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 11, 2020

Winthrop High School bringing a drive-in to graduation

The high school opted to use outdoor screens to broadcast the ceremony outside, so all graduates could gather in one place — in a socially distant way — to celebrate the milestone.
Published
June 11, 2020

Maranacook Community High School marks graduation with weekend of ceremonies

The Readfield-based Regional School Unit 38 school district will send off its seniors with 10 ceremonies spread over Saturday and Sunday, allowing the graduates to have in-person celebrations to close out their high school careers.
Published
June 10, 2020

Dana Wilde: Turn, turn, turn

Every kind of suffering and joy seems upon us here in early summer, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
June 8, 2020

Mother, son injured when car collides with tractor-trailer in Vassalboro

Sheriff’s deputies say a preliminary investigation indicates the truck tried to avoid the car, which might have crossed the centerline.
Published
June 5, 2020

Monmouth Academy’s seniors will march together at graduation Sunday

While they will be socially distanced, all 45 graduating students will be honored at one ceremony on their school campus while their families watch from cars.
Published
June 3, 2020

Monmouth home a total loss after Wednesday morning fire

No injuries were reported in the fire, which was called in about 7:15 a.m., but “a couple of” pets died in the blaze.
Published
June 3, 2020

Liz Soares: Learning to embrace the coronavirus slowdown

While my life has slowed down, my thoughts haven’t. I need to keep them where my body is at any given moment, instead of galloping ahead to the unpredictable future, writes Liz Soares.
Published
June 2, 2020

Winthrop narrowly adopts municipal budget that boosts spending

In a 4-3 vote, the Town Council approves municipal spending plan and a 2.37% increase to the property tax rate.
Published
May 27, 2020

Dana Wilde: Ticks have already started their summer invasion

If you can’t remember ticks being much of a problem when you were a kid, it’s because they weren’t, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
May 22, 2020

Vellani cites medical reasons for leaving Farmingdale post

The selectman, whose resignation is effective Tuesday, asked for Farmingdale residents understanding and offered his “apologies and also appreciation to all that have supported and voted for me.”