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Casey Seavey steers while her husband, Jesse Seavey, rides next to her as draft ponies Bo and Bud pull a wagon and give rides June 27 during Skowhegan River Day. The Seaveys are from North Anson. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Morgan Seavey, 11, braids the tail of draft pony Bo before her family gives horse-drawn wagon rides June 27 during Skowhegan River Days. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Unidentified players compete for the ball June 28 during the McNally All Star field hockey game at Thomas College in Waterville. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
A monarch butterfly rests on a milkweed plant July 2 in Hallowell. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
The former Bob-In restaurant and lounge is demolished June 26 at 17 Temple St. in Waterville. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Claire Ellis colors the brick steps at her mother’s shop, Serendipity Hair Salon, July 1 on Water Street in downtown Gardiner. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Darlene Armstrong takes cellphone pictures of the old Margaret Chase Smith School on June 30 in Skowhegan. “It’s the end of an era,” said Armstrong. She said she was taking the photos to send to her daughter who had attended the school. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Charlie Littlefield uses a wide-brimmed hat and a shirt soaked with cold water draped over his shoulders to beat the heat Wednesday as he walks along North Street in Waterville. Temperatures in the are reached in the upper 80s.(Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Basketball players run up the court June 26 during a morning session game of Capital Basketball Academy 2 at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta. Cony boys basketball head coach Isaiah Brathwaite said that they had 40 boys from grades 3-9 for the weeklong day camp. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Belle Hersom, left, and Arlo Dutil cover their ears July 2 as Civil War reenactors, from groups that portray 20th Maine Company B and 11th Maine Company F, fire a volley during a memorial service at the grave of Cpl. Charles Bushey at Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville. Belle Hersom and sister Jocelyn Hersom, not pictured, are fifth granddaughters of Bushey. See a video from the ceremony. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)

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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...

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...