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 28, 2020

Dana Wilde: Canada geese in October

In October comes a certain slant of light that seems to rise up out of some unseen spot of time and gather itself, and head south, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
September 30, 2020

Liz Soares: Tough times call for fearless action

We are trapped right now, in a way of life that is keeping us from each other and eroding our economy, writes Liz Soares.
Published
September 23, 2020

Dana Wilde: Wildfires, desperation, self-destruction

I still don’t know what will deter us from driving headlong into self-destruction by climate change, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
September 18, 2020

Melville Fuller relative criticizes, then commends protestors who rallied against Augusta statue

Robert Fuller Jr. sent a letter to protest organizers earlier this week accusing them of vandalism and saying the intent of the statue of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Melville Fuller outside the Kennebec County courthouse was to create a “teachable moment.”
Published
September 16, 2020

Liz Soares: Times of crisis call for real leadership

Information is power and can help us avoid panic, writes Liz Soares, but unfortunately we are awash in misinformation.
Published
September 9, 2020

Dana Wilde: The blue wanderers of the woods

Blue jays are tricksters who know what they’re doing, and also what they’re talking about, writes Dana Wilde.
Published
September 4, 2020

Kennebec County, Supreme Court trade letters, but no action yet on controversial Fuller statue

County commissioners are waiting to meet with a representative from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court before considering potentially moving a statue of Melville Fuller from in front of the county courthouse.
Published
September 2, 2020

Liz Soares: Navigating social etiquette during a pandemic

Daily interactions given little thought pre-coronavirus have created new challenges in today’s times, writes Liz Soares.
Published
August 19, 2020

Liz Soares: Coming out of the coronavirus cloud

I didn’t think it could happen, but I found solace in the midst of a pandemic, writes Liz Soares.
Published
August 12, 2020

Maine Supreme Court questions Melville Fuller statue outside Kennebec courthouse

The monument honors the Augusta-born former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who was part of the majority in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that maintained racial segregation with the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine.