Nearly half of the country’s funeral directors say they plan to retire in the next five years, and there’s already a critical shortage of directors. Not everyone is comfortable making a living out of death – the job is emotionally taxing and requires long, often unpredictable hours.
Hannah LaClaire
Staff Writer
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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Tag, you’re it: Cape Elizabeth natives develop app based on playground game
Lauren Steidl and Ian Andolsek, both 29, are among the founders of Integrated Reality Labs, the extended-reality gaming company behind the new game, called Slap.
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Maine providers push back on proposal to require testing of medical cannabis products
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy says a recent study found 45% of 127 medical cannabis samples failed testing that is mandatory for the recreational market.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
South Portland police looking for two men after armed home invasion
Police said there is no threat to the public, but they want residents to check security cameras.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Police investigating death of man in St. Albans
Officers found a man dead after responding to a report of a fight Wednesday.
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Bringing Thanksgiving to Portland’s homeless
Volunteers band together to deliver on the promise of the holiday, showing those less fortunate that they haven’t been forgotten.
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Eel guts, salmon blood: Maine companies look to make the most of fish waste
Converting waste from salmon, eel and other marine species into consumer and biomedical products has opened a new and lucrative path for Maine’s seafood industry.
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Martin’s Point renews $6 billion contract for military benefits
The 10-year contract renews services provided by the local health care organization.
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Bath Iron Works shipbuilder among Lewiston shooting victims
Peyton Brewer-Ross, 40, of Bath, was a new father and recently completed an apprenticeship program at Bath Iron Works.
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One-third of Maine workers are struggling to make ends meet, report says
And that doesn’t include the 12% of Maine people living below the poverty line.