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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PublishedNovember 16, 2020
Maine State Music Theatre weathers continued setbacks of pandemic
Maine State Music Theatre is trying to plan for a ‘triumphant return’ in 2021, but continued financial, state and union roadblocks are slowing efforts.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2020
Brunswick schools to continue hybrid learning ‘for the foreseeable future’
As of Friday, there have been four positive coronavirus cases within the district’s schools, and according to Dr. Alyssa Goodwin, district pediatrician, there has been no evidence of in-school transmission.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2020
Desert of Maine’s revitalization plans moving forward
Doug and Mela Heestand, who purchased the Freeport property in late 2018, are in the midst of a multi-year, almost $2.5 million Desert of Maine revamp.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2020
Brunswick Veterans Plaza opens, honoring all who served
What started as an idea for a Purple Heart monument on the Brunswick Mall, proposed by local veterans Gil Ormsby and Chick Ciciotte, quickly grew into an entire plaza honoring not just those who were wounded or who served in combat, but every person who took an oath to protect the United States.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2020
Grant will reimburse Brunswick businesses for outdoor heaters
The goal is to help businesses extend outdoor dining and shopping for as long as possible. The town has $10,000 to use and estimates it can help between 20 and 25 businesses, but so far only four have applied.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2020
Brunswick business owner says she’ll comply with mask rule after controversial Facebook post
In the widely circulated post, Heather Pelletier, owner of Brunswick’s The Rumpus Room, an indoor playground and activity space for children, said she would “never require a guest to mask up.” But Monday, she said her words were misconstrued.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2020
Veterans Plaza to open Wednesday
The dedication ceremony, which is private due to gathering restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus, will be live streamed and broadcast on the radio.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2020
‘It’s important not to forget these people’: Local veterans to be honored in new plaza
The new veterans plaza incorporates the existing downtown monument, which has been rotated 180 degrees, as well as a separately funded purple heart monument. Twelve sentinel posts surrounding the plaza will represent the 12 recognized major American conflicts spanning the American Revolution through the Global War on Terror.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2020
Brunswick to help fund swinging bridge repairs
A condition assessment rated the Brunswick tower in “poor condition,” with a four out of nine rating, and Freeport-based CPM Constructors will replace the tower’s bottom channels, baseplates, channel anchor bolts and plates.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2020
‘I’ll move now:’ Public opposed to proposed Freeport development despite firm’s promise of responsible building
The development, still in the earliest planning stages, proposes 329 single-family houses, 60 apartment units in five buildings and 140 homes in 70 duplex buildings and eight commercial lots off Desert and Old County Road.
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