Outdoor recreation makes up 4.8% of Maine’s economy, more than double the national average, and the state ranks third for the value outdoor recreation provides the state’s economy.
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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With the downtown mall suffering, Brunswick Farmers Market may move to Park Row
The plan would require that Park Row become a one-way street running North to South, and staff would install pedestrian barricades behind the vendors.
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The Daniel hotel is open again
The Brunswick hotel closed its doors Oct. 25 for renovations.
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Brunswick council accepts DOT overpass overhaul plan
The project, which the MDOT has agreed to fund, will combine the Route 1 Southbound on-ramp and Cabot Street to create a single signalized intersection at Fort Andross and a signal at Mason Street.
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The Daniel hotel in Brunswick closes for repairs, canceling reservations and event with little notice
Roughly two-dozen Bowdoin College families had their reservations canceled just before family weekend and a bride was given less than a week’s notice that the venue for her wedding was no longer available.
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Brunswick’s Wild Oats preparing for move to Brunswick Landing, hopes to keep community spirit
People once told Becky Shepherd she was crazy for opening a cafe in Brunswick’s downtown, but now some of the same voices are telling her she is deserting the people who helped grow her business.