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Buddy, a service dog, keeps an eye on people walking toward the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. Buddy's owner Gil Tierney, of Augusta, regularly attends legislative sessions and other events around the State House. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Spring sports, No Kings protest, pétanque focus of week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from March 27-April 2, 2026.
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Claire Kapinos bunts in front of the the Hall-Dale bulldog on a crash pad during softball practice Thursday in Farmingdale. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageEileen Chretien, the mother of Todd Chretien, digs for overwintered carrots Thursday at Fair Share Farm Maine
in Wayne. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageA person dressed as President Donald Trump holds a “No” sign while attending the No Kings protest Saturday at the State House in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageProtesters walk across the Two Cent Bridge to the No Kings protest Saturday in Waterville. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageGary Golden watches the boule he just tossed fly Monday during a pétanque game at the Mill Park Pétanque Courts in Augusta. Golden and other players said it was just the second time this year the weather had been warm enough to play outdoors. The courts have views of the nearby Kennebec River. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageJennifer Fortin, Kennebec Valley YMCA senior director of development and marketing, takes a photo from the Senate gallery Monday at the Maine State House in Augusta. She was part of a group from the YMCAs there for the Senate’s passage of a legislative sentiment honoring the 175th anniversary of the YMCA. The sentiment included this history, “The YMCAs of Maine trace their roots to the earliest chapters of the movement in the United States, beginning with the founding of the Portland YMCA in 1853 and the Bath YMCA in 1856.” For more than 170 years, the YMCA in Maine has grown into a statewide network of 15 YMCA associations operating 24 branches and camps that serve more than 100,000 Mainers each year. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageBuddy, a service dog, keeps an eye on people walking toward the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. Buddy’s owner Gil Tierney, of Augusta, regularly attends legislative sessions and other events around the State House. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMessalonskee goalie Andrew Witham tracks a ball during a practice Tuesday in Oakland. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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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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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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