While the U.S. slashes its protection policies, our environment burns, writes Dana Wilde.
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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Liz Soares: There has to be a better way
The last thing medical statements should do is make people feel sick, writes Liz Soares.
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Dana Wilde: The ghosts of October
Right at the end of October, when the woods and fields look this bare and lifeless, the ancient Celts saw the end of the year, writes Dana Wilde.
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Dana Wilde: Backyard bug report
Scientists are confident that something on the order of disastrous is going on with life on Earth, the full extent and implications not yet clear, writes Dana Wilde.
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Cony students get post-secondary school glimpse with Augusta employers
Middle- and high-schoolers took part in Aspirations Day on Wednesday, with speakers at the school and off-campus college and business visits.
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Liz Soares: Technology runs our lives
Here I am in 2019, as attached to my smartphone as any teenager, writes Liz Soares.
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Dana Wilde: The tough little hummingbirds
Although nearly 10% of other hummingbird species worldwide are threatened with extinction, ruby-throats are not, writes Dana Wilde.
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Liz Soares: History to soothe the soul
History has always provided solace for me, writes Liz Soares.
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Magical, musical pop-up restaurant searching for a place after Pownal site falls through
The restauranteurs have bids on multiple locations in Brunswick, Portland, South Portland and Lewiston.
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Dana Wilde: An inconvenient truth about firewood — we need to burn less
If there are steps you can take to cut back wood and oil burning at your house, writes Dana Wilde, you need to take them.