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 13, 2023

New leader for Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust

Steve Walker, a Brunswick town councilor, replaces longtime Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Executive Director Angela Twitchell.
Published
November 13, 2023

Bath Democrat sworn in as newest member of Maine House

David Sinclair won an uncontested special election for Bath’s lone state representative seat, keeping it in Democratic hands.
Published
November 9, 2023

Judge agrees to move former Brunswick official’s child porn trial due to media coverage

Christopher Watkinson, a former Brunswick town councilor and Bowdoin College instructor, is accused of having sexually explicit material of a minor under 12.
Published
November 9, 2023

Wiscasset officials to discuss future of principal placed on leave for installing camera

Gina Stevens, principal of Wiscasset Middle High School, was placed on leave over a camera she said was installed after the school’s food pantry kept getting broken into.
Published
November 8, 2023

Bath election results: Sinclair new state rep while Mansfield-Pryor wins City Council seat; voters also approve $30M for infrastructure

Bath voters on Tuesday elected three new city councilors, approved a series of charter amendments and weighed in on statewide measures, including establishing the state-run Pine Tree Power electric utility.
Published
November 7, 2023

Brunswick election results: Nathan MacDonald wins contested Town Council race

Brunswick voters on Tuesday also joined a majority of Mainers in voting against Pine Tree Power, a publicly owned electric utility that would have replaced Central Maine Power and Versant.
Published
November 7, 2023

‘Send all you have’: Brunswick police officers, special response team, drone responded to Lewiston mass shooting

Brunswick police officers spent nearly 600 hours responding to the Lewiston mass shooting and ensuing manhunt.
Published
November 6, 2023

Bath man sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing mother

Justice Daniel Billings granted some leniency to Jason Ibarra by suspending 10 years of his prison sentence, noting his violent upbringing and willingness to take responsibility for killing his mother, Jeanine Ross.
Published
November 5, 2023

‘A superman’: Family, friends mourn Bath man killed in Lewiston mass shooting

Peyton Brewer-Ross, a Bath Iron Works shipbuilder, was one of 18 people killed in the Lewiston mass shooting. He left a fiancée and 2-year-old daughter.
Published
November 2, 2023

Wiscasset principal placed on leave over ‘hidden’ pantry camera

Gina Stevens, principal of Wiscasset Middle High School, said the camera was installed after the food pantry was broken into several times. ‘I have done nothing wrong,’ she said.