Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at The Portland Press Herald, covering topics such as real estate and development, entrepreneurship and the cannabis industry among others. Before joining the Press Herald in January 2021, Hannah covered the town of Brunswick for The Times Record. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Journalism, and reported for The Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H., before moving back to Maine. In her free time, Hannah enjoys reading, running, cooking (eating) and traveling. She lives in Saco with her husband, her dog Olive and her cat Fred.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2020
Downeaster ridership low but rising as trains start running after two-month shutdown
The pandemic has pushed back plans for the rail service from Brunswick to Rockland dubbed the Coastal Connection, which has already been delayed several times.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2020
Illegal campfire sparks Freeport forest fire
An improperly extinguished campfire is believed to be the cause of a forest fire that burned half an acre of conserved land last week. Fire officials anticipate the fire danger will increase and are warning campers to be cautious.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2020
Brunswick, Walmart reach settlement over property tax dispute
The agreement ends a three-year tax battle between the town and the retail giant, which contested that the store should be valued roughly 40% lower than the town’s assessment.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2020
Longtime Brunswick retailer closes doors, latest business to leave Maine Street
Wyler’s joins a growing list of Maine Street businesses that have shuttered in recent months, but Deb King, director of the Brunswick Downtown Association, doesn’t think the vacancies will last long.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2020
Brunswick High graduate requests investigation, more education surrounding sexual assault after allegations against former teacher
The letter, which includes signatures from 150 community members, many of whom are Brunswick High School graduates, states the school department must determine the scope and the breadth of sexual violence within the schools, while also conducting “extensive training on appropriate relationships with students so that this line to sexual assault and grooming could never be crossed.”
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PublishedJune 30, 2020
Climate-conscious, eco-conservation subdivision opening in Brunswick this summer
Douglas Ridge, tucked into 280 acres of conservation land off Hacker Road, will feature 18 0.6 acre lots for “high tech, high performance, healthy homes,” — the ideal modern conservation subdivision done the right way, according to the developer.
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PublishedJune 29, 2020
Freeport moving forward with weekend Main Street closure
Main Street will close to vehicles from Howard Place by The Lobster Cooker and Pub, to Bow Street, by Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen, from 8 a.m. on Saturdays to 8 p.m. on Sundays, and a detour will be in place from West Street to Depot Street and then to Bow Street.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Brunswick Farmers Market moving back to downtown mall
The Brunswick Topsham Land Trust Farmers Market is staying put.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Brunswick Police Cmdr. Mark Waltz retiring after 22 years
Waltz joined the force in 1997, after working for a few years as an attorney. He retires July 31.
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PublishedJune 25, 2020
Brunswick author teams up with astrophysicist to answer ‘silly, yet totally smart’ questions about space in new book
What do Black Holes Eat for Dinner? And Other Silly, yet Totally Smart Questions about Space,” by Katie Coppens and Grant Tremblay, published by Tumblehome Learning, is available July 1.
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