John Strieff sets up the 3 Level Farm booth for the Hallowell Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, near the corner of Water and Winthrop Streets in Hallowell.
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.
SNAPSHOT: Belgrade boat parade
Three boats head out of Belgrade Lakes village on Mill Stream, toward Great Pond, on Thursday in Belgrade.
SNAPSHOT: Pittston Fair horse team
Hope RIcker times the farm horse team log scoot event on Friday in the pulling ring at the Pittston Fairgrounds.
SNAPSHOT: Old Richmond Days parade
The Shoestring Theater dances to the music played by the Hallowell Community Band during the Old RIchmond Days parade on today in Richmond.
SNAPSHOT: Gardiner Farmers’ Market
Michele Roy, left, and Will West, performing as Twisted Strings, play under a tent at the Gardiner Common on Wednesday, at the Gardiner Farmers’ Market.
SNAPSHOT: Reservoir dog
Selena Chase swims with her dog, Sophie, on Thursday in the Hallowell reservoir. It has been a popular place for people and pets to keep cool with the recent run of hot weather.
SNAPSHOT: Swing into place
A construction worker reaches for a beam being swung into place by a crane on Thursday at the site of the new Kennebec County Superior Court House being built in Augusta.
SNAPSHOT: Summer sailing
A sailboat in the Kennebec River goes past the Gardiner landing on Saturday, near where the Cobbossee Stream joins the river. There was a light breeze on the hot sunny afternoon.
SNAPSHOT: R.B. Hall Day Music Festival
Dennis Harrington plays a cornet that belonged to R.B. Hall during the 33rd R.B. Hall Day Music Festival on Saturday at Old Fort Western in Augusta.
SNAPSHOT VIDEO: Jazzy send-off
Mel Tukey’s Jazz Society Orchestra leads the funeral party out of Forest Grove cemetery, following services for Charles Andrews on Saturday in Augusta.