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
January 12, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Frosty project

Babysitter Alyssa Withee, 21, left, helps Flannery Brady, seated, age 2, and Laila Brady build a snowman on Saturday outside their Hallowell home.
Published
January 10, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Pleasant fishing

A pair of fisherman wait for a flag to pop up on their ice fishing traps Thursday on Upper Pleasant Pond in Richmond.
Published
January 10, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Tractor pull

Oliver Kucharski, 3, left, gets a ride from his sister, Maya Kucharski, 8, both of Sidney, past some tractors at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show on Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Published
January 8, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Winter farmers’ market at Augusta’s Mill Park

Charlie Erskine, of Erskine Farms, left, and Dalziel Lewis, of Dig Deep Farm, set up under the gazebo for the weekly farmers’ market on Tuesday in Mill Park in Augusta. The winter market runs every Tuesday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. through May, when the hours will change. Mill Park is on Northern Avenue, between downtown and Sand Hill.
Published
January 5, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Tattoo you

On Saturday, artists drew temporary, henna-style tattoos at the Gardiner Public Library.
Published
January 4, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Mill Park sledders

Kelsey Morin, left, and her daughter, Hadleigh Morin, 4, both of South China, slide down the Mill Park sledding hill on Tuesday in Augusta. There were several groups of sledders there on the New Year’s Day holiday. The sledding hill is near corner of Northern Avenue and Canal Street, between Sand Hill and downtown Augusta.
Published
January 4, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Arboretum trails

Cross country skiers curve around a bend in the trail on Tuesday at the Viles Arboretum in Augusta. There are several miles of groomed ski trails at the arboretum, which is located at 153 Hospital St.
Published
January 4, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Pajama parade

About 20 people dressed in pajamas and bathrobes or coats cross Water Street in downtown Hallowell on their way from an apartment, where they gathered on their way to a New Year’s Day brunch at Slates Restaurant, on Tuesday. One of the organizers said that pajamas for brunch has been a holiday tradition for them for at least 10 years.
Published
January 4, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Snow machine

Justin Lord Willett, 12, runs a snowblower on the back of a farm tractor to clear a a work area on Tuesday in Hallowell.
Published
January 1, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Reflections on the past

Meg Mourey, left, an antiques dealer from Lancaster, N.H., shows a piece of pottery to Miriam Buckley, of Damarine Antiques, on Tuesday at the 22nd annual New Year’s Day Antique Sale at the Augusta armory. There were 45 antiques dealers at the show.