Participants in the AIDS Walk of Central Maine start north from Hallowell on Saturday morning. About 100 people took part in the fundraiser for MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Horizon Program. They walked a five kilometer route from Hallowell to downtown Augusta on Kennebec River Rail Trail and 10 kilometer runners did that twice.
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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SNAPSHOT: Counting needles
Linda Lincoln, left, and Maine Forest Service District Forester Morten Moesswilde, center, help third-grader Chris Wilcox count the needles to determine what kind of tree they are examining during an event for Carrie Ricker School students at Smithfield Plantation nature area on Thursday in Litchfield. It had five needles per bundle, so Moesswilde told them […]
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STILL LIFE: Where they make the laws
About seven hours after the Legislature adjourned around 3 a.m. Thursday, Rep. Susan Morissette, R-Winslow, top right, leads a tour of the State House in Augusta for a fifth-grade class from Winslow Elementary.
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SNAPSHOT: Squeegee on the side
Rocky Rocque squeegees off an atrium window on Thursday morning at Don’s Famous Franks on Mt. Vernon Avenue in Augusta. Rocque said that his usual job is “flipping burgers” there but also washes the window when needed.
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SNAPSHOT: Planting day
Robin Wiesner places melon seeds into soil blocks on a rainy afternoon inside an old glass greenhouse at 3 Level Farm in South China. She said that since it has been too wet to plant lately, the greenhouse was getting pretty full of seedlings.
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SNAPSHOT: Spine tingling
Helen Thompson School fourth-grader Ben Dostie, left, checks out a model spine while chatting with physical therapist Michele Stevens during the Aspirations Fair on Friday afternoon at Laura E. Richards Schools in Gardiner. There were about 30 careers represented at the event. In addition to the kindergarten through second graders at her school, principal Karen […]
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SNAPSHOT: Wet walk
A walker with an umbrella walks through Market Square on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in downtown Augusta. It would be a good idea to those umbrellas handy, since, the National Weather Service forecast calls for rain through Thursday evening.
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SNAPSHOT: Clean up day
Marilyn Meyerhans, left, and David Worthing clean up tires from the side of Route 17 during the Manchester Conservation Committee’s roadside cleanup on Saturday morning. About fifty volunteers fanned out across the town picking up garbage. There were lots of cans, bottles, takeout coffee cups and other typical litter collected according to committee member Annie […]
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SNAPSHOT: Dierks Bentley
Jacie Twist, of Gardiner, reaches up and touches hands with Dierks Bentley during his concert Thursday night at the Augusta Civic. Twist said that she was the first person in line at noon before the show to get her front row spot. About 3000 fans attended the show that also featured opening acts Eli Young Band and Will Hoge.