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Article: Rethinking an economy ; The pending closure of the Brunswick Naval Air Station presents a generational challenge to the midcoast.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
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- January 1, 2006
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Portland Press Herald (Maine)
01-01-2006
Rethinking an economy ; The pending closure of the Brunswick Naval Air Station presents a generational challenge to the midcoast.
Edition: HOLIDAY
Section: Editorial
Column: ISSUES IN DEPTH
August 24, 2005, was a black day for Maine's midcoast. It was the day that the state's second largest employer, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, fell victim to the impenetrable logic of the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
Despite pumping more than $150 million in new construction and other investments into the base since 2001, Defense Department planners have now set Brunswick on a schedule to close in six years, with the first units leaving in ...