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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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Mills hopes money for Maine ‘co-working’ businesses will help bring, keep remote workers
Eleven communal office companies – including 6 in southern Maine – were awarded a total of $500,000 as part of the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Attempted breakout at youth prison illustrates recent turmoil within understaffed facility
A group of 9 boys broke out of the building in South Portland in January but never left the grounds, police said.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
New rent relief program to offer struggling Mainers up to $800 a month
The $18 million pilot initiative is meant to curb evictions. About 2,400 people and families will qualify.
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PublishedApril 18, 2024
Maine home sales increased again in March and prices neared historic highs
Home prices usually peak in the summer. As the season heats up, real estate experts worry home ownership could grow farther out of reach for many Mainers.
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PublishedApril 14, 2024
Impact of remote work still echoes in Portland’s office buildings
Though it has fared better than other metropolitan areas – the national office vacancy rate has hit record levels – the city, and its businesses, feel the pinch.
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PublishedApril 11, 2024
Wex sues HP for copyright infringement over its new software system
The federal lawsuit says that HP’s ‘Workforce Experience Platform’ – or WEX – is a fleet management software tool that has similar features to what Wex provides.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
Acadia to receive $1 million for ecosystem restoration, climate change projects
The park says it will use a 2-eyed seeing approach, which is the practice of integrating indigenous knowledge with Western science.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
Cumberland County Jail reports 2nd inmate death in a month
The state and Portland police are investigating after a prisoner at the jail was found unresponsive in their cell Wednesday.
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PublishedApril 7, 2024
Julia Gagnon brings ‘powerhouse vocals’ to first night of public voting on ‘American Idol’
Gagnon, a 21-year-old college student from Cumberland, took to the ‘Idol’ stage at Aulani Disney Resort and Spa in Hawaii to perform Adele’s ‘Rumour Has It.’
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PublishedApril 6, 2024
Power outages fall below 70,000 – but for Mainers still in the dark, that’s little comfort
A two-day nor’easter that brought strong winds and heavy snow Wednesday and Thursday knocked out power for almost 400,000 CMP and Versant customers.
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