Hannah LaClaire

Staff Writer

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.

Latest

Published
July 15, 2020

State House 49 Democratic nominee to be decided by ranked-choice count

Ranked choice will determine whether Kathy Wilson or Poppy Arford will run against Green Independent Fred Horch and Republican Carole Graves in November.
Published
July 14, 2020

Mattie Daughtry secures Democratic nomination for Senate District 24

Daughtry, a Maine House representative for the past eight years, defeated political veteran Stan Gerzofsky with roughly 80% of the vote.
Published
July 14, 2020

Area schools drafting multiple plans for fall reopening

Brunswick, RSU 1, RSU 5 and MSAD 75 officials sent out surveys to parents for input on reopening the schools, but likely won’t have ironed out plans until August, just weeks before school is expected to start.
Published
July 13, 2020

Brunswick senate candidate to be fined for underreporting expenditures

Four Brunswick residents filed a complaint against Stan Gerzofsky on Friday and detailed concerns that the politician’s filing, submitted two days past the July 6 deadline, represented “gross violations” of the state’s laws.
Published
July 12, 2020

Brunswick nonprofit working to get bikes for asylum seekers, locals in need

The need was born from what organizers described as ‘severe transportation limitations’ in Brunswick.
Published
July 9, 2020

Brunswick agrees to pay fines for landfill violations, moves one step closer to closure

The landfill is scheduled to close in April, after which point trash will be taken to the Pine Tree Waste facility in West Bath.
Published
July 8, 2020

Downeaster ridership low but rising as trains start running after two-month shutdown

The pandemic has pushed back plans for the rail service from Brunswick to Rockland dubbed the Coastal Connection, which has already been delayed several times.
Published
July 8, 2020

Illegal campfire sparks Freeport forest fire

An improperly extinguished campfire is believed to be the cause of a forest fire that burned half an acre of conserved land last week. Fire officials anticipate the fire danger will increase and are warning campers to be cautious.
Published
July 7, 2020

Brunswick, Walmart reach settlement over property tax dispute

The agreement ends a three-year tax battle between the town and the retail giant, which contested that the store should be valued roughly 40% lower than the town’s assessment.
Published
July 2, 2020

Longtime Brunswick retailer closes doors, latest business to leave Maine Street

Wyler’s joins a growing list of Maine Street businesses that have shuttered in recent months, but Deb King, director of the Brunswick Downtown Association, doesn’t think the vacancies will last long.