Ben McCanna has been a staff photographer and occasional writer at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2015 and has been working for newspapers since 2010. Ben studied creative writing and literature at Emerson College and embarked on a decade-long career in publishing after graduating in 1997. In his mid 30s, Ben shifted careers by taking a job as a reporter at a small newspaper in northwest Colorado and never looked back. Over the years, he slowly transitioned from writer to photographer - his true passion. Ben is a 2018 winner of an Award of Excellence from Pictures of the Year International. He lives on Peaks Island with his wife, a nurse practitioner, and two sons.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2013
YouTube video revives 1985 Colby College performance by rapper LL Cool J
WATERVILLE — In the mid-1980s, central Mainers were vastly more familiar with L.L. Bean than LL Cool J.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2013
Once more into the rink: Waterville area sees resurgence of ice skating
WATERVILLE — Time is cyclical, some say. Decades ago, outdoor ice skating rinks were commonplace in central Maine. In the 1960s and ’70s, scads of school-aged boys roamed from neighborhood to neighborhood, playing pickup hockey games on makeshift backyard rinks and public facilities.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2013
LePage reads to students, takes shots at newspapers, lobbyists and education groups
WINSLOW — For about 12 minutes Friday, Gov. Paul LePage put aside tough political talk to read softly to an audience of more than 100 children.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2013
Winslow students sending hand-made love to veterans overseas
WINSLOW — To celebrate the red, white and blue, students at St. John Catholic School on Thursday focused on red.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2013
Routine traffic stop leads to cocaine bust in Clinton
CLINTON — A routine traffic stop last month turned into one of the town’s biggest drug seizures in recent memory.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2013
Chimney fires a frightening, but not uncommon winter occurrence
Fire departments in Franklin, Kennebec and Somerset counties have responded to more than 40 chimney fires this month. It might sound like a startlingly high number of fires, but it isn’t, officials said.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2013
Fire destroys car in Fairfield; no injuries or charges
FAIRFIELD — No one was injured in a stubborn car fire that closed part of Route 104 for about an hour Tuesday while firefighters from Fairfield and Watervillle doused the flames.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2013
Flu epidemic has peaked in Maine, say health officials
Nonetheless, flu is still a concern for the region, says State Epidemiologist Stephen Sears.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2013
Winslow struggles with fate of aging, but beloved, junior high school building
WINSLOW — When the Winslow Junior High School building was constructed in 1928, Calvin Coolidge was president, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic in an airplane and Eliot Ness was hired by the U.S. Justice Department to lead the Prohibition bureau in Chicago.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2013
Colby ski event promises big stage for Waterville’s Quarry Road Recreation Area, big dollars for business
WATERVILLE — Call it a ski boost. This weekend, area hotels and restaurants will get an economic jolt when 200 college athletes, their families and fans arrive for the Colby Carnival Nordic 2013 cross country skiing event.
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