LEWISTON — Nicole Evans has joined the American Red Cross of Northern New England as executive director of the Central and Mid Coast Maine Chapter. Evans brings more than 20 years of experience in community impact, development and communications to the role. As the chapter’s executive director, she represents the Red Cross in the community, […]
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.
Posted inBusiness
Facebook ads target L.L.Bean in scam sale
Using the Freeport retailer’s own logo and photos, the ads tempt with discounts as low as 80%, but don’t do it.
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Posted inBusiness
Bowdoinham woman’s milking cow inspires The Last Cow Ice Cream
She wanted a new career. Friends liked her cow’s ice cream. The rest of the story is in the local freezer case.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Andrew Zulieve named to lead Maine State Bar Association committee
AUBURN — Attorney Andrew Zulieve of Skelton Taintor & Abbott has been appointed by the Maine State Bar Association’s Board of Governors as leader of the group’s Intellectual Property Section for 2020. Zulieve’s practice covers all non-patent areas of intellectual property law, trademarks and brand protection, copyrights, design rights, trade secrets, licensing, rights of publicity, […]
Posted inBusiness, Giving Back
Residential Mortgage Services donates to Good Shepherd Food Bank
AUBURN — Residential Mortgage Services Inc., a leading independent, purchase-focused mortgage lender, donated $1,000 to Good Shepherd Food Bank toward eliminating hunger. The donation was one of 14 to local food banks in the company’s footprint, which covers primarily the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Eastern Seaboard markets and with an office in Auburn.
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Harvard Pilgrim donates to eight local nonprofits
PORTLAND — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation donated $10,000 each to eight local nonprofits as part of its continued COVID-19 relief efforts. Receiving funds: Alan Day Community Garden in Norway, Oxford County Mental Health Services in Rumford, Saint Mary’s Nutrition Center, SeniorPlus, Trinity Jubilee Center, United Way of Androscoggin County and YWCA Central Maine, all […]
Posted inLocal & State
Reality TV casting call in Maine looking for ‘Mountain Love’
Ready to trade your heels for hiking boots to join your beau in the woods? This might be for you.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Do’s and don’ts of bringing people back to the office
Four attorneys from Auburn’s Skelton, Taintor & Abbott offer practical advice Thursday during a session with the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, The Buzz
New owner for Lewiston’s Pamco Mill, new real estate office opens in Auburn
• New details on the L-A chamber’s June 11 breakfast
• New flavors for Gifford’s Ice Cream, kicking off its summer season
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
Lewiston business owner and still-working employee are awarded unemployment benefits they didn’t ask for
David Allen at Allen Manufacturing says he was “baffled” when he told the Maine Department of Labor, “Dan is still working for us” and benefits were awarded two weeks later anyway. And then he got them, too.