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.

Latest

Published
March 15, 2020

Local schools to close for two weeks to help prevent more cases of coronavirus in Maine

Many districts are still ironing out plans for making the switch to online learning and how to provide meals to students who may need them. Officials expect to have more detailed plans available for parents in the coming days.
Published
March 13, 2020

Area schools closed Monday as staffs work ‘furiously’ to plan for possible long-term closure

Staff from Brunswick, MSAD 75 and RSU 1 should still plan to work Monday to help form contingency plans for remote learning and for access to meals for students who depend on school lunches, according to letters from their respective superintendents. Harpswell Coastal Academy is closed for at least a week.
Published
March 13, 2020

Curtis Memorial Library to shutter until March 31 in response to virus

The library sees between 700 and 900 people daily, with a high volume of seniors and children, and the board of directors voted to close amid increasing concerns about coronavirus.
Published
March 12, 2020

Brunswick Landing could be hub for spaceport complex

With its existing infrastructure, central location and proximity to other aerospace businesses, the former military base is the ideal spot for a “New Space industry meeting place and new business incubator and accelerator.”
Published
March 11, 2020

Local businesses ‘reeling’ after Bowdoin College announces students won’t return to campus this semester

Deb King, executive director of the Brunswick Downtown Association, cautioned not to “let fear overcome common sense” when it comes to the coronavirus. “I’m sure everyone wants to return to a business-as-usual approach, but we can’t ignore what’s going on,” she said.
Published
March 11, 2020

Petition seeks to allow some Bowdoin College students to stay on campus

For many students, threats of the coronavirus seem far removed from the immediate concern: What happens next?
Published
March 11, 2020

Brunswick bicentennial celebration canceled as coronavirus concerns grow

Anyone who purchased tickets for the bean supper will receive refunds from the school, according to Pejepscot History Center.
Published
March 10, 2020

Brunswick launches tough budget season, residents could face an 11.6% tax hike

If the proposed town and school budgets are approved as written— which is unlikely, according to town officials — residents would see an 11.59% tax increase.
Published
March 5, 2020

MDOT 3-year plan includes study, work on Brunswick’s messy Stanwood, Pleasant, Mill street intersection

Additional money will go toward the Maine Street overpass, paving and airport upgrades, among other projects.
Published
March 4, 2020

Bowdoin College preparing for ‘distinct possibility’ of coronavirus case on campus

Six Bowdoin College students studying in Italy, where there have been more than 3,000 confirmed cases of the virus, have returned home after increasing health threats, according to college officials. None of them will be returning to Bowdoin this semester.