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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PublishedMay 3, 2019
Maine company selling flavored crickets for on-the-go snacking
The insects are sold in vials in such flavors as lemon meringue and Indian curry.
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PublishedMay 1, 2019
Fireball maker’s $4M expansion expected to boost capacity 20% at Lewiston bottling plant
Last year, the brand’s Fireball Cinnamon Whisky outsold longtime Maine favorite Allen’s Coffee Brandy.
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PublishedApril 27, 2019
Rebuilding, again: Lewiston family survives three house fires in two years
“It sounds weird me saying this: I want to know what tried to kill me,” says Jessica Gould, who barely escaped the last fire in March.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Working: Mt. Abram ski resort plans to build Maine’s largest mountain bike park
GREENWOOD — Over the next six years, Mt. Abram is building the largest mountain bike park in Maine from scratch, up to 16 trails accessibly by chairlift. Alex Graves will be up in the woods mapping out each jump, drop and switchback. The ski resort’s 40-year-old grooming and snowmaking supervisor says he was the kind […]
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PublishedApril 14, 2019
Maine Wildlife Park in Gray opens for season Monday
George, the park’s exceptionally old moose, died over the winter, but three others remain, including Maggie, the YouTube star who befriended a German shepherd when she was just days old last summer.
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PublishedApril 9, 2019
Watch a Maine native pitch his company’s custom water filters on ‘Shark Tank’ this Sunday
Eric Roy’s company, Hydroviv, has 8 employees nicknamed ‘water nerds,’ and it’s looking to grow.
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PublishedApril 7, 2019
Maine’s ‘first and only cannabis business park’ growing in Auburn
Developers looking ahead to Maine’s recreational marijuana market plan to invest $6 million to $7 million this year setting up the site off Minot Avenue.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2019
L.L. Bean partners with Maine startup Flowfold for a Bean boot mashup
A limited number of boots will be made with L.L. Bean’s traditional sole and a sailcloth upper produced by Flowfold.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019
High wind crumples tower atop Sugarloaf
The Department of Homeland Security uses the tower.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2019
Winery and wedding spot coming to Leeds, built from the vines up
A tasting room and production building are under construction for WillowsAwake Winery, due to open this fall.
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