Islands with year-round residents need emergency responders, gas station attendants, postal workers, store clerks and teachers. When there’s nowhere for vital workers to live, they turn elsewhere. It’s eroding a storied way of life.
Hannah LaClaire
Staff Writer
Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at the Portland Press Herald, covering Maine’s housing crisis, real estate and development, entrepreneurship, the state's cannabis industry and a little bit of everything else. Before joining the Press Herald in 2021, Hannah covered the town of Brunswick for The Times Record. In her free time, she enjoys reading, running and weekends up at camp. She lives in Springvale with her husband and daughter, their dog and two tuxedo cats.
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New ‘incubator’ wants to keep Maine life science startups from heading to Boston
Maine Technology Institute is courting proposals for a a co-working wet laboratory space for fledgling businesses to test out their ideas.
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Maine’s highest-ranking justices will not weigh complaints against peers
According to new rules, ethics complaints against members of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court instead will be heard by a panel of lower court judges.
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Maine contractor accused of ‘significant’ home repair fraud
Timothy Galvez faces felony charges and a civil lawsuit for a years-long scheme officials say involved unfinished jobs, stolen money and shady business practices.
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Maine home prices set a new record in May
Maine homebuyers paid a median of $425,000 in May, just two months after the state recorded the first price decrease in 6 years.
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Maine Trust for Local News welcomes new reporters, roles
Katie Langley, Dana Richie, Drew Johnson and Daniel Kool will tackle beats ranging from Brunswick-area news to statewide utilities issues.
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These THC-infused drinks face little oversight in the US. Maine is scrambling to regulate sales.
Drinks with low doses of the psychoactive compound found in cannabis are proliferating at markets and breweries because of a federal loophole. Maine’s pot shops are not pleased.
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Maine lawmakers give mobile homeowners a leg up in park purchases
Legislators passed a bill to give mobile homeowners the ‘right of first refusal’ when their parks go up for sale.
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Maine won’t require medical cannabis to be tested for contaminants — this year
State lawmakers carried over a bill that would have added testing and tracking requirements industry members have fought against for years. They will reconsider the proposal next year.
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Angus King, Susan Collins ask Trump administration to reverse ‘illegal’ Job Corps cuts in Maine
They are among 40 senators asking the U.S. Department of Labor to immediately reverse a decision to indefinitely pause operations at Job Corps sites across the country.