The Twin Cities are back to a single business-to-business trade show and it’s happening this year on June 20, at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. The Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council had run the Maine B2B for 22 years before becoming part of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce last year. The chamber […]
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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The Buzz: Denny’s reopens, a medical mystery and meet Warp + Weft
* Denny’s 1, burst water pipe 0
* Auburn’s Brand Collective rebrands
* The Twin Cities are back to one business-to-business trade show
* A $1.5M medical building approved for Sabattus Street, but who’s opening there?
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Walmart looks to fill 100 jobs at Lewiston distribution center
A Walmart spokeswoman says growth in online grocery buying is one of the factors behind the need to “ramp up.”
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Nowetah’s American Indian Museum
From arrowheads to buffalo bladders and everything in between, the New Portland museum marks 50 years of preserving and celebrating Indian heritage.
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New Lewiston food truck My Waffle — two friends, sweet eats
After only a month in business, entrepreneurs Jason Bucknam and Kevin Cunningham are already hoping to open a second truck next year.
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The Buzz: More than $8M in new commercial development greenlit in Lewiston in May
Projects include the Walmart Distribution Center, Bates Mill No. 1, Bates College, the future home of Portland Pie Co. and more.
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Walgreens closing Lisbon Street Rite Aid
While several Lewiston-Auburn Rite Aids have recently been flipped to Walgreens, at least one will not. A company spokesperson on Wednesday said the Rite Aid pharmacy at 987 Lisbon St. in Lewiston will be open for the last day on June 17 and the entire store will close about two weeks later after a sale […]
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Maine’s most-Googled ice cream flavor? It’s vanilla for the win
WorkWiseSoftware last month released a 50-state breakdown of the most searched-for ice cream flavors by state. I know. You’re thinking, who searches online for ice cream flavors? But also, OK, tell me the goods on Maine! Turns out we’re vanilla. So are New Hampshire, North Dakota, Montana and Kansas. Wild child Vermont? Chocolate chip cookie […]
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The Buzz: Investment at Panolam and construction at Auburn senior center
* Auburn laminate maker’s $10 million equipment upgrade
* Walgreens closing Lisbon Street Rite Aid
* Maine’s most-Googled ice cream flavor? It’s vanilla for the win
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How would the return of rail change downtown Lewiston?
Build Maine organizers have a brainstorming session planned to imagine just that Thursday in a former rail station.