Rob Montana

Kennebec Journal

Rob Montana is the city editor for the Kennebec Journal. At the KJ since August 2018, he has worked in local media for 19 years. Starting as a sports writer for a daily paper in upstate New York, Rob also served as news reporter and weekend editor, before becoming managing editor of two weekly newspapers, also in upstate New York. He also has worked in a variety of on-air and production roles in local radio. Prior to coming to the Kennebec Journal, Rob served as managing editor for The Times Record in Brunswick.

Latest

Published
October 30, 2019

Dana Wilde: The ghosts of October

Right at the end of October, when the woods and fields look this bare and lifeless, the ancient Celts saw the end of the year, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
October 23, 2019

Dana Wilde: Backyard bug report

Scientists are confident that something on the order of disastrous is going on with life on Earth, the full extent and implications not yet clear, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
October 16, 2019

Cony students get post-secondary school glimpse with Augusta employers

Middle- and high-schoolers took part in Aspirations Day on Wednesday, with speakers at the school and off-campus college and business visits.
Published
October 16, 2019

Liz Soares: Technology runs our lives

Here I am in 2019, as attached to my smartphone as any teenager, writes Liz Soares.
Published
October 9, 2019

Dana Wilde: The tough little hummingbirds

Although nearly 10% of other hummingbird species worldwide are threatened with extinction, ruby-throats are not, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
October 2, 2019

Liz Soares: History to soothe the soul

History has always provided solace for me, writes Liz Soares.
Published
September 26, 2019

Magical, musical pop-up restaurant searching for a place after Pownal site falls through

The restauranteurs have bids on multiple locations in Brunswick, Portland, South Portland and Lewiston.
Published
September 25, 2019

Dana Wilde: An inconvenient truth about firewood — we need to burn less

If there are steps you can take to cut back wood and oil burning at your house, writes Dana Wilde, you need to take them.
Published
September 19, 2019

As attitudes, laws around working mothers evolve, BIW installs lactation facilities

To be in compliance with Maine state law, an employer must provide a space, other than a bathroom, for nursing mothers to express breast milk for up to 3 years after childbirth.
Published
September 18, 2019

Liz Soares: The library is a place for you

I want those who are going into the trades, the military or the workforce to know that libraries are their lifelong friends, writes Liz Soares.