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
August 14, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Paddle power

Paddlers head across Minnehonk Lake in Mount Vernon at the start of the third annual 30-Mile River Watershed Association Paddle Trek early Saturday morning. About 40 people participated in the trip from Mount Vernon to Wayne village.
Published
August 6, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Transiting the arch

Heading back towards the Kennebec River, Chris Crittenden, left, and Shanna Wheelock, both of Lubec, paddle under the granite arch of bridge the carries Water Street traffic over Bond Brook one afternoon this week in Augusta.
Published
August 4, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Lively Lunch

Maya McCoy, left, and Brent McCoy, on a unicycle, juggle flaming torches in the finale of their “Secret Circus” performance on Wednesday afternoon in the Johnson Hall mini-park in downtown Gardiner. It was the first in this year’s Lively Lunch performance series held noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays through August. Next week’s show features […]
Published
August 2, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Face painting

Corrie Donahue, of Monmouth, left, paint’s a pink and purple cat on the face of Gwen Lewis, 3 of Winthrop, at the Raspberry Festival last weekend at the East Winthrop Baptist Church. The festival featured pies, barbecue sauce and other food with raspberries along with pony rides.
Published
July 29, 2011

SNAPSHOT: No need to hurry

A pair of small sailboats ply the waters of Minnehonk Lake on as the sun begins to set on Thursday evening in Mount Vernon.
Published
July 28, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Quite a display

Vicki Tottle, of Limerick, one of the many volunteers hanging some of the over 700 quilts, that will be on display over the weekend, Wednesday afternoon at the Augusta Civic Center. The 34th annual Maine Quilts show runs through Sunday and also includes workshops, exhibits and vendors. For more information check www.mainequilts.org.
Published
July 23, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Pulling together

Peter Dube, Sr., of Augusta, holds onto his grandson Peter Dube III as they watch oxen pulling at the Pittston Fair on Thursday afternoon. The fair runs through Sunday and the fairgrounds are on Route 194 near Mast Road.
Published
July 22, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Icely done

Tammy Brann catches ice flakes as they drop from shaving machine to make frozen treats in the Reggie’s Hawaian Shaved Ice stand at the Pittston Fair on Thursday afternoon. The fair runs through Sunday, and the fairgrounds are on Route 194 near Mast Road. Today’s events include horse pulling, a truck pull, live music, fireworks […]
Published
July 10, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Casting for stripers

Paul Golden, of Lewiston, casts into the Kennebec River from Butternut Park in Chelsea on a warm evening last week. Golden and others were trying to catch striped bass at high tide from the Ferry Road boat launch.
Published
April 13, 2011

SNAPSHOT: Clear machine

Wally Tardiff, of Hollywood Custom Rides, cleans up a front end loader in the parking lot of the Augusta Civic Center as people prepare for the National Association of Women In Construction Expo that opens there today and runs through tomorrow.