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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PublishedMarch 30, 2020
To free up space at crowded Tedford shelter, town reserves hotel rooms for guests
The rooms allow guests at the homeless shelter to better practice social distancing. According to Town Manager John Eldridge, the rooms cost the town $3,488, are paid for until Friday.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
Brunswick based STARC Systems to ramp up production of containment units amid coronavirus battle
Officials are doubling production of containment units that can be used to create instant isolation rooms and quarantine sections in hospitals.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
Local natural food stores adapt to changing grocery landscape
Morning Glory Natural Foods in Brunswick is operating with limited hours, including a designated time for seniors and the immunocompromised, and is limiting shoppers to 10 at a time. At Bath Natural Market, employees have switched to a pick-up style service and are compiling orders from emailed and phoned-in grocery lists.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2020
‘The beauty of our love for her:’ Brunswick woman celebrates 100th birthday amid coronavirus pandemic
When plans for Orean Dionne’s, or MeMee’s, 100th birthday came to a screeching halt, her family found a different way to celebrate
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PublishedMarch 25, 2020
Bowdoin College ‘community member’ presumed to have coronavirus
The person was last on campus March 17 and is now under a doctor’s care and self-isolating at home, according to college officials.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2020
‘Talking to the people of the future:’ Pejepscot History Center asking for items related to coronavirus
Once the center reopens, officials will start accepting signs, pamphlets, letters, personal stories and other items that represent how local people got through the coronavirus pandemic.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2020
Brunswick Development Corporation offering loans for businesses impacted by coronavirus pandemic
Brunswick businesses are encouraged to apply for the loans, which will be issued first-come, first-served, right away.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2020
Brunswick adopts civil state of emergency, effective shelter-in-place order
Under the new rules, all stores or businesses outside of a list of 27 ‘essential’ industries, must close. The order lasts for 7 days, after which it’s expected to be renewed.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2020
Independence Association asks for donations of sheets, goggles and masks in case of coronavirus outbreak
Nearly half of the people living in the organization’s group homes are considered “high risk” and personal protective equipment is in short supply.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2020
Local schools to stay closed until late April
Mobile breakfast and lunch distribution programs in each district will continue throughout the closure.
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