AUBURN — The DuBois Realty Group of Keller Williams Realty recently donated $1,500 to Trinity Jubilee Center as part of its Give Where You Live giving campaign. The donation helps support the Trinity Jubilee Center’s Sponsor a Meal Project. The project invites people and businesses to “adopt a day” in the soup kitchen and provides […]
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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Fontaine Family hires Megan Trundy
AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader has hired Megan Trundy to the team at its Auburn location. Trundy grew up in Poland and attended Edward Little High School in Auburn. She continued her education at Andover College, graduating with an associate degree in legal studies. She most recently worked as an office […]
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Lucro Management hires Stacy OReilly
AUBURN — Lucro Management, the management group for Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch, has appointed Stacy OReilly as general manager of the hotel. She will be responsible for all aspects of hotel operations, including guest services, satisfaction and safety, general hotel administration and the oversight of all marketing efforts. With more than 23 years of […]
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Sebago Technics acquires Sawyer Engineering and Surveying
SOUTH PORTLAND — Sebago Technics, a civil engineering, survey, transportation, landscape architecture and environmental services consulting firm, has acquired Sawyer Engineering and Surveying of Bridgton. Sawyer Engineering and Surveying has provided engineering, surveying and septic design services to the Lakes Region for more than 40 years. The firm was founded and owned by George Sawyer. […]
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Auburn Savings donates to Lewiston/Auburn Veterans Council
LEWISTON — Auburn Savings recently donated $1,000 to the Lewiston/Auburn Veterans Council. The money contributed toward a $6,500 goal to build a Vietnam veterans memorial in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Auburn Savings President and CEO Bill Tracy presented Charlie Paul, L/A Veterans Council member and spokesperson for the project, with the gift. Paul spearheaded […]
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Central Maine Healthcare hires Kara Aleixo Johnson
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare has hired Kara Aleixo Johnson as system director of philanthropy. In this leadership role, Johnson is responsible for the planning and implementation of all fundraising efforts for CMH, including a portfolio of major gift prospects and donors and building broad-based private support for annual giving, endowments and capital projects. Johnson […]
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CMCC offering no-cost precision machine training
AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College, in partnership with the Maine Quality Center, is offering a no-cost, 100% online Precision Machining Training Fundamentals program to qualified candidates. Participants who successfully complete the program will have the opportunity to apply to the CMCC Precision Machining Technology Associate Degree […]
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Working: An orchard’s work is never done
“You get all the apples picked off and it snows and the new year starts, that’s when we start pruning,” farmer John Bsullak said.
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Toasting Lewiston’s Baxter Brewing Co. at 10
The company rolled out its first cans from one of the city’s historic mills 10 years ago, kicking off the local craft brew scene and a decade of milestones.
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Maine craft brew can-do: It was a bitter year, but they canned more, tweaked taprooms and hung on
After a decade of stout growth in Maine, “the world came to a crashing halt,” as one Auburn craft brewer put it, for the craft brew industry and everyone else in the pandemic. Now many brewers are feeling better about 2021.