Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from April 3-9, 2026.
Joe Phelan
Staff Photographer
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 job was as a kid delivering his hometown newspaper, The Blade, in the suburbs of Toledo, Ohio. Then he worked as reporter and editor for the school newspapers in high school and college and started taking pictures to go with his stories for a local running magazine. He graduated from Bowling Green State University with a journalism degree. Before getting hired by MaineToday Media he did a photojournalism internship at the The Plain Dealer and worked as an Associated Press stringer in Cleveland.
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Augusta walkers have a little spring in their step
People stroll in Capital Park on Wednesday.
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Hallowell spring flowers survive recent snow
Crocuses pop up through snow and ice in a local garden.
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Spring sports, No Kings protest, pétanque focus of week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from March 27-April 2, 2026.
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Augusta pétanque courts are open — weather permitted
The Mill Park courts have views of the Kennebec River.
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Chickens, Maine Maple Sunday Weekend & seed selection focus of week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from March 20-26, 2026.
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Veterans gather in Augusta for annual Vietnam-Era Veterans Breakfast
Photographer Joe Phelan captured the Travis Mills Foundation’s annual event.
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Augusta’s Colonial Theater renovations in progress
Work on a new stage and an addition over the Kennebec River so that actors can move behind stage is scheduled to be completed later this year.
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Snow clings to trees and adirondack-style chairs in Gardiner
Photographer Joe Phelan captures a late-winter snow coating roadsides.
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Signs of winter ending, Chizzzle Wizzle, state house activity: week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from March 13-19, 2026.