The new barn will replace one damaged by fire last year.
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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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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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.
Posted inBusiness
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.
Posted inBusiness, Oxford Hills
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.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn’s Prospect Hill Golf Course closing ‘for now’
More details will come “at the appropriate time,” according to the course superintendent.
Posted inBusiness
#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.”
Posted inBusiness, The Buzz
Entosense selling vials of flavored crickets for on-the-go snacking
The company’s new grab-and-go cricket treat is making waves
Posted inBusiness, The Buzz
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
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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.