Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at The Portland Press Herald, covering topics such as real estate and development, entrepreneurship and the cannabis industry among others. Before joining the Press Herald in January 2021, Hannah covered the town of Brunswick for The Times Record. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Journalism, and reported for The Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H., before moving back to Maine. In her free time, Hannah enjoys reading, running, cooking (eating) and traveling. She lives in Saco with her husband, her dog Olive and her cat Fred.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2022
Nursing home services may be consolidated at new, higher-cost facility in Damariscotta
Clippership Landing could help LincolnHealth stem years of financial losses at two existing long-term care sites. But the project comes with trade-offs, too.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Maine Republicans want to strip tax benefits from businesses that boycott lobster
The lawmakers’ bill would penalize companies such as Whole Foods that refuse to buy Maine products because they don’t carry a stamp of approval from a third party.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2022
In Maine and nationwide, Real ID requirement for air travel is delayed – again
The Department of Homeland Security has pushed back the date for requiring federally approved IDs to May 2025.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Portland immigration clinic helps asylum seekers take ‘first step of a very long road’
With help from volunteers and nonprofits, more than 300 new Mainers fleeing persecution in other countries have recently begun the process of securing asylum – and safety.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2022
Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster following fishery’s loss of 2 sustainability labels
The upscale supermarket chain says that it won’t offer Gulf of Maine lobster until it again has an eco-friendly certification or is removed from the Seafood Watch ‘red list.’
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PublishedNovember 18, 2022
October home sales in Maine show continuing decline and slower price growth
Sales volume was down, while prices were up. But for the second month in a row, the median sales price increase was in the single digits.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
More freight ships to call on Maine’s only container port
Icelandic shipping company Eimskip is adding a second weekly stop in Portland, as container vessel traffic to and from Maine continues to increase.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2022
Even before winter’s arrival, Mainers are relying on heating assistance
The cost of heating oil is far more expensive than last season, but the Maine State Housing Authority has less money than it did last winter and more families to assist.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
With federal deadline just 6 months away, more Mainers are looking for a Real ID
Starting in May, a standard Maine driver’s license won’t be accepted at airport security gates. The state is bracing for a flood of applications for the new federally compliant identification.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2022
As heating costs soar, Mainers worry about the price of warmth
Oil costs are at record highs, electricity rates are increasing and temperatures are dropping. The result could be a crisis for Maine residents this winter.
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