Photos: Maine Open Farm Day draws a crowd in central Maine

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Published
July 24, 2023

Photos: Maine Open Farm Day draws a crowd in central Maine

More than 100 farms across Maine participated Sunday in the annual Maine Open Farm Day, which is meant to promote all the goods the farms produce and how integral the farms are to state agricultural operations. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.
Published
July 18, 2023

Photos: Mainer killed at Pearl Harbor laid to rest nearly 82 years later at Augusta cemetery

The remains of Ensign Stanley Willis Allen, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was buried with full military honors on Tuesday at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Photos are by Kennebec Journal photographer Ashley Allen.
Published
June 30, 2023

Photos: Theater at Monmouth revs up for another summer of shows

A summer tradition is set to return Saturday, when the Theater at Monmouth launches its 54th season at the historic Cumston Hall on Main Street. Professional actors will perform five plays over the next six weeks at the 250-seat opera hall inside the Romanesque Revival building. The shows range from Shakespeare's gender-bending comedy, "As You Like It," to Oscar Wilde's classic, "The Importance of Being Earnest." On Thursday, the cast of the contemporary musical "The Story of My Life" held a dress rehearsal ahead of Saturday's kickoff at 7:30 p.m. To view the full schedule and purchase tickets, visit theateratmonmouth.org. All photos by Ashley Allen/Kennebec Journal.
Published
June 13, 2023

Photos: Fishermen in Waterville cast a line for striped bass at night

The men were fishing near the Lockwood Dam on the Kennebec River on Friday and Saturday nights. All photos by staff photographer Michael G. Seamans.
Published
May 30, 2023

Photos: Detroit grooming business stays doggone busy

Dog's Paradise has been in operation for more than 25 years and handles about 30 dogs a day, thanks to a team of three groomers and two bathers. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.

Published
April 8, 2023

Photos: Maronite church celebrates Good Friday in Central Maine

Holy Week, at Saint Joseph Maronite Catholic Church in Waterville and other Maronite churches, is considered an independent Liturgical Season within the Season of Lent. According to Maronite heritage, it starts with "Naheero," or the "Coming to the Harbor" on Palm Sunday evening and is over on Easter Sunday. Some may consider one week too short to be considered an independent season. However, Maronites say the intensity of ceremonies and celebrations, and the deep spirituality found in old Syriac texts, prayers and hymns in that week, make it worthy to be the most important week of the year. Photos by Morning Sentinel photojournalist Michael G. Seamans.
Published
March 25, 2023

Photos: Artist teaches ritual Ukrainian egg-decorating process

The Holocaust and Human Rights Center hosted 25 students for an egg-decorating class at the The Michael Klahr Center in Augusta. The class was led by Maine-based artist Lesia Sochor, a painter who practices the ancient ritual of transforming an ordinary egg into a "pysanka" by decorating it with ancient, often colorful designs steeped in symbolism. Sochor said that she learned to make them from her parents who fled Ukraine in the aftermath of World War II. Images are by Kennebec Journal staff photographer Joe Phelan.
Published
March 22, 2023

Photos: A new Crossfit gym comes to Oakland

Sierra Tjelmeland and her mother, Diane Galusha, have joined to open Elm City Crossfit on Industrial Drive in Oakland, where they have 4,000 square feet of space for athletes of all levels to train. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.
Published
March 17, 2023

Photos: Jazz band students perform at Gardiner school

The rehearsals took place Friday at Gardiner Area High School. Photos by Kennebec Journal staff photographer Joe Phelan.
Published
March 11, 2023

Photos: Taking the plunge in support of Alfond Youth and Community Center

Painted and costumed Polar Plunge participants leap into Messalonskee Lake on Saturday as a fundraiser for the Alfond Youth and Community Center during its 30th annual Polar Plunge at the Pressey House in Oakland. Photos by Morning Sentinel photojournalist Michael G. Seamans.