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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PublishedMay 8, 2019
Wallingford’s Fruit House building a new barn
The new barn will replace one damaged by fire last year.
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PublishedMay 8, 2019
Bartlett Street boarding house plans to double its rooms
A new office-building-turned-boarding-house on Bartlett Street is doubling in size. Owner Rick LaChapelle received a zoning change last fall to turn 230 Bartlett St. into a boarding house, according to city records. It had been offices for Tri-County Mental Health and has been empty for more than two years. “The need for rooms is great,” […]
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PublishedMay 7, 2019
The Buzz: KFC/Taco Bell makeover, groceries-to-go coming to Auburn Walmart
* Lisbon Street’s KFC/Taco Bell is getting an update.
* Auburn Walmart starts work to add online grocery ordering and pickup.
* A new barn for Wallingford’s Fruit House.
* New housing for Bartlett Street. -
PublishedMay 6, 2019
Lewiston’s massive Continental Mill heads to auction
The 160-year-old former cotton mill fronts the Androscoggin River and has 560,000-square feet over six floors.
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PublishedMay 5, 2019
Working: Making pies work at Valley View Orchard in Oxford
Four family members bought Valley View Orchard Pies last summer, with suddenly everything to learn about the pie business.
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PublishedMay 3, 2019
Auburn’s Prospect Hill Golf Course closing ‘for now’
More details will come “at the appropriate time,” according to the course superintendent.
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PublishedMay 3, 2019
#BookofThrones: More than half of Farmers’ Almanac readers keep their copy in the loo
The Lewiston-based almanac’s declared Monday “Read Your Farmers’ Almanac in the Bathroom Day.”
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PublishedMay 3, 2019
Entosense selling vials of flavored crickets for on-the-go snacking
The company’s new grab-and-go cricket treat is making waves
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PublishedMay 2, 2019
The Buzz: Lewiston’s where it’s at: New coffee, new proposed school, new cricket snacks
It’s an all-Lewiston Buzz:
* A new Aroma Joe’s for Sabattus Street
* John F. Murphy Homes Inc. proposes a $4.8 million middle and high school
* One company’s new grab-and-go cricket treat is making waves -
PublishedMay 1, 2019
Boston Brands of Maine’s $4M expansion expected to boost capacity 20% at Lewiston bottling plant
Last year, the brand’s Fireball Cinnamon Whisky outsold longtime Maine favorite Allen’s Coffee Brandy.
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