Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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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Week In Photos Dec. 2-9, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Week In Photos Nov. 25-Dec. 2, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Week In Photos Nov. 18-15, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Photos: Augusta holiday tree arrives in Mill Park
A 43 foot tree, donated by a city resident, was delivered and set up Augusta’s Market Square on Saturday morning. Photos and video by staff photographer Joe Phelan.
Though Thanksgiving is still a few days away, organizers are looking ahead to the Christmas season and planning a number of activities that will kick off Saturday around the city and along Water Street.
Among the activities planned for Saturday are: Santa’s Stroll through Augusta, from noon-2:30 p.m. in Augusta neighborhoods; paper snowflake craft, from noon-3 p.m. at Lithgow Public Library; Christmas at the Fort, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Old Fort Western with Father Christmas, miniature ponies and homemade gingerbread; a gingerbread-themed village contest, scavenger hunt and story walk, all day on Water Street; horse-drawn wagon rides from 2-4 p.m. on Water Street; and a North Pole Gingerbread Village from 2:30-5 p.m. at Market Square.
Festivities culminate with a holiday tree-lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. at Market Square, followed by fireworks at 5:30 p.m.
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Week In Photos Nov. 11-18, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Week In Photos Nov. 4-11, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Week In Photos Oct. 28-Nov. 4, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Week In Photos Oct. 21-27, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Photos: World champion pétanque player Marco Foyot teaches Augusta enthusiasts how to up their game
World Champion Marco Foyot, of France, visited the Mill Park pétanque courts Friday in Augusta for a demonstration and clinic. In pétanque, players aim to beat opponents by throwing boules as close to a target ball as possible while standing in a circle with both feet on the ground. Foyot is a seven-time French national champion in the sport and also won the country’s junior championship twice. As a member of France’s triples team in World Pétanque Championship competition, he has won a gold, a silver and four bronze medals. All photos by Joe Phelan.