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Drew Desjardins holds up a sulcata tortoise, during a Mr. Drew and His Animals Too appearance Aug. 1 at Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. Desjardins did two shows where he displayed and talked about a snapping turtle, Madagascar hissing cockroaches and other animals. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)A monarch butterfly lingers on Cinderella swamp milkweed, a plant native to Maine, Tuesday at Longfellow’s Greenhouses in Manchester. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Tools of the trade for a Wiffle ball game, two bats and two balls rest against a pole July 31 at Wiffle Fenway in Clinton. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer) Heather Duffy and her son Jasper Duffy, 3, of Winslow, watch the fountain over the pond Aug. 3 at the Ice Cream Shoppe in Oakland. The pair joined family and friends for ice cream before exploring the hill that overlooks the pond. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Adam Norton, 42, uses a diamond bladed grinder to cut a piece of granite for a sculpture he made July 30 at his home in Waterville. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) A female mallard duck makes ripples in the reflected clouds July 30 just off Waterfront Park in Kennebec River in downtown Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
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...
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Anna is a 2023 graduate of Thomas College in Waterville where she received her Master’s in Business Administration and her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in marketing...
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Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...
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