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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PublishedMarch 29, 2019
SAD 52 board plans to set proposed budget next week
SAD 52 directors will meet April 4 to talk budget numbers and tax impact for Turner, Greene and Leeds.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2019
How to keep Maine workers engaged, happy and here?
The Magnetize Maine Summit drew more than 150 people from all over the state to Auburn on Friday with three craft brewery heads ready to dispense advice.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2019
Auburn-Lewiston airport: Hotel developers wanted
The Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport is looking for requests for proposals for a “boutique” hotel about 400 feet off one runway.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2019
Lewiston recognized as a top place for retirement
Lewiston is No. 18 in affordable small towns — those with 55,000 or fewer people — to retire .
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
The Buzz: Tanks coming out at former Elizabeth Ann’s
The longtime Lewiston gas station and convenience store that sold two years ago is getting refreshed as owners look for the next tenant.
Another week, another ranking: This time Lewiston is No. 18 in affordable small towns — those with 55,000 or fewer people — to retire . -
PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Auburn Manufacturing, Rumford’s ND Paper mill honored with international trade awards
Maine International Trade Center announced the honorees for its 2019 International Trade and Investment Awards on Tuesday.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Avast and ahoy! Turner’s new pirate (and soon, alien)-themed escape room
TURNER — You wake up in the captain’s quarters of the ghost ship the Mermaid’s Curse, shackled to the wall, surrounded by skeletons and you have an hour to make your way out. A TV screen in the corner ticks down the seconds and 25 feet away in another room, Jeff Cooper is watching via […]
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PublishedMarch 24, 2019
Working: Fran’s Place owner keeps busy inside and outside the restaurant
Cassandra Gauthier has three degrees, two businesses and one house she’d like to flip, and she’s still trying to decide what’s next.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2019
L.L.Bean teases summer concert series lineup: Gone West, AJR, Mat Kearney
FREEPORT — L.L.Bean is thinking summer and songs. The iconic Maine retailer teased a partial lineup for its annual free summer concert series Friday. Playing Summer in the Park so far: July 4: The War And Treaty, a husband and wife duo whose music Rolling Stone called “joyous, gospel-style harmonizing with superb country-soul arrangements and […]
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PublishedMarch 20, 2019
The Buzz: New Domino’s for Lewiston, new Mud Season Milk for Oakhurst
This week, what does the Buzz talk about first? A new cool national ranking? A new Domino’s Pizza with rare in-store seating and even rarer sales by the slice? New Mud Season Milk? My driveway was atrocious this morning. Mud Season Milk for the win. Oakhurst unveiled its temporarily renamed 1 percent chocolate milk on […]
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