Jason Claffey

Times Record

Jason Claffey is a reporter covering the Brunswick and Bath area for The Times Record. He graduated from Boston University with a communications degree and started his journalism career in 2005 in the sports department of The Boston Globe. Since 2007, he has covered local, state and national news in the Northeast for several publications.

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Published
November 19, 2023

‘Not one more’: Brunswick rallies for gun control legislation in the wake of Lewiston mass shooting

A crowd of about 150, including Brunswick’s legislative delegation, attended a rally for gun control legislation organized by Bowdoin College students.
Published
November 19, 2023

Bath-built warship shoots down drone in Middle East

The USS Thomas Hudner shot down a drone in the Red Sea that the Pentagon said may have been launched by Houthi forces in support of Hamas.
Published
November 14, 2023

New restaurant to replace Brunswick’s Little Dog Coffee Shop

Connor Scott and Lainey Catalino are opening The Abbey, which will serve coffee and breakfast sandwiches in the morning and craft cocktails and eclectic dishes like ash reshteh and noquerones for dinner.
Published
November 14, 2023

Wiscasset schools superintendent calls for principal’s firing

Gina Stevens, principal of Wiscasset Middle High School, was accused of improperly authorizing the installation of a hidden camera, indefinitely removing a student against policy, mistreating students and failing to communicate with the superintendent. Stevens denies any wrongdoing.
Published
November 9, 2023

Judge agrees to move former Brunswick official’s child porn trial due to media coverage

Christopher Watkinson, a former Brunswick town councilor and Bowdoin College instructor, is accused of having sexually explicit material of a minor under 12.
Published
November 9, 2023

Future of Wiscasset principal placed on leave to be discussed at meeting

Gina Stevens, principal of Wiscasset Middle High School, was placed on leave over a camera she said was installed after the school’s food pantry kept getting broken into.
Published
November 7, 2023

‘Send all you have’: Brunswick police officers, special response team, drone responded to Lewiston mass shooting

Brunswick police officers spent nearly 600 hours responding to the Lewiston mass shooting and ensuing manhunt.
Published
November 5, 2023

‘A superman’: Family, friends mourn Bath man killed in Lewiston mass shooting

Peyton Brewer-Ross, a Bath Iron Works shipbuilder, was one of 18 people killed in the Lewiston mass shooting. He left a fiancée and 2-year-old daughter.
Published
November 2, 2023

Wiscasset principal placed on leave over ‘hidden’ pantry camera

Gina Stevens, principal of Wiscasset Middle High School, said the camera was installed after the food pantry was broken into several times. ‘I have done nothing wrong,’ she said.
Published
October 31, 2023

Memorial service set for Bath man killed in Lewiston shootings

Peyton Brewer-Ross, a Bath Iron Works shipbuilder, was killed while playing cornhole at a Lewiston bar. He leaves behind a fiancée and 2-year-old daughter.

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