Joe Phelan

Kennebec Journal

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
July 8, 2022

Week In Photos July 1-8, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
July 2, 2022

Photos: Annual music series are back live and in-person along the Kennebec River

Hallowell’s Rock On The River shows run every Tuesday through August from 7-8:30 p.m. on the Warren Heald Bandstand, at the corner of Water and Winthrop streets.

Augusta Parks & Recreation along with radio stations 92 Moose and B98.5 sponsor the SummerFun Concert Series that happens on Wednesdays 6-7:30 p.m.in Mill Park. The free concert series will run from June through Wednesday, Aug. 3, and will wrap up with an end-of-summer block party on Aug. 10 with kids’ activities and bounce houses.

This year’s Johnson Hall Free Waterfront Concert Series in Gardiner’s Waterfront Park will have a different live band every Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. through the end of August.

Photos by Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Published
July 1, 2022

Week In Photos June 24-July 1, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
June 24, 2022

Week In Photos June 17-24, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel staff photos from the past week.
Published
June 17, 2022

Week In Photos June 10-17, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
June 10, 2022

Photos: Erskine Academy honors Class of 2022 graduates

Seniors mark their commencement Friday at the Augusta Civic Center with essays and handshakes. Check out these photos from Kennebec Journal photojournalist Joe Phelan.
Published
June 10, 2022

Week In Photos June 3-10, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
June 3, 2022

Week In Photos May 27-June 3, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
May 27, 2022

Week In Photos May 20-27, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
May 20, 2022

Week In Photos May 13-20, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.