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Kora Mini Racers spin circles around an Augusta Police officer as the racers performed July 4 during the Independence Day parade in Augusta. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
A gymnast with Decal Gymnastics flips a one-handed cartwheel July 4 on Water Street while participating with other gymnasts in the Fourth of July parade in Augusta. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
A fisherman paddles his kayak against the current of the Kennebec River in Winslow on Tuesday. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Stephanie Haims, of Lakehurst Farms, a family-run flower farm in Manchester, organizes flowers for bouquets July 5 at their stand at the Hallowell Farmers Market at Stevens Commons in Hallowell. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Joe Walp, of Portland Country Club, left, and Ron Kelton, of Purpoodock Club, study the green on the 12th hole Wednesday during the 2025 Maine Amateur at Waterville Country Club in Waterville. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)  
John Hayes III, left, watches the ball from a cart Tuesday after his son John Hayes IV, of Purpoodock Club, hit the ball on 14th fairway during the 2025 Maine Amateur at Waterville Country Club in Waterville.. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Gary Golden winds up to toss a boule Wednesday during a pétanque game at the Mill Park Pétanque Courts in Augusta. The courts have views of the nearby Kennebec River and are located in the city’s Mill Park. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
The setting sun casts long shadows of basketball players Monday as they take warmup shots before another evening of Gold Ball Basketball games on the court at Williams Park in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
An Eastern Phoebe keeps watch over the Kennebec River on Tuesday from a branch in Winslow. (Rich Abrahamson/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...

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...

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...