the 73 Elm St. library through June, according to library staff. The pair said they plan to plant the eight variety of seeds they chose in window sill planters at their home. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
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Leo St. Pierre walks with a Rhode Island Red chicken March 20 at his home in Waterville. St. Pierre cares for 12 chickens at his home. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageOptometrist Jessilin Quint holds up a diopter lens March 20 at Smart Eye Care in Augusta. She uses the lens to look at the retinal and optic nerves during eye exams. Quint is an advocate for greater scope of practice for optometrists. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSteve Bennett of Beaver Hill Plantation in Freedom enjoys a hot dog March 21 while he passes the wood-fired evaporator, left, while participating in Maine Maple Sunday Weekend at the plantation’s sugarhouse. Three generations of Bennett’s family were on hand to take questions and assist guests at the event. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageJordan Duffy works with his dog Sal, a 9-month-old Australian Shepherd, Monday on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono. Duffy, who is on staff at the university’s Advanced Structures and Composite Center, said his dog has high energy and needs to have a job to do. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)Nolan Cote does warmups during the first day of practice for pitchers and catchers Monday in the Stuart L. Foster Memorial Gymnasium at Monmouth Academy in Monmouth. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSenate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, is seen three times through a corner of a cut glass door as she gestures to a visiting sports team Tuesday in the Senate chamber at the Maine State House in Augusta. The team was visiting while a legislative sentiment was passed in their honor. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageConnor Grindle, a 22-year-old student operator from Fairfield Public Works, idles an off-road haul truck Tuesday during KVCC’s Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program at the construction pit in the Reservoir Hill subdivision in Fairfield. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
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Anita Simard, left, and Bob Simard chat Thursday as they walk laps around the track that’s part of the Hosmer Field Athletic Complex in Rumford. (Joe Phelan/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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