Raffi Sulahian cited “turmoil, started by one local newspaper reporter who intentionally created an unnecessary firestorm” as his reason for stopping a crowdsourced fundraiser to start a new café at the former Little Dog Coffee Shop.
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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Prospective Brunswick café owner defends crowdfunding campaign
Raffi Sulahian, who is trying to open a café at the former Little Dog Coffee Shop, also addressed a letter he wrote slamming the shop’s union.
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‘Coffeehouse king’ starts fundraiser to open new café at former Brunswick coffee shop
Raffi Sulahian, who operated a series of cafés in California before moving to Maine, is trying to raise $50,000.
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Why a third of Bath’s city councilors are stepping away
Phyllis Bailey and Susan Bauer expressed a desire to spend more time with family, while at-large member Elizabeth Dingley said she was frustrated over how the council operates.
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Lettered Route 1 signs added in Brunswick area to aid first responders
The Maine Department of Transportation installed alphabetized ramp signs in Brunswick, West Bath and Bath.
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Culture change: Brunswick police want more women in their ranks
Brunswick police became the first municipal law enforcement agency in Maine to sign on to a national initiative to boost representation of women officers.
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‘Maine has a brilliant future in space,’ NASA chief says during Brunswick visit
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson promoted Maine’s growing space industry as plans for the proposed Maine Space Complex get off the ground.
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Brunswick coffee shop strike ends with potential change in ownership
The shop’s prospective new owner said he plans to reopen the shop under a new name.
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Bath Iron Works’ latest destroyer commissioned into service
The USS Carl M. Levin, Bath Iron Works’ 38th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, will be homeported in Pearl Harbor.
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‘We will not stop’: King, Collins sign letter demanding Bowdoin College graduate’s release
Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin College graduate, has been detained in Russia since March on spying charges that U.S. officials call bogus.