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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PublishedJanuary 29, 2020
Cannabis entrepreneurs keep building in Auburn
Mystique Way, a short dirt road off busy Minot Avenue, is now home to three greenhouses with one more in progress and a likely retail store to come. Cliff Miller estimates more than $6 million has been invested there in the past year.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2020
Fryeburg man developing ‘less lethal’ projectiles, launcher system
Kurt Boeker said civilians have been drawn to his new designs for self-defense, but he’s hoping his work eventually helps police and military with crowd control and riots.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2020
Carbonite call center moving within Lewiston, no other changes planned, say new owners
The Canadian-based tech company OpenText bought Carbonite Inc. on Dec. 24 for $1.45 billion.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2020
Maine native’s 3-D body scanner one of Time Magazine’s top 100 inventions
Time Magazine’s 100 Best Inventions of 2019 lists the Edward Little grad’s company.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2019
Lewiston’s My Waffle startup looking forward to the new decade
Owners hope to thrive in 2020 after learning plenty in 2019.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2019
Lewiston business celebrates 100 years of servicing radiators
Rick Hollis has brought the business his grandfather started on Park Street, Lewiston Radiator Works, to the 100-year-mark, surviving business ups and downs and, 15 years ago, a catastrophic explosion.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2019
Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice has six mother-daughter nurses visiting patients
Three mother-daughter sets of hospice nurses are on staff at Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2019
Hospital chaplain Sarah Gillespie offers an ear, a blessing and a hand
Growing up in New Jersey with a love of the church, and turning 18 around the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, happening so close to home, deepened her exploration around faith.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2019
Auburn OKs Maine’s ‘first and only cannabis business park’ expansion
Auburn issued three building permits for Mystique Way, Maine’s “first and only cannabis business park.”
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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
Artist plans a new ‘Hopeful’ installation in Lewiston
Charlie Hewitt, who who lives in Yarmouth, hung his first ‘Hopeful’ sign at Woodfords Corner in Portland last May.
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