AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College will offer a course titled Individual Goal Setting from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12. The course is all setting and achieving goals, whether professional, academic or personal. The session will guide participants through the importance of setting intentions, writing specific objectives […]
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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Franklin Memorial Hospital hires Dr. Jacob Ledesma
FARMINGTON — Dr. Jacob Ledesma has joined the Franklin Memorial Hospital medical staff as a provider at Franklin Health Internal Medicine and on the hospital’s inpatient unit. Ledesma received his medical degree at Loma Linda University in California, followed by an internal medicine residency at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. He started his medical […]
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MITC hosts session on exporting basics
LEWISTON — The Maine International Trade Center will hold a learning session for companies discovering they’ve become an “accidental exporter” from 4-6 p.m. March 11 at Fish Bones Grill at 70 Lincoln St. Join the center for networking, food and a brief presentation on the key things to think about when selling your products outside […]
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Nancy Chaney earns pediatric emergency nurse credential
FARMINGTON — Nancy Chaney, a registered nurse at Franklin Memorial Hospital, has earned the certified pediatric emergency nurse credential from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. The credential is held by a registered nurse who possesses advanced critical thinking and highly developed skills in providing emergency care to pediatric patients and their families. Chaney […]
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E.L.B. Construction moves to Farmington
FARMINGTON — E.L.B. Construction Inc., owned by Eric L. Burgess and previously from the Rangeley area, has moved its offices to Farmington at 320 Bailey Hill Road. E.L.B. Construction performs all levels of building and remodeling, design services and plowing in the winter months.
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Auburn man fatally shot by police in Minot after chase
Jason Gora, 44, had been reported missing Friday by his family, concerned he was “potentially a danger to himself,” according to police.
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Sit, stay … heal: SAD 52 adopts new therapy dog policy
Lucky Tim, now a certified therapy dog after a year in training, is going to Leeds Central School every day.
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CMCC offers supervising skills course
AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College will offer the Supervising People: Essential Skills for Leaders course on Fridays, starting March 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and ending on April 3. No manager looks forward to approaching employees about job-performance problems, yet few tasks are more […]
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Maine Community Foundation hires John Ochira
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Community Foundation has appointed John Ochira as a program officer managing the Androscoggin and Cumberland county committees and grant programs that serve Greater Portland. Prior to coming to MaineCF, Ochira was a disability benefit specialist at Unum. He is president of the South Sudanese Community Association of Maine and founder and […]