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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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  • Published
    December 3, 2021

    SCORE, chamber host free webinar on setting up a nonprofit

    SCORE and the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce are presenting a free webinar on Setting Up a Nonprofit from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8. The webinar will help attendees assess their nonprofit ideas, identify challenges and issues that should be addressed before moving forward and lay the groundwork for establishing a nonprofit […]

  • Published
    December 3, 2021

    Wolf Cove Inn earns TripSavvy’s Editors’ Choice Award for romance

    POLAND — Wolf Cove Inn has been named a winner in the 2021 TripSavvy Editors’ Choice Awards in the Best for Romance category. TripSavvy Editors’ Choice Awards use reviews across the internet and audience metrics from TripSavvy, as well as identifying businesses and destinations that outrank competitors in quality, considering elements such as customer service, […]

  • Published
    December 3, 2021

    Franklin Savings Bank, employees donate to eight food pantries

    FARMINGTON — Franklin Savings Bank employees collected 2,500 items, including canned and boxed goods, and raised $1,400 to be disbursed among eight local food pantries during the Fall Bounty Week food drive. The bank matched the employees’ efforts with $11,000 to be divided among the designated food pantries, including: • Care and Share Food Closet, […]

  • Published
    December 3, 2021

    Oakhurst Dairy donates to Good Shepherd Food Bank

    AUBURN — Oakhurst Dairy has pledged to donate $200,000 in money and $479,000 in food donations over the next four years to Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine’s Campaign to End Hunger. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Household Food Security report, 11.4% of Maine households were food insecure between 2018 and 2020, which […]

  • Published
    December 3, 2021

    The Vault is moving to bigger quarters in Lewiston

    The high-end wine and beer shop will operate out of the former home of Bear Bones Beer on Lisbon Street.

  • Published
    December 2, 2021

    Several area farms star in MOFGA’s new Maine Organic Marketplace in Freeport

    • The Vault is moving to bigger quarters in Lewiston.
    • It’s a skiing trifecta with Sunday River, Sugarloaf and Saddleback news.
    • Can you guess Maine’s most-searched present for the holidays?

  • Published
    November 30, 2021

    Wayne couple donates $1.5 million to workforce housing project at Saddleback Mountain

    Officials hope to see Saddleback House break ground in the spring and work toward an opening next winter.

  • Published
    November 29, 2021

    AVCOG hosts free online customer engagement webinar

    AUBURN — The Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments is presenting the free webinar Boosting Customer Engagement with Corey Zimmerman from The WanderWeb on Dec. 9 from noon to 1 p.m. It’s open to businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofits in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. Zimmerman will teach the importance of using websites to maximize engagement to […]

  • Published
    November 29, 2021

    Dirigo Technology hires Israel Roy

    LEWISTON —  Dirigo Technology has hired Israel Roy as a technology consultant and senior engineer. Roy has been providing technology support services to clients in Maine for the past 15 years with experience supporting clients in the medical, manufacturing, retail and professional services sectors. He resides in Farmington with his wife and two daughters.

  • Published
    November 28, 2021

    Luchador Tacos builds an empire on taco simplicity

    Working: Luchador Tacos, begun four years ago as a South Paris food trailer, is planning its fourth location, this one in Worcester, Massachusetts.