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.

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Published
June 19, 2019

Liz Soares: Down the rabbit hole with President Trump

I still yearn for a president who speaks and writes eloquently, but the president’s liabilities go far beyond his incoherence, writes Liz Soares.
Published
June 7, 2019

Erskine Academy sends off 144 graduates

There were 144 graduates from Erskine Academy, which according to their website, is Maine’s second largest independent school and located in China. Students attended commencement Friday at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta.
Published
June 5, 2019

Liz Soares: Read all about it

Regardless of the politics involved, I want to see people reading, writes Liz Soares.
Published
May 29, 2019

Following historic struggle, 200-year-old Augusta home torn down

Demolition of 18 Green St. was delayed in 2015, but when no action was taken to save the building in the ensuing three years, a permit to tear it down was issued in April.
Published
May 29, 2019

Dana Wilde: A natural history of the Unity Park

I was walking around this park before it was a park, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
May 22, 2019

Dana Wilde: Fiddling while Earth burns

While the tornadoes get bigger and the wildfires burn, the politicians fiddle for money, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
May 16, 2019

Cpl. Eugene Cole honored at annual officers’ memorial observance in Augusta

Law enforcement personnel turned out Thursday for the event that unveiled Somerset County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole’s name as the 86th to be included on the memorial.
Published
May 15, 2019

Liz Soares: Simple things still count

When I perused the pile of cards sent to me by second-graders, I remembered there is good in the world, writes Liz Soares.
Published
May 8, 2019

Dana Wilde: Horseshoe crabs and the beginning of time

The earliest horseshoe crab fossil is about 445 million years old, which means they scuttled across the floors of Earth’s silent seas roughly 350 million years before any flower blossomed, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
April 24, 2019

Dana Wilde: The birds are back in town

Perennially, Dana Wilde writes, questions abound about what our feathered friends are saying as their songs fill woods.