Ignorance, coupled with a reliance on misinformation, also leaves us open to manipulation, 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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Dana Wilde: Alien invaders
A species of “true bugs” invading our homes started in recent decades, writes Dana Wilde, as they moved eastward amid milder winters.
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Liz Soares: Virus fatigue has set in, but there is hope on the horizon
People can believe in any crazy theory they want, as long as they don’t act on it, writes Liz Soares.
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Dana Wilde: Spiders in space
What would happen, Dana Wilde asks, if you plunked spiders into a weird environment — like outer space?
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Liz Soares: Antidote for a pandemic
Jigsaw puzzles, in particular, are more than just a way to pass the time, writes Liz Soares.
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Bill Burney: We can ‘come together again by working side by side and not working side against side’
The former mayor of Augusta and retired field officer director for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said by building up the infrastructure of the country — together — that will be the “soul force” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked about in his speech.
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Dana Wilde: The death of the great auks
We like to think we’ve come a long way in conservation. Which we have, sort of, writes Dana Wilde, but the Earth is right now undergoing its sixth mass extinction event.
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Liz Soares: Silver linings of power outages
When the electricity goes out, it gives an opportunity to reflect on the simple things, writes Liz Soares.
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Dana Wilde: Poppop’s got a brand new jeejah
It’s hard to remember what life was like before syntactic devices, but it existed, writes Dana Wilde.
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Kennebec Journal’s Photos of the Year 2020
A look at some of the best images captured by Kennebec Journal photographers Andy Molloy and Joe Phelan during 2020.