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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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  • Published
    January 17, 2017

    Lewiston’s former Marcotte Furniture building gets a facelift

    DaVinci’s Eatery owner Jules Patry bought the property two weeks ago from Normand Rousseau with plans to turn it into high-end, loft-style apartments. The property had been on the market for several years. Patry, who also lives downtown, said he had been looking at the building for a while. A number of factors will determine […]

  • Published
    January 1, 2017

    Weird, Wicked Weird: John Edward on Trump, 2017 and the weirdest message he’s ever delivered

    Former TV psychic medium John Edward logged 75 tour stops giving group readings around the globe in 2016. In 2017, he’s coming back to Maine with appearances in Bangor on March 2 and Portland on March 3. The 47-year-old author of eight bestselling novels splits his time between New York and Los Angeles with his […]

  • Published
    March 13, 2016

    His family asks: What really happened to Phil at the Elan School?

    For 33 years, Pam Newell thought her brother died of a freak brain aneurysm while he was a student at the infamous Elan School in Poland. Two weeks ago, a stranger turned up and told her there’s something she should know.

  • Published
    October 4, 2015

    Pumpkin flavor: A smashing success

    The taste is EVERYWHERE (except in kitty litter and Luke’s beer), and $361 million in 2014 sales explains why.

  • Published
    March 14, 2015

    Keeping the Auburn Mall occupied: ‘We do anything we can’

    The loss of RadioShack and Deb at Auburn’s 36-year-old mall shows the struggle today’s malls face as trends change. More business tenants, exterior doors and attracting a hot retailer are all part of the strategy.

  • Published
    January 19, 2014

    People You Know: Mary Ann Gallant, honorary hostess

    AUBURN — Every morning, Mary Ann Gallant walks in with baked goods and a laugh, as much a fixture as the booths and the All-American Slam. The 73-year-old retired as a Denny’s hostess two years ago, but she’s never left. It’s where her friends are. “You meet a lot of people,” Gallant said. “Meeting people, […]

  • Published
    June 28, 2012

    Maine reacts to Supreme Court health care ruling

    Nancy Cummings darted between her patients and her computer Thursday morning, waiting on word from the U.S. Supreme Court. Just after 10 a.m. a friend texted her. Upheld. “For the average Mainer, it’s a victory,” said Cummings, an orthopedic surgeon at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington and president of the Maine Medical Association. In a […]

  • Published
    October 6, 2007

    Weird, Wicked Weird: A man and his (weird) museum

    Loren Coleman is an authority on things that haven’t been found. Yet.