Regardless of the politics involved, I want to see people reading, 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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Following historic struggle, 200-year-old Augusta home torn down
Demolition of 18 Green St. was delayed in 2015, but when no action was taken to save the building in the ensuing three years, a permit to tear it down was issued in April.
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Dana Wilde: A natural history of the Unity Park
I was walking around this park before it was a park, writes Dana Wilde.
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Dana Wilde: Fiddling while Earth burns
While the tornadoes get bigger and the wildfires burn, the politicians fiddle for money, writes Dana Wilde.
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Cpl. Eugene Cole honored at annual officers’ memorial observance in Augusta
Law enforcement personnel turned out Thursday for the event that unveiled Somerset County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole’s name as the 86th to be included on the memorial.
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Liz Soares: Simple things still count
When I perused the pile of cards sent to me by second-graders, I remembered there is good in the world, writes Liz Soares.
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Dana Wilde: Horseshoe crabs and the beginning of time
The earliest horseshoe crab fossil is about 445 million years old, which means they scuttled across the floors of Earth’s silent seas roughly 350 million years before any flower blossomed, writes Dana Wilde.
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Dana Wilde: The birds are back in town
Perennially, Dana Wilde writes, questions abound about what our feathered friends are saying as their songs fill woods.
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Litchfield woman uninjured after car overturns into Woodbury Pond
Christine Bosse, 46, lost control of the vehicle she was driving, but emergency personnel was able to rescue her without injuries.
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Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel executive editor to speak at UMaine Augusta’s commencement
Judith Meyer leads three daily and seven weekly newspapers; state corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty will be awarded an honorary degree.