Using the Freeport retailer’s own logo and photos, the ads tempt with discounts as low as 80%, but don’t do it.
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.
Posted inLocal & State
Reality TV casting call in Maine looking for ‘Mountain Love’
Ready to trade your heels for hiking boots to join your beau in the woods? This might be for you.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Crime
Maine business owner, current staff awarded unemployment benefits they never filed for
David Allen at Allen Manufacturing says he was “baffled” when he told the Maine Department of Labor, “Dan is still working for us” and benefits were awarded two weeks later anyway. And then he got them, too.
Posted inBusiness
Working: Livermore trucker keeps rolling with the paper industry
Between five Belgium draft horses and a crew of eight drivers at Tibbetts Trucking, the mornings start early and days end late for Darrell Tibbetts.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Hobby Lobby reopens after it’s deemed an ‘essential business’
The retailer temporarily shut its doors chainwide April 3, days after Maine Gov. Janet Mills issued a stay-at-home order.
Posted inBusiness
Ocean State Job Lot customer upset voluntary surcharge didn’t seem so voluntary
On March 31, Ocean State Job Lot instituted a new 2% surcharge chain-wide to raise money for employees that cashiers can take off bills at checkout if customers ask.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Investigators work to pinpoint cause of Androscoggin Mill explosion
The State Fire Marshal’s Office and others probed the wreckage in Jay on Thursday to determine what caused a big blast at the paper mill Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Krispy Kreme locations in Saco and Auburn shut down
“HOT NOW” donuts are no more for Krispy Kremes in Auburn and Saco.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Boston Brands of Maine starts bottling hand sanitizer
The Fireball Cinnamon Whisky maker is also donating high proof alcohol that the University of Maine is turning into hand sanitizer for Maine hospitals.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Times Record
L.L.Bean stitchers sewing dog bed liners into hospital face masks
L.L.Bean CEO Stephen Smith described the dog bed liner masks Monday on CNBC’s ‘Power Lunch’ as breathable and ‘very durable.’