Richard Hill has competed in the American Trucking Associations national championships seven times in his four-decade career.
Kathryn Skelton
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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Lewiston’s Next STEP High: high school, differently
After a pilot last year, the new program has settled into the former Longley Elementary School with 20 kids and a unique partnership with Tree Street Youth.
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MSAD 52 hires first grade teacher; 9.5 openings left in district
Directors also heard details Thursday about the nine projects the district is attempting to get state funding for.
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Lucky, three-legged service pup-in-training, cast in Community Little Theater’s ‘Annie’
The 10-month-old yellow Lab will take the stage as Sandy next month.
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Lewiston’s Sea40 Japanese restaurant reopening Saturday
The restaurant used the forced closure to invest more than $10,000 in new equipment and upgrades that hadn’t been flagged in a health inspector’s report.
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Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry expands its space and adds secondhand store
LEWISTON — Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry expanded its operating space in the Pepperell Mill by 25% to a little over 2,000 square feet, and next month it’s adding a secondhand store. President Kevin Boilard, who runs the food pantry with wife, Kristie, and their daughter, Kayden, said sales at Kaydenz Resale Closet will act […]
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St. Mary’s millennial baby was offered free college at birth; she just enrolled at CMCC
Emilyann Drumm, 19, of Oxford was born at the Lewiston hospital in 2000.
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Bowie Properties pays $2.3 million for First Flight property
Bowie Properties LLC bought the 50,000-square-foot industrial building at 225 First Flight Drive in Auburn for $2.3 million last month, according to Mainebiz. It was sold by J Enterprises LLC and the deal was brokered by Kevin Fletcher of Northeast Commercial Brokers of Keller Williams Realty. Fletcher said it was an investment purchase for Bowie […]
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Auburn-Lewiston airport lands three grants for $7.7 million
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced a $3.2 million grant Tuesday for the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. It’s the third Federal Aviation Administration grant this year toward an upcoming $8.5 million project, Airport Director Rick Lanman said. The FAA grants total $7.7 million. The balance is being paid for by state and local funds. Lanman said […]
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The Buzz: Downtown Lewiston takes flight with new wings mural
* Auburn-Lewiston airport lands three grants
* Lewiston Planning Board backs Webster Street senior housing project
* Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry expands