The hospital is averaging 10 to 20 tests per day, and over 500 people have been tested.
Hannah LaClaire
Staff Writer
Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at the Portland Press Herald, covering Maine’s housing crisis, real estate and development, entrepreneurship, the state's cannabis industry and a little bit of everything else. Before joining the Press Herald in 2021, Hannah covered the town of Brunswick for The Times Record. In her free time, she enjoys reading, running and weekends up at camp. She lives in Springvale with her husband and daughter, their dog and two tuxedo cats.
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Coronavirus forces Trek Across Maine to go virtual for first time
Proceeds will be donated to the American Lung Association’s efforts to fight COVID-19. This year would have been the second year the trek started and ended in Brunswick.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Phillip Potenziano selected to lead Brunswick School Department
Potenziano is currently interim superintendent at RSU 21. He will replace retiring Brunswick Superintendent Paul Perzanoski.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 […]