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A group of students cheer on Special Olympics Maine athletes, coaches and partners Tuesday during the parade and opening ceremony of the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Sports, Special Olympics, housing concerns highlight week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from May 8-15, 2026.
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Maranacook/Winthrop’s Ryan Bourque attempts slow down North Yarmouth Academy’s Stephen Connolly during their game May 8 in Yarmouth. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMonmouth Academy pitcher Evelyn Pettengill, center, snags a comeback line drive from Gardiner batter Molly Takatsu, left, during a softball game Tuesday May 12, 2026 on Somerville Field at Gardiner Area High School in Gardiner. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSpecial Olympics Maine athletes, coaches and partners wave to a student section Tuesday during the parade and opening ceremony of the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageAzariah Madore races to the finish line of the 100-meter dash Tuesday during the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageWorkers from Copp & Sons Building Movers position beams under a house at 15 Western Ave. in Augusta on Wednesday to prepare it for relocation to Chandler Street on May 31. Portions of the structure were removed ahead of the move. The 1899 John Calvin Stevens designed building, which was slotted for demolition to make room for Kennebec Savings Bank’s expansion, will be preserved after an agreement with developer Richard Parkhurst. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageWilliam Cochran, left, speaks at a rally held by mobile home park residents before Wednesday’s Oakland Town Council meeting Wednesday. Shelby McFadden, center, and Rhonda West hold a banner behind him. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageUniversity of Maine at Augusta graduate Lillian Lincoln, foreground, shows off her mortarboard, featuring a photo of her children, while she talks with friends May 9 as they gather backstage prior to commencement. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageVice President JD Vance greets a capacity crowd before making his remarks during an appearance at the Bangor International Airport on Thursday. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageThe crowd gathered for the vice presidential event Thursday in Bangor. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)Attendees focus on the media platform as the media asks questions to Vice President JD Vance spoke at the Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine Thursday May 14, 2026. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageA dandelion flower that’s already gone to seed is seen Thursday surrounded by younger yellow dandelion flowers in an Augusta field. (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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