Ben McCanna has been a staff photographer and occasional writer at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2015 and has been working for newspapers since 2010. Ben studied creative writing and literature at Emerson College and embarked on a decade-long career in publishing after graduating in 1997. In his mid 30s, Ben shifted careers by taking a job as a reporter at a small newspaper in northwest Colorado and never looked back. Over the years, he slowly transitioned from writer to photographer - his true passion. Ben is a 2018 winner of an Award of Excellence from Pictures of the Year International. He lives on Peaks Island with his wife, a nurse practitioner, and two sons.
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PublishedMay 27, 2012
Rising after downturn, Winslow’s business future bright
WINSLOW — As the nation goes, so goes Winslow.
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PublishedMay 26, 2012
No hard feelings between rival Democrats in District 84
The two Democratic opponents looking to represent District 84 in the Maine House of Representatives have nothing bad to say about one another.
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PublishedMay 25, 2012
As media glare dims, search for Ayla continues
WATERVILLE — At the onset of a missing child case, investigators offer new details nearly every day and news outlets clamor to tell them.
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PublishedMay 25, 2012
Voters pass Mt. Blue budget
FARMINGTON — Residents approved, 294-193, next year’s budget for Mt. Blue Regional School District during a validation vote Thursday.
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PublishedMay 25, 2012
Prominent child on national day
WATERVILLE — At the onset of a missing child case, investigators offer new details nearly every day and news outlets clamor to tell them.
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PublishedMay 23, 2012
Drug agents swarm area
All was quiet mid-morning Tuesday, at Averill Condominiums in Waterville. Abby Witham was enjoying some fresh air from her second-floor balcony. Cabbie Keith Young was dropping off a regular customer.
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PublishedMay 23, 2012
10 captured, 6 hunted in central Maine drug operation
All was quiet mid-morning Tuesday, at Averill Condominiums in Waterville. Abby Witham was enjoying some fresh air from her second-floor balcony. Cabbie Keith Young was dropping off a regular customer. Then, the silence was broken. At about 10 a.m., nearly a dozen law enforcement officers sprang out of parked cars and the nearby woods with […]
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PublishedMay 22, 2012
Six-car crash remains a mystery
WATERVILLE — An official police report on a six-vehicle crash in Post Office Square confirms witness reports about the cause of the wreck, but offers no reasons behind it.
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PublishedMay 22, 2012
Waterville crash remains mystery
WATERVILLE — An official police report on a six-vehicle crash in Post Office Square confirms witness reports about the cause of the wreck, but offers no reasons behind it.
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Mom: Items from river not related to case
WATERVILLE — A spokesperson for Maine State Police won’t say whether the items retrieved from the Kennebec River in recent weeks are related to the case of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, but her mother said some of the items are not.
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