TIMES RECORD • November 7, 2024
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority launched its search for a new executive director this week, nearly a month after its former director resigned in the wake of a disastrous chemical spill that the entity is on the hook for. The MRRA Board of Trustees announced Thursday it was seeking a new leader for the entity charged with redeveloping the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, now known as Brunswick Landing. The search comes nearly three months after an airport hangar that MRRA operates spilled 1,450 gallons of a toxic firefighting foam concentrate mixed with 50,000 gallons of water. The aftermath has entailed a massive remediation effort as well as public outrage and concern for MRRA’s handling of its response to the spill.