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 5, 2020
Freeport retailers brace for potential long-term impacts of pandemic
If the coronavirus pandemic drags into the summer, keeping businesses closed, there is potential for a disproportionate economic impact in Freeport, a town known for its shopping.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
Brunswick based STARC Systems to ramp up production of containment units amid coronavirus battle
Officials are doubling production of containment units that can be used to create instant isolation rooms and quarantine sections in hospitals.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
Local natural food stores adapt to changing grocery landscape
Morning Glory Natural Foods in Brunswick is operating with limited hours, including a designated time for seniors and the immunocompromised, and is limiting shoppers to 10 at a time. At Bath Natural Market, employees have switched to a pick-up style service and are compiling orders from emailed and phoned-in grocery lists.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2020
Bowdoin College ‘community member’ presumed to have coronavirus
The person was last on campus March 17 and is now under a doctor’s care and self-isolating at home, according to college officials.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2020
Brunswick adopts civil state of emergency, effective shelter-in-place order
Under the new rules, all stores or businesses outside of a list of 27 ‘essential’ industries, must close. The order lasts for 7 days, after which it’s expected to be renewed.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2020
Brunswick businesses ‘reeling’ after Bowdoin College announces students won’t return to campus this semester
Deb King, executive director of the Brunswick Downtown Association, cautioned not to “let fear overcome common sense” when it comes to the coronavirus. “I’m sure everyone wants to return to a business-as-usual approach, but we can’t ignore what’s going on,” she said.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2020
Brunswick police to start enforcing downtown smoking ban
Brunswick town councilors approved the ban this summer, and while it has technically been in effect since July 31, officers hadn’t started policing it.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2020
Brunswick’s The Daniel is for sale for $3 million
The hotel has faced financial and operational struggles in recent months and still owes the town nearly $80,000 in back taxes. The sale is “part of a strategic decision” by the hotel’s management company, which has faced similar problems at an out-of-state property.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2020
Developer, land trust trying to build environmental resource center at Brunswick Landing
The center would serve as the entryway to hundreds of acres of conservation land and house multiple environmental and recreation organizations, including the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2020
‘I want that story:’ Brunswick woman seeks answers after missing ring turns up in Finland 50 years later
Debra McKenna may never know how her late husband’s Morse High School class ring ended up over 3,500 miles away or what sort of stories the ring might be able to tell, but she hopes one day the person who took it might come forward and help her unravel the mystery.
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