Your odds of hitting an animal on the drive home tonight? One in 91, according to State Farm. Maine ranks 22nd in the country for its rate of animal collisions, according to a news release from the insurance company Wednesday. State Farm covered 1,365 car-animal claims last year in Maine. November, October and December are […]
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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Peter Geiger plans to still give out thousands of king-sized candy bars on Halloween
The editor of the Farmers’ Almanac has a reputation for doing Halloween up big and that won’t stop this year, though the venue will change.
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Saddleback Mountain looks to build solar farm, new mid-mountain lodge
Construction would take place next year if the state approves either project, which new owners call “critical” in bringing the ski resort back.
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TD Bank scales back office space in Lewiston
The company says 90% of people who had worked downtown are working from home due to the pandemic.
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Sarah Frye Home of Auburn receives safety award
AUBURN — The Sarah Frye Home of Auburn has received the Maine Health Care Association Workers’ Compensation Fund “Excellence in Safety” Award. The assisted living facility has accomplished 2,015 days with no compensable lost time claims and only 4% of their employees were injured on the job during this past year. The Excellence in Safety […]
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Lewiston salon offers $3,000 hiring bonus for hairdressers
Orbit Hair Styling owner Richard Stone says hairdressers are that hard to come by.
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Interactive Maine Road Trip Quiz: How much do you know about Vacationland?
Lobsters, lighthouses, incredible claims and maybe-fictional beasts frolicking in our woods — it’s all here.
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Knapp retiring after 23 years as CMCC president
Scott Knapp has led Central Maine Community College in Auburn since 1997, the longest-serving college president in Maine.
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Maine restaurants find different ways to serve diners in the pandemic
As restaurants in Androscoggin, York and Cumberland Counties reopen for dine-in service, some in Franklin and Oxford Counties have had a month’s head start.
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Lewiston officials not surprised by city’s large number of COVID-19 cases
Figures released by the state show Lewiston has the most cases of the coronavirus of any zip code in Maine.