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 6, 2021
New Gloucester couple’s woodworking company named Etsy’s top Maine shop
Ross and Carie Gauvin, owners of Rowe Station Woodworks, make 1,500-plus floating shelves a month and just hired their first employee last year to handle shipping, with more plans for growth in the works.
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PublishedMay 4, 2021
Hockey academy with cargo container dorms for The Colisée in Lewiston?
Darryl Antonacci bought The Colisée last year and tells city in new application he wants permission to add “small unit dormitories” — modified cargo containers — to house student-players at his hockey school.
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PublishedApril 26, 2021
Sabattus couple buys Lewiston’s Sparetime Recreation, saving it from closure
The bowling alley will still close May 4, just temporarily, and reopen in late summer under the new owners, Justin and Samantha Juray.
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PublishedApril 9, 2021
Tambrands proposes $15 million expansion in Auburn
“We are excited about the opportunity for continued growth at the Auburn facility and our ability to further positively impact the community, especially in the midst of a pandemic,” a company spokesman said Friday.
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PublishedApril 6, 2021
Hold those thongs! After $1.2 million trash bill, Goodwill encouraging people to look before they donate
Goodwill Northern New England, with 17 of its 30 stores in Maine, is looking at a trash bill of more than $1.2 million as a result of people donating unusable items in what the nonprofit believes are largely good but misguided intentions.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2021
Gustin family urging Boy Scouts not to sell Sabattus’s Camp Gustin
The granddaughter of the camp’s namesake, Charles Gustin, said the sale would be “grave news to us and our legacy.”
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PublishedMarch 25, 2021
Boy Scouts selling Camp Gustin in Sabattus to raise money for abuse victims fund
The 85-acre camp was deeded to the Scouts in 1948 and has been a day and weekend camp for decades.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2021
Skiers hit Maine slopes in 2020-2021 season as pandemic pushed people to get outside
“People really wanted to ski,” Sugarloaf spokesman Ethan Austin said. “They didn’t want this to be one of the things the pandemic took away from them.”
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PublishedMarch 12, 2021
Sun Journal moving printing operations to South Portland
The newsroom, advertising, circulation and customer service employees will continue working in the building at 104 Park St. in Lewiston.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2021
101-acre solar array wins approval in Lewiston
City staff estimate the $29.1 million project could bring in $500,000 in taxes annually.
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