If the coronavirus pandemic drags into the summer, keeping businesses closed, there is potential for a disproportionate economic impact in Freeport, a town known for its shopping.
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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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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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.
Posted inTimes Record
‘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
Posted inTimes Record
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.
Posted inLocal & State
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.
Posted inTimes Record
Mid Coast hospital confirms first positive case of coronavirus
The patient is being treated in isolation, and caregivers are taking steps to ensure the health and safety of everyone involved.
Posted inNews
Brunswick, Bath declare emergency, prohibits late-night gatherings
The proclamations in both towns prohibit gatherings between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m.
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Bowdoin College preparing for ‘distinct possibility’ of coronavirus case on campus
Six Bowdoin College students studying in Italy, where there have been more than 3,000 confirmed cases of the virus, have returned home after increasing health threats, according to college officials. None of them will be returning to Bowdoin this semester.
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Brunswick, Harpswell hoping to increase local quahog populations
Both towns received grants from the Maine Shellfish Restoration and Resilience Project through the University of Maine to help restore shellfish beds and increase quahog bed productivity in the wake of declining soft-shell clam populations.