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
May 20, 2020

Liz Soares: Standing up for what’s right

Wearing a mask in a pandemic is just as important to public health as people wearing shoes in places where food is served, writes Liz Soares.
Published
May 13, 2020

Dana Wilde: The best of the worst climate change cases

While the coronavirus has your attention, a more catastrophic threat to the human race — climate change — continues to boil along in the background, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
May 6, 2020

Liz Soares: With the coronavirus creating calendar confusion, every day is Blursday

Sheltering in place is doing weird things to my sense of time, writes Liz Soares.
Published
April 25, 2020

Small fire damages Augusta garage

Augusta fire crews were able to extinguish a “small, unauthorized recreational fire” Saturday morning.
Published
April 23, 2020

Camp Mechuwana’s meal sharing grows beyond Monmouth in pandemic

Executive Director Norman Thombs said the organization is serving about 1,000 meals a week between its Monmouth, Winthrop and Vienna locations.
Published
April 22, 2020

Dana Wilde: The pandemic quiet

Seismologists who spend their days listening to the Earth for signs of tremors and quakes have noticed pronounced downturns in noise levels during the pandemic, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
April 15, 2020

Liz Soares: Our ‘third places’ closed when we need them the most

The places where we feel most comfortable — coffee shops, taverns, churches, social clubs, bowling alleys and libraries — are shuttered because of the coronavirus, writes Liz Soares.
Published
April 9, 2020

Manchester asks law enforcement to not enter the fire station over coronavirus concerns

Area fire departments often allow troopers and sheriff’s deputies to access their facilities for various reasons, including using bathrooms, decontaminating their cars and internet use.
Published
April 8, 2020

Dana Wilde: When will it be safe to go out in central Maine?

The pandemic could subside during the summer, there could be a vaccine we can all get, but get yourself ready mentally, because this could be a really long haul, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
April 1, 2020

Liz Soares: COVID-19 showing us what it means to live a simpler life

We have been given a chance to reflect on what is important and on how we want to live our lives in America, writes Liz Soares.