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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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  • Published
    January 19, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: After the crash

    Ross Hutchings II, of Hutchings Electric, installs a street light on Wednesday after on Water Street in downtown Augusta. He was replacing one that was destroyed when a tractor-trailer rolled over after hitting the nearby railroad trestle last week.

  • Published
    January 18, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: Strike up the band

    Robbie Cooper plays the baritone horn Tuesday as the Cony Middle School Band rehearses for its upcoming Caribbean Festival Concert, which raises money for a spring trip to Washington, D.C. The Caribbean Festival is at     6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Cony High School. Tickets are $8 apiece.   Dwight TIbbetts, right, leads the band […]

  • Published
    January 14, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: Even colder

    A car splashes through a large puddle on Bangor Street in Augusta as temperatures warmed above the freezing mark Friday afternoon, a day after a storm dumped several inches of snow, followed by sleet and rain. Today’s forecast calls for much colder temperatures with, highs in the teens.

  • Published
    January 7, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: Measures of our times

    A pedestrian walks past the flood gauge in the Arcade Parking lot on a snowy Friday afternoon in Gardiner. A snow gauge would have measured less than two inches.

  • Published
    January 6, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: Cold cycle

    With grass and the open waters of the Kennebec River in the background, John Waller washes a bike he was servicing at Mathieu’s Cycle and Fitness on Thursday afternoon in Farmingdale. He said that even though ice was forming on the stand holding up the bike, washing outside worked better than indoors.

  • Published
    January 5, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: New lawmaker

    Priscilla Slagger, left, claps as her husband, David Slagger, center, shakes hands with Gov. Paul LePage after he was sworn in as Maine’s first Maliseet Indian legislator in the State House’s Cabinet Room Wednesday in Augusta. Slagger, of Kenduskeag, will be seated in the House on Thursday.

  • Published
    January 1, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: New Year’s Shopping

    NEW YEAR’S SHOPPING: Owner Donald Damon chats with customer Molly Ladd in front of the sparkling wine display at Damon’s Beverage Mart on Saturday afternoon in Augusta. Damom said ever since his family took over the former Lou’s Beverage Barn on Bangor Street in 2009, New Year’s and Christmas eves have been the two busiest […]

  • Published
    December 20, 2011

    SNAPSHOT: Holiday harvest

    Chuck Durand drags a Christmas tree he just cut down towards the parking area at Seaman’s Christmas Tree Farm on Saturday morning in Litchfield. Owner Michael Seaman said that they’re selling balsam firs that he planted five to eight years ago. The farm is located 127 Pine Tree Road.

  • Published
    December 16, 2011

    SNAPSHOT: Shadow boarding

    Jesse Hamilton carries up another piece of trim board to at a construction site this week in Augusta. Hamilton, who runs Hamilton Custom Builders, said that the warm weather was making it easier to build the family room addition.

  • Published
    December 13, 2011

    SNAPSHOT: Santa’s helper

    Kris McCray packs a customer’s wrapped presents into a shipping box on Tuesday afternoon at The Mailing Center in Augusta. It is a busy season for shipping companies and the Postal Service.