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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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Lewiston’s Rancourt & Co. hand-sews 2021 Olympic sneakers for opening, closing ceremonies
“We’re making sneakers for people who are going to be on the world stage.” — President Mike Rancourt.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2021
Reading the real estate tea leaves: Are we in for a housing bubble in Maine?
Between March and May 2021, the median sales price of a house statewide was up almost 22% to $285,000, compared to the same three months last year, according to the Maine Association of Realtors.
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PublishedJune 16, 2021
New owner reopens Bethel’s Sunday River Brewing Co.
Michael Boland is buying the restaurant from brothers Rick and Ron Savage who made frequent headlines last year for protesting pandemic restrictions.
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PublishedJune 15, 2021
Target one of many developments poised for Auburn in record-breaking year
Target’s $9.6 million renovation of the former Kmart is under review, and, headed to the Planning Board next month: An $8 million warehouse, distribution center and showroom project near Exit 75 by F.W. Webb Co.
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PublishedJune 12, 2021
Working: Running Maine’s largest state park
Manager Bruce Farnham is in summer season No. 34 and counting at the 8,000-acre Mt. Blue State Park.
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PublishedJune 2, 2021
Bethel’s Sunday River Brewing Co. reopening; new owner on deck
After a busy, headline-making year for the restaurant’s owners — state citations for imminent health hazards, temporary license suspensions, two temporary restraining orders — a Bar Harbor restaurateur has applied for new licenses to reopen the restaurant.
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PublishedMay 30, 2021
Welcome to the Neighborhood: Lewiston immigrants help plan for a warmer, more seamless transition for refugees
With the potential for hundreds of refugees arriving in the next year, a coalition of five immigrant-led groups in Lewiston has started meeting to plan how to make the arrivals go more smoothly and how to make Lewiston feel like home.
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PublishedMay 26, 2021
Three people and a dog killed Wednesday in Lewiston crash
Authorities closed Lisbon Street between Gayton and South Lisbon roads after two vehicles collided Wednesday afternoon.
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PublishedMay 18, 2021
Gov. Mills pushing for $35 million community college workforce training investment
The proposed investment, part of her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, would cover tuition and fees for 8,500 people statewide.
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PublishedApril 27, 2021
Four Farmington area businesses team up for nonprofit donations
Titcomb Mountain received $4,000 to go toward the Titcomb Mountain Adventure Camp, a summer children’s outdoor program.
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