Officials fear Sears closure will leave a hole in Cook’s Corner, but have hopes for development opportunities.
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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Brunswick’s Poppy Arford running for House District 49
Arford, who is dedicated to reducing health care costs statewide, joins Democrat Kathy Wilson and Green Independent Fred Horch in their campaigns for the seat being vacated by Mattie Daughtry.
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Freeport’s Brad Pattershall announces bid for Senate District 24 seat
Pattershall, a lawyer, is running as a Republican with a “significant Libertarian bend” in the long-Democratic district.
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Brunswick receives $70,000 from Portland to pay cultural broker
The money only scratches the surface of what is needed, as the total cost of assisting asylum seekers is thought to be $400,000.
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Community events this month will help officials plan for Brunswick’s future
As the town looks toward the next 10-12 years, officials are tasked with creating the next comprehensive plan, a municipal tool to determine community goals in terms of development and regulates policies on transportation, land use, recreation and housing, among others.
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Mid Coast, MaineHealth merger gets final go-ahead
Mid Coast-Parkview Health will officially join the MaineHealth organization as a member March 1 and will work toward full integration over the next few months.
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Farmers market will move along the mall sidewalks, including a new one to be built by summer
The plan will remove all but three vendor vehicles with the rest using 12 designated parking spaces along Park Row.
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Brunswick is using oyster shells to combat coastal erosion
Wharton Point and the Maquoit Bay Conservation Lands are two of three Maine sites in a New-England wide effort funded by $1.5 million in grants.
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Downeaster reports record-breaking ridership in 2019, partly due to expansion of Brunswick, Freeport schedule
Officials are still moving ahead with the Coastal Connection pilot extending service from Brunswick to Rockland, but the sale of the Central Maine and Quebec Railway has delayed the project yet again.
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‘The board made a mistake:’ School board overturns controversial mascot decision
The new mascot of the Kate Furbish Elementary School will be the chickadee, the mascot selected by students of Coffin Elementary School.