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.

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Published
November 21, 2023

Bath Iron Works awarded $58 million contract for services for new destroyers

Bath Iron Works has 12 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in various stages of production.
Published
November 21, 2023

Bath Democrat announces run for state Senate to succeed Majority Leader Vitelli

Jean Guzzetti, a former Sagadahoc County register of probate and legislative policy analyst, is running to replace Eloise Vitelli, who is term-limited.
Published
November 20, 2023

Bath man to be sentenced for elementary school arson

Allan Thomas Vigil told police he broke into the Dike Newell School and set it on fire in June 2022, rendering it uninhabitable. His lawyer said he has a history of developmental issues and mental illness.
Published
November 20, 2023

Brunswick lawmaker proposes property tax relief for homeowners during reassessments

State Rep. Dan Ankeles gained support from legislative leaders for a bill he intends to file in response to a controversial property reassessment that would have doubled some Brunswick homeowners’ tax bills.
Published
November 19, 2023

‘Not one more’: Brunswick rallies for gun control legislation in the wake of Lewiston mass shooting

A crowd of about 150, including Brunswick’s legislative delegation, attended a rally for gun control legislation organized by Bowdoin College students.
Published
November 19, 2023

Bath-built destroyer shoots down drone in Middle East

The USS Thomas Hudner shot down a drone in the Red Sea that the Pentagon said may have been launched by Houthi forces in support of Hamas.
Published
November 16, 2023

Some Midcoast lawmakers support assault weapons ban in response to Lewiston mass shooting

Gov. Janet Mills has reached out to lawmakers about possible gun control measures after the Lewiston mass shooting.
Published
November 15, 2023

Supporters of embattled Wiscasset principal want her reinstated

Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Gina Stevens was accused of improperly authorizing the installation of a hidden camera in a closet where students changed clothes and was placed on leave. She has denied any wrongdoing, saying she was trying to prevent theft from the school’s food pantry.
Published
November 14, 2023

New restaurant to replace Brunswick’s Little Dog Coffee Shop

Connor Scott and Lainey Catalino are opening The Abbey, which will serve coffee and breakfast sandwiches in the morning and craft cocktails and eclectic dishes like ash reshteh and noquerones for dinner.
Published
November 14, 2023

Wiscasset schools superintendent calls for principal’s firing

Gina Stevens, principal of Wiscasset Middle High School, was accused of improperly authorizing the installation of a hidden camera, indefinitely removing a student against policy, mistreating students and failing to communicate with the superintendent. Stevens denies any wrongdoing.