Jason Claffey

Times Record

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.

Latest

Published
May 22, 2023

Brunswick wins $15,000 state grant for clam nursery

The Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund awarded the town a grant to pay for an upweller to grow quahogs faster.
Published
May 21, 2023

New Bath police contract includes pay raises

Bath police said their wages have lagged behind other Midcoast police departments.
Published
May 18, 2023

Work begins on $3 million renovation to Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum

The multi-year renovation is designed to transform the museum into a “world-class” institution.
Published
May 18, 2023

Brunswick senator’s bill would require personal finance classes for high schoolers

Maine would become the 20th state to require a standalone financial literacy course to graduate high school.
Published
May 17, 2023

‘Everybody loved Sam’: Bath police mourn beloved K-9

Bath police dog Sampson, who served on the department for 10 years with his handler, Deputy Police Chief Michelle Small, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer.
Published
May 17, 2023

Bath Iron Works lays keel for latest destroyer

The USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. is Bath Iron Works’ first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
Published
May 16, 2023

New contract for Brunswick firefighters includes raises

The Brunswick Town Council unanimously approved a three-year contract with the firefighters’ union.
Published
May 15, 2023

Hundreds of asylum-seekers apply for Brunswick housing

A 60-unit affordable housing development at Brunswick Landing for asylum-seekers is nearing completion.
Published
May 14, 2023

‘They have very little’: Brunswick woman collecting donations for African students

Tiffany Jones created a nonprofit to support students at the Moshi Kids Centre in Tanzania.
Published
May 14, 2023

Bath police officer honored for saving 1-year-old girl

Bath police Cpl. Michael Jones revived the girl after her father brought the unconscious girl into the police station.