Kathryn Skelton

Sun Journal

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.

Latest

Published
July 14, 2019

Working: Gathering girl power

When Melissa Mansfield Anderson moved back to Maine and couldn’t find the same sort of women’s network she’d had in Atlanta, she created one, starting The Super Women’s Society.
Published
July 12, 2019

Rare Constellation at Auburn airport dismantled, wrapped for return to Germany

One employee and a huge plane in parts is all that’s left 11 years after Lufthansa Technik started the major restoration project at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport.
Published
July 11, 2019

The Buzz: LA Chamber gets tips on hiring ‘seasoned’ workers

* Hiring? Consider the retiree.
* A golf ball cannon? It’s a thing and it’s coming to the Chip Morrison Scholarship Scramble
* Uplift LA launches regular newcomer nights
Published
July 9, 2019

The Buzz: Hello again, Auburn Taco Bell

* Grant’s Bakery is closing for a refresh.
* A Lewiston subdivision is looking to grow to 45 house lots on 60 acres.
Published
July 9, 2019

Grant’s Bakery plans to close for renovations

Plans include replacing flooring and changing wall finishes, ceiling and lights. After next Tuesday, the retail showroom space will be closed until July 26.
Published
July 5, 2019

July 2019: Maine couple buys home that inspired horror movie ‘The Conjuring’ — and they plan to open it up for tours

Cory Heinzen of Mexico said he and wife, Jennifer, fell in love with the 1736 Rhode Island farmhouse, bumps in the night and all.
Published
June 30, 2019

People You Know: Seeing double at Lewiston District Court

Tori Smart and Tara Lauze laugh at all the double-takes they get on the job.
Published
June 28, 2019

PHOTO: Look both ways, walk this way
Published
June 28, 2019

The Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport will likely try again to find a hotel developer

Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport Manager Rick Lanman back in March opened a short window for requests for proposals from developers interested in building a small, boutique hotel on 12 acres beside one of the airport’s runways, where Maurice Roundy’s former house now stands. “We did get some questions and some developer interest, but we did not […]
Published
June 26, 2019

The Buzz: New life for a former Lewiston social club on Lisbon Street?

* 311 Lisbon St. has a new owner
* The ‘Super Star’ Constellation that sat outside the Auburn airport for decades has a new home in the TWA Hotel in NYC, which opened last month
* The Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport will likely try again to find a hotel developer here

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