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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 Savings Bank employee donates to chamber Stuff the Bus campaign
AUBURN — Auburn Savings Bank Branch Supervisor Audrey Patterson recently donated $500 toward the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber’s Stuff the Bus charity event after being awarded the money as part of the Auburn Savings Employee Recognition program. Implemented in July, the Auburn Savings Employee Recognition program awards outstanding employees who exemplify the bank’s core values. […]
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Emerson Chevrolet-Buick donates to St. Dominic Academy
AUBURN — In November, Emerson Chevrolet-Buick donated $1,000 to St. Dominic Academy’s Telethon as a red carpet sponsor for the event which promoted the school’s community. The event was broadcast live from the Auburn campus at the school.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, The Buzz
Sabattus server surprised with $1,000 tip from a stranger, gives $100 bills to coworkers for Christmas
• The Holy Donut update!
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Free software startup course offered by CEI’s Women’s Business Center, Tortoise Labs
Female entrepreneurs with ideas for software or software-enabled startups anywhere in the state can enroll in the 2021 cohort of Propeller, a free, six-week online course operated by CEI’s Women’s Business Center and Tortoise Labs. The course is designed to guide women from all backgrounds as they build their businesses, while overcoming barriers that disproportionately […]
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Skelton Taintor & Abbott hires Reeve Wood
AUBURN — Skelton Taintor & Abbott announces the hiring of Reeve Wood as Of Counsel, focusing on title work and real estate transactions. Wood began his career as a teacher in New York and then moved on to work as an investigator of police misconduct for the City of New York. A native of Brunswick, […]
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Auburn police say speed a likely factor in crash that killed Sabattus man
Daniel Brackett, 67, died Saturday night after his car struck the back end of a Ford Explorer on Minot Avenue.
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Curaleaf donates to Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry
AUBURN — Curaleaf has donated $8,000 to Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry to provide 400 meals to families in need. Kaydenz Kitchen is family-run food pantry that assists those in the Lewiston community who experience food insecurities and have difficulties feeding their families. The donation from Curaleaf will provide gift cards from a variety of local […]
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Working: Lewiston woman organizes a new business
Out of work from a prolonged pandemic furlough, Elaine St. Pierre started Simply Organized Spaces in November.
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Chipotle opens on Center Street in Auburn
Customers can walk in or “Chipotlane” it for burritos, bowls and guac.