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.
• Auburn city, school projects underway
• A Family Dollar Store refresh
• Curious about the earthwork behind Lamey Wellehan? We were, too.
The site is being prepared for potential, future development.
LEWISTON — Community Credit Union hosted a Community Recycle Day on April 24 to help community members do their part in celebrating Earth Day. The event included shredding personal documents for identity protection and alternatives to keep household items and tires out of landfills, and collected an estimated $375 in donations for the SHAREcenter to […]
LEWISTON — Lewiston-based Community Health Options, the state’s only nonprofit, member-led health insurance organization, has awarded grants to eight Maine nonprofit agencies working in community health, including $5,000 to the New Mainers Public Health Initiative. New Mainers Public Health Initiative will use the funds to help with outreach to address second-hand smoke exposure currently experienced […]
The restaurant had difficulty finding staff and negotiating a new lease. Its last day is May 15.
Plans for a new 72-unit housing development along the Androscoggin River approved by the Historic Preservation Review Board.
Ross and Carie Gauvin, owners of Rowe Station Woodworks, make 1,500-plus floating shelves a month and just hired their first employee last year to handle shipping, with more plans for growth in the works.
• Preliminary steps taken for a new 72-unit housing development at the Continental Mill
• Growth to wag about at Doggone Fun Doggy Daycare
AUBURN — Starting in the 2021-22 academic year, two Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist will join the staff at Saint Dominic Academy as teachers while also overseeing and enhancing campus ministry on both the Auburn and Lewiston campuses. Sister Christianna Hamman, FSE, and Sister Francesca Silver, FSE, will each bring extensive experience along with enthusiasm […]
AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader has hired Abby Davis for its Auburn location. Davis primarily grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and attended Lawton High School in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her four-year tour in the U.S. Coast Guard allowed her some traveling before settling in Maine. She graduated from Hesser College in New […]
