Principal Eben Shaw: “This group has handled everything thrown at them with a great deal of confidence and a positive outlook.”
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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Major work at Bates Mill for Northeast Bank and at former Best Buy for Evergreen Subaru
• FTC tallies pandemic-related fraud complaints in Maine
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OTELCO hires Eric Proulx, two summer interns
NEW GLOUCESTER — OTELCO has hired Eric Proulx as the director of network operations in its New Gloucester office. Proulx has 24 years of experience in the communication industry working for Bell Atlantic, Verizon, FairPoint and Consolidated Communications. He has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maine and is […]
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Bye-bye Cathay Hut, hello expanded Dunkin’
• Lewiston High School addition and Saxon’s 244-unit housing development ready to move ahead
• Main Street Roopers Beverage and Redemption moving, adding a tasting room
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Karen McArthur joins Maine Music Society board
LEWISTON — The Maine Music Society welcomed Karen McArthur to its board of directors. A longtime audience member, McArthur joined the Maine Music Society Chorale and Chamber Singers in early 2019. She also sings with her church choir where she is a cantor. She lives in Lewiston with her husband of 32 years, Brad, their […]
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Stack wood, talk it out, bake a pie: Building up resiliency during a pandemic
A local mental health clinician offered advice to business leaders Thursday during the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s first Zoom breakfast.
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New Carbonite owner adding 90 jobs to its Lewiston office
The growth will put the local office at over 200 workers again.
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New LifeFlight crew quarters landing at Auburn airport
• New thrift shop for Center Street
• Auburn Planning Board approves $16M solar proposal; state will decide if it’s a go
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Pandemic staycationers lead to sales spike for Auburn awning company
Sales are up 50% to 2,000% depending on the product, according to FutureGuard Building Products co-owner Brian Buteau. The company is pumping out orders, hiring and making even bigger plans for next year.
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Bangor Savings Bank hires Alice Mogensen
AUBURN — Alice Mogensen has joined Bangor Savings Bank as an assistant vice president and mortgage loan officer. Mogensen brings more than eight years of lending and retail banking experience to her new role. Ardent in her support for the Lewiston-Auburn community, she is serving as chairwoman of the Maine Community Foundation for the Androscoggin […]