Eli’s Homestead farmers are diving into microgreens, little nutrient-packed sprouts that can grow indoors year-round.
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
Auburn Planning Board approves $17.6M solar project
The layout will be 36,072 photovoltaic panels generating 14.6 megawatts, according the application.
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Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
State gives early approval to Central Maine Healthcare’s new $35 million cancer center
The health care system’s officials said they would like to start building this summer but need a final sign-off from Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Red Cross honors Larry Lord, other ‘heroes’
“People are listening, reading, watching about the decisions that you’ve made and they’re inspired and thankful that humanity still has people like you,” one police officer told award recipients.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Norway Savings Bank promotes eight employees
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank announces the recent promotion of eight employees: Jaime Brochu is assistant vice president, retail loan center assistant manager. Brochu came to the bank in 2013 as a mortgage loan processor with three years of mortgage processing experience. Over the past seven years, Brochu has made leadership growth a priority, completing […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Portland Pie decides not to open on Lewiston’s Lincoln Street
Developer Kara Wilbur says she’s talking to other restaurants and breweries, hoping to have someone else in the refurbished fire substation, potentially by summer.
Posted inBusiness, Giving Back
Camden National Bank donates to ELHS
CAMDEN — Camden National Bank recently donated $750 to Edward Little High School. It made similar donations to 10 schools in all, in communities where it has banking centers, for the schools to use toward either providing free tickets to students or transportation to the 2020 Boys and Girls Basketball State Championships. The support made […]
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Carrie Bolduc passes professional HR exam
LEWISTON — Carrie Bolduc recently passed her Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional exam. Bolduc has worked at Community Health Options since 2013. Her current role is as a human resources specialist. Bolduc has progressively advanced her role, having first started as an office coordinator. She serves on the Central Maine Human Resources Association […]
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Central Maine Healthcare hires Dr. Sheldon Stevenson
LEWISTON — Dr. Sheldon Stevenson is the new system chief of emergency medicine for Central Maine Healthcare. Previously medical director for the emergency room at Bridgton Hospital, Stevenson started his new role March 1. Stevenson is a graduate of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and of Colby College in Waterville. He started his […]
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Lewiston’s Captain Morgan, four decades in and thousands of tattoos later
LEWISTON — Frank “Captain” Morgan’s oldest customers ever: 84- and 83-year-old sisters visiting from Amsterdam. His weirdest request: Too weird to print. (It involved a pair of blue eyes. We’ll say no more.) The 61-year-old’s latest milestone: Tattooing in Maine for 40 years, come Monday. He’s worked from half a dozen locations, battled cancer, closed […]