Hannah LaClaire

Press Herald

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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Published
June 8, 2023

$30 million project will expand footprint, capacity of Bigelow research center in East Boothbay

The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences says it will break ground this fall on a 25,000-square-foot building to accommodate a growing staff and add new capabilities for teaching and research.
Published
June 6, 2023

Scarborough sniffs around for odor-control solution at cannabis growing site

A plant near Pine Point is home to 15 cannabis cultivators, and emits a smell that bothers neighbors. But a proposed ordinance to reduce it is impractical, some cultivators say.
Published
June 2, 2023

At $10 million, one of the priciest homes in Maine history goes to former SEC chair

Richard Breeden, known as ‘King Richard’ at the Securities and Exchange Commission, bought the Knox County estate in the most expensive home sale so far this year and the 6th-highest ever in Maine.
Published
May 30, 2023

Health insurer hack means questions but still few answers for Mainers

A cyberattack discovered in April could affect 79,000 state residents with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care coverage. But there’s little information about the information at risk.
Published
May 23, 2023

Historic Portland tower a step closer to housing, but affordability is a question

Developers who bought the People’s United Bank building for $9.2 million in 2019 plan to convert the 10-story building in Monument Square into 63 one- and two-bedroom market-rate apartments.
Published
May 19, 2023

Maine businesses brainstorm how to deal with climate change as an economic issue

Over 400 businesspeople and 60 presenters gathered in Augusta to share perspectives and practices on dealing with Earth’s warming.
Published
May 18, 2023

With a significant price increase in April, Maine’s housing market may be heating back up

The lack of inventory again hampered sales, but bidding wars are starting to resume and prices rose by more than 6%.
Published
May 15, 2023

Hackers, data breaches put more Mainers at risk in ‘ongoing chess game’

Experts say cybercrime is on the rise, and it’s getting harder to catch the crooks. In Maine, data breaches are being recorded nearly every day.
Published
May 9, 2023

New air carrier will let you skip the line at the Portland jetport

‘Semi-private’ jet service JSX touches down in Maine next month with perks that include slimmed-down security screening and plane-side baggage pickup. But fares can be high.
Published
May 7, 2023

Hope vs. rope: Can technology save the whales, and Maine’s lobster industry, too?

The fishery has less than 6 years to come up with a new way of harvesting its catch – or risk regulations that could put lobstermen out of business.