Reading is getting me through this terrible time, writes Liz Soares.
Rob Montana
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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Former House member the only challenger to unseat an incumbent in Augusta-area legislative races
A 59-vote margin separated Republican Randall Greenwood and incumbent Independent Kent Ackley for the House District 82 seat.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.