Brunswick launched a GoFundMe campaign and is seeking volunteers to help 60 families moving to town this summer.
Jason Claffey
Jason Claffey is a reporter covering the Brunswick and Bath area for The Times Record. He graduated from Boston University with a communications degree and started his journalism career in 2005 in the sports department of The Boston Globe. Since 2007, he has covered local, state and national news in the Northeast for several publications.
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Bath hosting Our STEM City event to inspire students
STEM jobs are expected to grow 11% in the next decade, compared to 4.9% for all other jobs.
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Bath-area school budget prioritizes social workers, mental health
The Regional School Unit 1 budget would increase the tax burden from Bath, Arrowsic, Phippsburg and Woolwich by a combined 3.54%, lower than surrounding districts.
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Bath school officials appeal to state for support replacing elementary school destroyed in arson
Bath school officials want to combine the Dike Newell Elementary School and Fisher Mitchell Elementary School into a new school.
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Brunswick School Board cuts $1M from budget
The school board adopted a budget that calls for a 6.6% property tax increase, down from 10% under the original proposal.
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Brunswick police take icy plunge for good cause
Brunswick police raised $2,000 for the Special Olympics of Maine.
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Brunswick seeks new tech to grow quahogs faster
Brunswick town officials applied for a $15,000 state grant to pay for an upweller that would grow quahog clams faster as the shellfish face threats from warming waters.
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Brunswick awaits state OK on polling site switch as June elections loom
The Brunswick Town Council in September voted to move its polling location from the junior high school to the recreation center.
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Brunswick officials band together to prepare for arrival of asylum-seeking families
Brunswick schools are hiring more staff and donations are being sought for 60 families from African countries moving to Brunswick Landing.
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Bath Iron Works accidentally overpays some employees, works to get money back
More than 100 BIW workers were mistakenly paid an extra $500-$800 — and in one case, $1,000, according to a union.