Last week, with Mr. Drew’s Exotic Rescue and Education Center shut down like other museums and centers during the coronavirus pandemic, and 150-plus animals on his hands, Drew Desjardins started daily blogs with creature lessons. “I figured we are all in the same boat and we need our money for food and mortgage and bills, […]
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, Lewiston-Auburn
NextGrid proposes three solar array projects for Lewiston
They would total more than 12 megawatts and mean more than $13 million in investment for the city.
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Posted inBusiness, The Buzz
Aroma Joe’s serves 7,000 cups of joe to Maine health care workers
* Gippers’ tippers in Auburn
* Development potential in Lewiston
* And who opened a box to find 2,000 live bugs inside this week?
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston’s City Cab Co. closes after 88 years
Rising costs and an “antiquated” zone rate system set by the cities put them out of business, according to the owner.
Posted inBusiness, Giving Back
New Balance Foundation donates to Good Shepherd Food Bank
AUBURN — Boston-based New Balance Foundation is donating $50,000 to the Good Shepherd Food Bank, part of a total of $2 million in nonprofit grants in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support local, regional and global communities. The $2 million commitment is in addition to the approximately $7 million in New Balance Foundation grants […]
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
L.L.Bean stitchers sewing dog bed liners into hospital face masks
L.L.Bean CEO Stephen Smith described the dog bed liner masks Monday on CNBC’s ‘Power Lunch’ as breathable and ‘very durable.’
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Strike up the looms: Maine Heritage Weavers producing material for 50,000 donated masks
The project started Monday and the face masks are going out nationwide to sick children and their families.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Readiness Associates hosting coronavirus webinar for chamber members
LEWISTON — Readiness Associates, a Portland-based national consulting firm that helps clients prepare for natural and man-made disasters, is conducting a webinar on the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday at 11 a.m. that’s free for members of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. The web-based presentation, “Coping with the Current Pandemic Crisis with Readiness Associates,” […]
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SAD 52 looks to trim proposed school budget due to pandemic concerns
The new 2020-2021 proposal, cutting $300,000, will be rolled out Thursday.
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Face Time: Chris Bishop and Matilda Patterpaw, from cats to creep
The Maine artists launched a Home Creep Home line of housewares this year celebrating cryptids cute and weird.