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
March 10, 2021

Dana Wilde: Thoreau and the lichens

Thoreau was among the original naturalists to think of the whole Earth, not just his own woods, as one ecologically integrated process of processes, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
February 24, 2021

Dana Wilde: Along came a spider

By now it’s more or less accepted medical wisdom that pets provide emotional nourishment for humans, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
February 17, 2021

Liz Soares: The value of staying informed

Ignorance, coupled with a reliance on misinformation, also leaves us open to manipulation, writes Liz Soares.
Published
February 10, 2021

Dana Wilde: Alien invaders

A species of “true bugs” invading our homes started in recent decades, writes Dana Wilde, as they moved eastward amid milder winters.
Published
February 3, 2021

Liz Soares: Virus fatigue has set in, but there is hope on the horizon

People can believe in any crazy theory they want, as long as they don’t act on it, writes Liz Soares.
Published
January 27, 2021

Dana Wilde: Spiders in space

What would happen, Dana Wilde asks, if you plunked spiders into a weird environment — like outer space?
Published
January 20, 2021

Liz Soares: Antidote for a pandemic

Jigsaw puzzles, in particular, are more than just a way to pass the time, writes Liz Soares.
Published
January 17, 2021

Bill Burney: We can ‘come together again by working side by side and not working side against side’

The former mayor of Augusta and retired field officer director for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said by building up the infrastructure of the country — together — that will be the “soul force” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked about in his speech.
Published
January 13, 2021

Dana Wilde: The death of the great auks

We like to think we’ve come a long way in conservation. Which we have, sort of, writes Dana Wilde, but the Earth is right now undergoing its sixth mass extinction event.
Published
January 6, 2021

Liz Soares: Silver linings of power outages

When the electricity goes out, it gives an opportunity to reflect on the simple things, writes Liz Soares.