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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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News

Photos: Herd on the street in Pittston as cows, sheep seek greener pasture

by Joe Phelan

Volunteers, and sheriff’s deputies, gathered in Pittston Tuesday morning to help Morton Brook Ranch owner Christian Jensen move his herd of 11 cattle and about 45 sheep across Wiscasset Road. Jensen said it was the second year he has used several neighbors’ hayfields as a rotational grazing pasture for his animals. Having the herd trim the grass and spread its manure as fertilizer would get the crop off to a good start next spring, he said. All photos by Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News, Schools and Education

Photos: Iconic Lincoln Academy bell tower taken down in Newcastle

by Joe Phelan

The bell tower that has been a symbol of Lincoln Academy since the school house was built in 1867 was removed Friday due to significant structural issues. Officials are raising funds to repair it. The bell is an important part of school traditions, with sports teams getting to ring it after clinching a championship. The bell is also rung at the beginning of each school day. All photos by Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

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