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
April 14, 2020

New grant will help MTI create ‘road map’ to strengthening, diversifying Maine’s marine economy

The total funding, awarded to Maine Technology Institute and FocusMaine, is for $2.5 million over the next three years and includes the $2 million Economic Development Administration grant, plus a match of $500,000.
Published
April 13, 2020

Local performance organizations make difficult decisions for upcoming seasons

Bowdoin International Music Festival canceled the upcoming season, but will share some of the usual content online, while Maine State Music Theatre is holding out hope for the summer’s shows.
Published
April 12, 2020

Brunswick’s asylum seekers healthy amid pandemic, but impact on immigration process is unknown

According to cultural broker Nsiona Nguizani, the families are practicing social distancing, but have been retraumatized by the coronavirus pandemic. He is their only ‘outside’ person.
Published
April 9, 2020

Phillip Potenziano selected to lead Brunswick School Department

Potenziano is currently interim superintendent at RSU 21. He will replace retiring Brunswick Superintendent Paul Perzanoski.
Published
April 8, 2020

Brunswick-based SaviLinx hires 500 temporary workers, 150 in Maine, to assist during pandemic

The new hires will help answer questions, process claims and direct callers to other resources for state unemployment offices that are overwhelmed with calls from people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published
April 8, 2020

Brunswick Council approves funding for Cedar Street park-and-ride

The lot is scheduled to advertise for construction May 27, and will be graded, paved and striped over the summer. Work is scheduled to be completed in early November.
Published
April 7, 2020

Bowdoin College 3D printing face shields for healthcare workers on front lines of pandemic

According to the college, the emergency management team has also donated over 4,000 N95 masks, 480 pairs of safety glasses, 110 barrier gowns, 480 oral swabs and five boxes of exam table paper to Mid Coast Hospital.
Published
April 7, 2020

Oasis clinic: pandemic could have disproportionate impact on those who can least afford it

BRUNSWICK — As cases of coronavirus in Maine started picking up steam, so did Blake Cromwell’s anxiety, and with that came near-daily panic attacks. The 27-year-old Dunkin’ Donuts employee has asthma and is considered at high-risk, but as an essential employee who depends on every paycheck, taking an indefinite period of time off to quarantine […]
Published
April 7, 2020

Council extends emergency restrictions another two weeks

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Town Council on Monday renewed the town’s emergency shelter in place order for two weeks. Previously, the order has been effective for seven days at a time. If action is needed before the council’s next meeting April 21, council chair John Perreault can call the council to an emergency meeting. Last […]
Published
April 6, 2020

Pet adoptions can be ‘silver lining’ of pandemic, but shelter in dire need of donations to keep going

Adoptions have dropped dramatically and fundraisers and events are canceled, but the animals still need to be fed and cared for and the bills still need to be paid.