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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PublishedDecember 7, 2021
World War II ‘Code Girls’ recognized on 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
Jane Case of Scarborough and Leona Wright of Cornish were among the Navy cryptologists who helped the Allies win the war and blazed a path for women in the military.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
Supreme Court denies Maine Lobstering Union’s request to reopen closed area
The union’s members don’t know what legal steps they might take until they discuss the ruling with their legal team.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Lobstering union petitions U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Gulf of Maine closure
It’s the most recent development in a legal battle between Maine’s lobster industry and conservationists seeking to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2021
Maine’s working waterfronts facing a tidal wave of threats, Island Institute report finds
The new report cites a lack of infrastructure, support, access, affordable housing and legal protections, as well as increasing risks from climate change.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2021
Legendary high school football coach Rod Wotton dies at 82
Wotton won 16 state championships at Marshwood High, and retired as the winningest high school football coach in New England history.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Lobstermen must start removing gear to save whales, federal regulators say
New rules make roughly 950 square miles in the Gulf of Maine essentially off limits to lobster fishing from October through January.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2021
Federal appeals court reinstates lobstering closure in Gulf of Maine
A federal judge’s ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Maine Lobstering Union and other industry businesses had temporarily halted the closure.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2021
Lobstermen’s group launches $10 million fundraising push to ‘save’ industry jobs
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association says it needs money to fight new federal restrictions intended to help protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2021
Gov. Mills announces $10 million in funding for Maine seafood dealers and processors
The new seafood infrastructure program will provide grants to upgrade buildings, utilities and equipment, and invest in new technology.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2021
Pandemic points out need for better economic support for marginalized Mainers, report says
A report from the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy found that women, people of color and front-line workers have been disproportionately harmed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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