The Times Record News: "Downsizing of base likely to hurt local nonprofits
Bob_Kalish@TimesRecord.Com
05/17/2005
Brunswick Naval Air Station contributes in big way to local United Way and other groups.
BATH � Local nonprofit and service organizations will miss the presence of their Navy friends if the proposed realignment of Brunswick Naval Air Station becomes a reality.
In the list of military base closure and realignment recommendations he released on Friday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld proposed that BNAS be downsized drastically. His plan would call for a work force reduction of more than 2,300 active-duty military personnel and at least 60 civilian jobs at the base.
Barbara Reinertsen, executive director of United Way of Mid Coast Maine, said the impact of such a change would be serious for her organization. "
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