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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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Auburn’s Brenda Chandler named Nordic Aquafarms Inc.’s CFO
The Maine native and her husband have started WillowsAwake Winery in Leeds, a 67-acre farm and forest turned vineyard and winery.
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Posted inFranklin
High winds crumple 120-foot tower atop Sugarloaf
Wind speed was estimated at more than 100 mph Monday when a communication tower in Carrabassett Valley bent in half.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Vehicle stops up 36% in Lewiston, citations more than double
LEWISTON — Speed, text or fiddle with that podcast at your own risk. Lewiston police wrote more than twice as many traffic tickets in 2018 than in 2017, and pulled over thousands more drivers. In 2018, police stopped 9,768 motorists and wrote 1,633 citations, up from 755 citations in 2017, according to year-end numbers in […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Working: Making a new family business from scratch
LEWISTON — Dad Andy MacIsaac services X-ray machines. Mom Anneke is a coach for preschool teachers. Daughter Jana (pronounced Yana) works in publishing, son Bo in restaurants. Together, as of last week, they are Vittles & Variety. The Lewiston family has turned the former Boba and Jamie K’s on Scribner Boulevard into a variety store […]
Posted inbPlus
Maine at the movies
Buried family secrets. The effects of war. A bride in a box. ‘Allagash.’ If the last 12 months is any indication, Maine’s film scene is alive and well.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Beckie Conrad stepping down as Lewiston-Auburn chamber head
In an email to chamber members, Beckie Conrad says she’ll be leaving effective June 30.
Posted inBusiness, The Buzz
The Buzz: Former Greene IGA to reopen as Gowell’s Shop ‘n Save
Also in today’s Buzz: EllieAnna Gift Shop opening second location in Freeport | Reveal salon in Auburn expands | Markdowns begin at Payless Shoes
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
After TV acting debut, Lewiston High School grad returns hoping to inspire
Former Lewiston High School student Elijah Solis speaks to students during Friday’s Jobs for Maine’s Graduates class at Lewiston High School. LEWISTON — A frightened Elijah Solis appeared on the screen in a prerecorded video urgently telling Thomas Magnum, “If you’re watching this now, I’m hiring you to solve my murder.” Former Lewiston High School […]