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After calling a vote, Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, gestures toward the doors as she tells the Senate sergeant-at-arms to "secure the chamber" while votes are cast Tuesday in the Senate chamber of the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Protests, State House activity, high school sports topic of central Maine week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Jan. 9-16, 2026.
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Gardiner’s Brayden Elliott lays up a shot Jan. 9 between Hermon’s Mason Kinney, left, and Brody Hurd at Gardiner High School in Gardiner. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
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Hermon’s Tyler Corson falls while chasing a loose ball Jan. 9 with teammate Connor Kelley, left, and Gardiner’s Trace Moody at Gardiner High School in Gardiner. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageAfter calling a vote, Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, gestures toward the doors as she tells the Senate sergeant-at-arms to “secure the chamber” while votes are cast Tuesday in the Senate chamber of the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMikayla Monroe, left, crochets as Jona Hutchinson knits during Hooks & Needles Fiber Club on Jan. 8 at the Gardiner Public Library in Gardiner. The group meets from 10 a.m. to noon every Thursday to visit as they work on projects. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageHouse Majority Leader Rep. Matt Moonen, D-Portland, from left, Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, and House Assistant Majority Leader Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, look up at tally board high in the corner of the House chamber during a vote Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageGardiner’s Molly Takatsu, left, tries to get past the defense of Lawrence’s Madalyn Provost during a basketball game Monday in the Folsom Gymnasium at Lawrence High School in Fairfield. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageColby College’s Maria Pierce shoots over Hamilton College’s Sophia Testa on Jan. 10 in Waterville. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageJan Bee, of Rome, holds signs during an anti-ICE protest Jan. 10 in Augusta. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageCony’s Carter Brathwaite is fouled by Medomak Valley’s Kollin Donlin during Jan. 9 game in Augusta. The Rams won, 95-89. (Anna Chadwick/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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