Almost 2 years in the making, the journey to the site of one of the worst chapters in Maine’s history took a winding path around the coronavirus pandemic, Liz Soares writes.
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.
Liz Soares: A trip down digital photo memory lane
Thought there is space to store them, writes Liz Soares, I think I should continue to weed through my photographic memories and keep only the best ones.
Dana Wilde: Thoreau and the bluets
If I don’t make it hard for the mosquitoes, writes Dana Wilde, they will innocently do their best to kill me.
Liz Soares: Coronavirus creates continuing education for educators
Educators have had to learn a whole new set of skills this year. Evidently, I have not yet perfected mine, writes Liz Soares.
Dana Wilde: Parables for a changing climate
Temperatures in the last 10 years are markedly higher than any time in recorded history, writes Dana Wilde.
Liz Soares: Personal discovery through pandemic cleaning
There was a reason for my newfound minimalism, writes Liz Soares — uncertainty.
Dana Wilde: The April pilgrimage
I wonder, when we reach the promised lands of June, July and August, if it will be record hot again this year, writes Dana Wilde.
Dana Wilde: Forces of nature
In the ancient experience, the stars were forces, detectable through fear, that we are obliged to pay respect to, writes Dana Wilde.
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.
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.