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
March 31, 2012

SNAPSHOT: That dog will hunt

Kate, an English Cocker Spaniel, returns a duck training toy to Terry Oliver during the State of Maine Sportsman’s Show on Friday at the Augusta Civic Center. Oliver was part of the Maine Spaniel Field Trial Club.
Published
March 28, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Mirror image

Living up to his company’s name, Paul Kidder, of Mirror Image, polishes an aluminum oil tank truck on Tuesday afternoon at Chapman Fuel in Gardiner. Kidder said that he started his business in Maine. He is now is based out Connecticut and works on trucks in 14 states.
Published
March 21, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Chair with a view

Azalea Voorhees looks through the window at people inside The Downtown Diner on a warm Tuesday afternoon. She and her mother, Annie Voorhees, had their lunch outside on the first day of spring. The diner had just set up sidewalk seating Monday for the season. It should be warm today and Thursday before a cold […]
Published
March 18, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Who’s a good kitty?

Judge Ana Maria Sosa gets a closer look at one of the entrants in the NauTICAts show on Saturday afternoon at the Augusta Armory near the corner of Western Avenue and Armory Street. The contest and trade show, run by The International Cat Association, continues today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Published
March 9, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Sap sucker

Shelley Bacon checks a vacuum pump in a maple grove Wednesday afternoon in Sidney. She said that plastic tubes are hooked up to about 1,800 trees stretching a mile up from the road. The sap will later be boiled into syrup at her family’s business, Bacon Farm Maple Products, at the corner of Pond and Goodhue Roads in Sidney. The state will celebrate Maine Maple Sunday on March 25.
Published
March 4, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss

After stacking up the presents on a sled it is time for Dakota Beurbe, left, and Jullian Grover to knock over the pile at an activity that was inspired by Dr. Seuss’ “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” on Friday at Libby-Tozier School in Litchfield. There were more than 20 different games and activities in the […]
Published
February 29, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Fixin’ for fishin’

John Rice does renovation work at Castle Island Camps on Tuesday afternoon in Belgrade. There are 12 waterfront cabins for rent from late April to mid-September in the complex on Castle Island Road.
Published
February 25, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Open water on the Kennebec

Kyle Elliott, left, and Janice Gaudet stand on the bank looking at birds on the surface of the partially ice-covered Kennebec River in downtown Augusta. There are large sections of open water on the river.
Published
February 24, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Just checking

Marine Patrol Specialist Mike Forgues checks an item floating on the partially frozen Kennebec River as Game Warden Bob Decker pilots a Warden Service airboat on Thursday afternoon in Augusta. The state agencies responded to assist Augusta Police and Fire departments respond to a call of a mysterious brownish orange object that looked like a […]
Published
February 23, 2012

SNAPSHT: A matter of balance

Richard Baird practices swinging poi Wednesday afternoon near the intersection of Union and Water streets in Hallowell. A performance art, poi involves swinging tethered weights through a variety of rhythmical and geometric patterns.