They’ll head to the statewide finals in two weeks, pitching again for a $25,000 grand prize.
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 Savings Bank hires Cara Hingey
AUBURN — Auburn Savings Bank has hired Cara Hingey as vice president and loan officer. Hingey will join the loan department of the community bank, helping customers navigate the process of mortgage and consumer lending. Hingey graduated with an associate degree in business from Central Maine Community College in Auburn. She’s enrolled at Saint Joseph’s […]
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Consolidated Communications gives grant to Lewiston Public Schools
LEWISTON — Consolidated Communications awarded a $2,500 grant to Lewiston Public Schools through its Consolidated Connects Educational Grant Program to eight K-12 schools in support of innovative, technology-focused learning programs. The funds are going to computer science for Lewiston programming and were part of $20,000 awarded to initiatives supporting creative student learning and innovative technologies. […]
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Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch promotes Matthew Shaw
AUBURN — The Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch has named Matthew Shaw as the new director of sales and marketing. Shaw will lead all strategic sales and marketing endeavors while supporting the 138-room hotel’s mission to provide outstanding service to guests. He started with the hotel in 2013 in the banquets and catering department and […]
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Maine Source Homes & Realty hires Brian Gleason
AUBURN — Maine Source Homes & Realty has hired Brian Gleason, previously of Tim Dunham Realty in Topsham, as a Realtor. A longtime resident of Auburn who lives there with his wife, Kayla, Gleason graduated from Edward Little High School and from Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, where he earned an Associate of Science degree […]
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Hockey academy with cargo container dorms for Colisée passes first step
Darryl Antonacci said he’d be back soon with plans for The Colisée and hoped for quick approval “to allow us to put these dorm units in position, hopefully by the end of August here, because we’re on a tight timeline.”
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Isaacson & Raymond, P.A. attorneys and staff join Skelton Taintor & Abbott
AUBURN — Skelton Taintor & Abbott have announced that Ronald Bissonnette, Daniel D’Auteuil Jr. and Emma Burgess Roy and the staff of Isaacson & Raymond, P.A. will join the firm effective July 1, 2021. Bissonnette brings his expertise in real estate law, including acquisitions, like kind exchanges and leasing. His practice also includes extensive experience […]
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Lewiston OKs $1.7 million expansion at Walmart Distribution Center
• Local solar projects update
• Fun with stats: How many people from California moved to Maine last year?
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Geiger announces 1Q Geiger Star Awards
LEWISTON — Geiger, the nation’s largest privately held promotional products distributor, recently presented its 1st Quarter Geiger Star Awards, which are given to associates who have been nominated by fellow associates. The individuals who received the Geiger Star Award include: Corey Dill, Dustin Freeman, Lee Jones, Lee Smith and Robin Miller. The team recipients include: […]
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MSAD 52 school budget passes first step, heads to referendum vote
Turner, Greene and Leeds voters will weigh in one last time on May 20 at the polls.