Maine’s fertility rate rose 1.4% in 2021 after a steep drop during the first year of the pandemic, but the state still ranks near the back of the pack nationally.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
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L.L. Bean announces $50 million upgrades to Freeport campus
The company announced plans Wednesday for a makeover of its flagship store and campus in Freeport.
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Drug- and alcohol-related deaths dragged down life expectancy in 2021, according to CDC reports
U.S. life expectancy at birth slipped for a second straight year in 2021, due in part to increases in drug- and alcohol-related deaths, according to two reports from the U.S. Center for Disease Control.
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Defense bill authorizing BIW contracts passes in the Senate
The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes funds for three DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers next year as well as a five-year procurement contract, passed 83-11 with bipartisan support Thursday night.
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Report: Out-of-state recruiting helps BIW drive Maine economy
An analysis from University of Southern Maine’s Center for Business and Economic Research found Bath Iron Works supported more than $1.8 billion in economic output in 2021, thanks in part to the shipyard’s push to draw out-of-state workers, a strategy labor experts say could help solve the problem of Maine’s shrinking workforce.
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Brunswick to buy land for $4 million, preventing controversial housing development
Backed by both housing and environmental advocates, the Brunswick Town Council Monday approved a nearly $4 million land purchase that could affect the town’s landscape for decades to come.
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Midcoast police agencies feeling weight of widespread labor shortage
Brunswick, Topsham and Freeport are just three of dozens of communities around the state searching for police officers, thanks to a shortage that local department heads attribute to a hot labor market, generational shifts in the workforce and a negative public perception of law enforcement following George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
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After years of dipping into own pocket, Brunswick teacher surprised with free classroom supplies
After several years of dipping into her own paycheck to stock her fifth grade classroom, Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School teacher Erin Deschesne won $500 worth of school supplies from education company Teach Starter Tuesday.
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Brunswick aerospace companies team up to launch cremated human remains into space
BluShift Aerospace announced Wednesday it has agreed to a deal for five suborbital launches with Northern Lights Space Exploration LP, a startup that launches ashes into suborbital space for memorial services.
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Extreme heat, heavy rain, lawn runoff blamed for Brunswick clam die-off
Four acres of Brunswick clams died across several bays this summer, likely due to high temperatures, low tides and an algae bloom.