Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority
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PublishedOctober 9, 2024
Director of Brunswick airport authority resigns in wake of toxic foam spill
Kristine Logan steps down about a month after one of the nation's biggest spills of toxic firefighting foam has left the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority struggling to pay for a costly cleanup and regain the public trust.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2024
Brunswick Landing authority maintains it will not shut down fire suppression system
Prior to Tuesday night's meeting, Sen. Mattie Daughtry and Rep. Dan Ankeles slammed the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority board for not hearing public comment.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2024
Brunswick Landing authority submits plan to address fire system deficiencies at airport
Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has sent a plan of action to the Brunswick Fire Department to address a code violation at Hangars 5 and 6.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2024
Brunswick board to host second emergency PFAS spill meeting
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority will host its next emergency board meeting on Oct. 1.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2024
Brunswick leaders continue push for fire system shutdown at MRRA board meeting
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2024
Brunswick airport managers issued violation notice over fire-suppression system inspections
The systems in airport Hangars 5 and 6 were found deficient in a pair of July 2023 inspections, and airport officials have not indicated that repairs have been made, the notice says.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2024
Toxic foam risks persist at other ‘deficient’ Brunswick airport hangars
Inspection reports from 14 months ago show unaddressed deficiencies in 2 sprinkler systems that still use aqueous film-forming foam that contains forever chemicals.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Brunswick council to push for changes to embattled MRRA at emergency board meeting
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has faced a wave of scrutiny for its handling of the Aug. 19 chemical spill at Brunswick Executive Airport.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Maine congressional delegation presses Navy for help with Brunswick chemical spill
The Navy still owns the airport hangar where 51,000 gallons of toxic firefighting foam was discharged after an overhead fire suppression system with a deficient service record malfunctioned.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2024
Brunswick Landing board says fire system shutdown neither ‘legal nor possible’
Board Chairperson Herman "Nick" Nichols said Friday in an email to The Times Record that immediate shutoff of the fire suppression systems is neither 'legal nor possible,' and would have an economic impact on aviation tenants operating at the Brunswick Executive Airport.
