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
May 5, 2023

Week In Photos April 28-May 5, 2023

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
April 28, 2023

Week In Photos April 21-28, 2023

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
April 21, 2023

Week In Photos April 14-21, 2023

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
April 14, 2023

Week In Photos April 7-14, 2023

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
April 7, 2023

Week In Photos March 31-April 7, 2023

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
April 6, 2023

Photos: Historic weather vane, once stolen and ransomed back, is removed from Hallowell tower

A historic weather vane has been removed from the former fire house in Hallowell, this time, with the city’s permission.
The instrument, which depicts a horse pulling a fire-hose cart with a single fireman, has a rich history.
In November of 1983, it was stolen from the tower of the Second Street building and ransomed back about a week later, when the publisher of a Maine antiques newspaper met up with two strangers in the woods near Manchester, New Hampshire, and paid them $1,000 of city funds in exchange for the valuable item.
The next year it was returned to the building with help from an Augusta Fire Department ladder truck.
The city will store the object in its vault while it seeks to get it appraised for its value and to determine the cost of duplicating the item so it can display the original at City Hall and use the duplicate on the building.
All photos by Joe Phelan.
Published
April 3, 2023

Photos: Arts group moves into former Harlow Gallery building in Hallowell

The prominent red building at 100 Water St. in downtown Hallowell is now home to The Studio at Gallant Therapy Services. The group, which has 38 clients, provides a space for people with varying intellectual and developmental disabilities and Autism to participate in drawing, painting, fiber arts and other types of art. All photos by Joe Phelan.
Published
March 31, 2023

Week in Photos March 24-31, 2023

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Published
March 29, 2023

Photos: Hundreds of veterans gather in Augusta as nation marks 50 years since withdrawing troops from Vietnam

The Travis Mills Foundation held its annual Vietnam Era Veterans Breakfast on the 50th anniversary the departure of the last U.S. combat troops from Vietnam. All photos by Joe Phelan.
Published
March 24, 2023

Week In Photos March 17-24, 2023

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