Kathryn Skelton is a business reporter at the Sun Journal covering local industries large and small. She writes features and deep-dive analysis, keeps up with local happenings, closings and rumors in a regular business Buzz column, and at least once a month, writes about Bigfoot, ghosts or something equally intriguing in the "Weird, Wicked Weird" series. She's a proud Maine native, grew up in the Gardiner area and also proudly graduated from the University of Maine's journalism program. She's been a reporter at the paper for 20 years. When not working, she enjoys traveling, reading, corgi-walking and adventuring with her husband and two boys.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2019
Face Time: Courtney Strout — organizing your closet, maybe your life
Strout, who recently started a side business as a personal organizer, says her mantra is “collect moments, not things.”
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PublishedAugust 20, 2019
Sabattus selectmen agree to update purchasing, harassment policies
SABATTUS — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday to update the town’s purchasing and harassment policies. The purchasing policy has required all department heads to submit purchases of more than $500 to Town Manager Tony Ward, but the purchase did not require prior authorization from him. The policy update changed that amount to $1,500, and […]
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PublishedAugust 20, 2019
Poland selectmen leave tax rate unchanged
The town expects to get $150,000 more this year in state revenue-sharing.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
Turner selectmen close GAR Hall for safety reasons
The building on Howes Corner Road was deemed dangerous by the town’s insurer.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
The Buzz: Moon Stone Pottery expands, new art space opens in Monmouth
• Four Pence Gallery opens in former Curly’s restaurant
• Legends Sports Bar & Grill is closed and moving, but where? -
PublishedAugust 19, 2019
Tax rate raised for New Gloucester
Property owners will see their bills increase $1.10 per thousand dollars of assessed value.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
Mechanic Falls residents turn in petitions to recall 4 of 5 town councilors
The same four councilors targeted in the recall voted to dismiss Town Manager Zakk Maher in June.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
11th Maine Native American Summer Market coming to Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
The event Aug. 24 features more than 40 Maine artists.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Working: After 52 years, moving but not hanging up their scissors, yet
Richard and Solange Pepin attended Henson’s Barber School in 1966, opened a shop the next year and they’ve been cutting together in Lewiston ever since.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2019
Auburn Planning Board OKs Town Fair Tire expansion but wants to talk more about 2 proposed housing projects
Town Fair Tire beside the Auburn Mall is getting bigger.The Auburn Planning Board on Tuesday night unanimously approved a 2,397-square-foot, single-story expansion, according to City Planner Audrey Knight. According to a project report by the civil engineers Sitelines, the expansion is for sales and service and will eliminate 13 parking spaces. The project’s cost isn’t […]
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