Hannah LaClaire

Staff Writer

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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Published
June 24, 2020

Freeport police, town officials host forum on local policing in wake of protests

Police Chief Susan Nourse said she hopes to form a committee for members of the community to study and review police policy.
Published
June 23, 2020

St. John’s Catholic School to open doors this fall

Officials are also working to develop a remote learning plan for families who may not be comfortable sending their kids back to school.
Published
June 18, 2020

Freeport considers blocking a part of Main Street to allow more outdoor space for businesses, pedestrians

If approved, Main Street would close to traffic from Howard Place by The Lobster Cooker and Pub, to Bow Street, or Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen and Topside Tavern, from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday through Labor Day.
Published
June 17, 2020

Freeport adopts municipal budget

The essentially flat $10.4 million town budget ($11.8 million with the county tax) would reduce taxes by less than a percent, but when combined with Freeport’s projected $19 million share of the Regional School Unit 5 budget, residents will face an overall 1.62% tax increase.
Published
June 16, 2020

Town council: ‘Black lives matter to the town of Brunswick’

Town councilors on Monday approved a statement, 7-2, condemning racism and police brutality, voicing support for the Black Lives Matter movement and five statewide and local policy recommendations. They hope to form a task force in the coming months.
Published
June 16, 2020

Brunswick adopts town budget, sends school budget to referendum

Both the school and municipal budgets were largely flat, but taxes will still increase 3.3% due to the Kate Furbish Elementary School debt service and the county tax.
Published
June 15, 2020

Brunswick assistant town manager on leave following arrest

Town officials will be reviewing the information related to the arrest and charges, and will work to ‘appropriately address’ the matter, Town Manager John Eldridge said in an email Monday.
Published
June 14, 2020

Brunswick council irons out flat budget, expected to approve it Monday

No changes anticipated in planned police department spending
Published
June 14, 2020

Protesters in Brunswick vow to return until their voices are heard

Organizers on Saturday listed multiple policy and funding changes they want to see within the Brunswick Police Department and said they will keep coming back until they see change.
Published
June 14, 2020

Brunswick High School seniors graduate ‘together as one community’ in face of pandemic

The Brunswick High School class of 2020 graduated Friday during a special drive-in ceremony at Brunswick Landing that, despite the distance, checked all the right boxes.