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East player Silas Topolski of Foxcroft Academy receives the ball during a Lobster Bowl practice July 14 in Dover-Foxcroft. The annual fundraiser high school football game between Eastern and Western Maine all-star teams will kick off at 4 p.m. July 19 at Lewiston High. (Staff photo by Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer) 
Members of the East squad laugh July 14 during media day for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic in Dover-Foxcroft. The annual fundraiser high school football game between Eastern and Western Maine all-star teams will kick off at 4 p.m. July 19 at Lewiston High.(Staff photo by Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
East player Preston Roy of Lawrence receives a pass July 14 during practice for the 2025 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic in Dover Foxcroft. The annual fundraiser high school football game between Eastern and Western Maine all-star teams will kick off at 4 p.m. July 19 at Lewiston High. (Staff photo by Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Participants in the 24-hour Maine Summer Adventure Race begin the biking portion of the race July 12 in Bethel. The 24-hour race is an extreme challenge, involving multiple hiking, mountain biking, and canoeing stages. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Claire Turlo waves her hat July 17 as she quietly holds a sign during the Good Trouble Lives On protest in front of the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Workers pour concrete July 15 for a security wall that will surround the Blaine House. The historic official residence of Maine’s governor is across the street from the State House in Augusta. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Read more about the security updates
Young artist Regan Begin, 9 of Waterville, pulls a squeegee over ink and across a screen during a screen printing workshop July 15 at Hinge Collaborative in Waterville. The activity was led by Lisa Wheeler, Waterville Creates Education Manager, left, and others as part of the special events featured during the Maine International Film Festival. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff photographer)
Drummer Rob Karwanski Karwanski rocks out Friday with guitarist Scott Cole while performing 1950s rock ’n’ roll and other favorites with the band Six Wayz to Sunday during Moonlight Madness, part of Skowhegan River Days in downtown Skowhegan. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Movie fans focus on the screen during a July 15 showing of “Children of Men” at the Waterville Opera House during the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville. (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...

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...