The council will host a workshop prior to the Jan. 21 council meeting where it will discuss the possibility of allowing recreational marijuana cultivation in town. Freeport currently only allows medical cannabis growth.
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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Portland restaurateurs to open new steak and oyster spot in downtown Brunswick
From the light and airy feel of the restaurant’s interior to the classic, “tried and true” items on the menu, everything at Maine St. Steak and Oyster is designed to feel comfortable and familiar, but far from boring.
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Amid continued growth, Brunswick airport looking for manager, hoping to attract flight technician school
In November, the airport surpassed the number of flight operations (22,847) the active-duty Naval Air Station did in 2005, the last year all the base squadrons were fully operational.
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Recreational pot business gets Bath board approval on third try
With the planning board hurdles out of the way, Highbrow owners still need to obtain local and state retail licenses. They submitted their application to the state last month and are waiting to hear back, and hope to appear before the Bath City Council during its next meeting.
Posted inTimes Record
Construction on new Martin’s Point facility at Brunswick Landing expected to begin this year
The roughly 55,000 square foot building, located on a 6.7-acre parcel on Bath Road, will consolidate Brunswick’s two existing Martin’s Point offices on Baribeau Drive and Farley Road.
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Target date for Mid Coast, MaineHealth merger delayed, but moving ahead
The Brunswick hospital announced its merger with MaineHealth, a health care group with more than a dozen hospitals and medical offices stretching across the state and into New Hampshire, in February 2019 and hoped to be fully integrated by Jan. 1, 2020.
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Transportation remains a challenge for asylum seekers
Midcoast Literacy will launch new software to help.
Posted inTimes Record
‘We’ve got a mission to finish:’ Tedford Housing hosts annual homeless memorial service
“We carry their names to remember, to mourn, to celebrate,” Rev. Carol Ecklund read during the litany. “To offer support, to ensure that no life, no death, no passing from here to the beyond is unseen or unacknowledged, we carry their names.”
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Controversial oyster farm on Maquoit Bay approved by state
Opponents intend to appeal the decision in court.
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The Daniel hotel owes Brunswick nearly $100,000 in back taxes
Boston East Brunswick Holdings LLC, The Daniel’s parent company, is scheduled to go to foreclosure Feb. 24 if it does not pay its outstanding 2017 bill.