Curtis Coleman rolls cones into position today as the crew from All Sports Events sets up the transition and finish area for the Capital Y Tri , between the Kennebec Valley YMCA and the State House in Augusta.
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: Long Pond lunch break
Cousins Daniel McCray, 9 of Augusta, Jordan Martel, 15 of Palm Bay, Fla., and Trevor McCray, 14, of Sidney, eat pizza on the back of a boat docked behind Day’s Store on Thursday in Belgrade Lakes. They were taking a break from tubing on Long Pond with their grandfather.
SNAPSHOT: Waterfront Wednesday
People dance on a stage to the music of the band Borderline Express, which is playing inside the gazebo, on Wednesday during a Waterfront Wednesday concert in Augusta’s Waterfront Park.
SNAPSHOT: Hallowell Farmers’ Market
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.
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.