Penny Overton is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she has covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut, and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2020
Maine launching seafood brand to reel in pandemic-stranded home cooks
With restaurant business in short supply, Maine is using $1 million of its federal COVID-19 seafood relief funds to promote the ‘Maine Knows Seafood’ program.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
As COVID-19 surges, Portland Museum of Art closes until further notice
Museum officials say the voluntary closure is to protect its staff and the public, not because of an outbreak.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Marijuana has grown to become Maine’s most valuable crop
Sales of medical marijuana alone totaled nearly $222 million through October, making cannabis the state’s most valuable agricultural commodity.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2020
Maine records $1.4 million in recreational cannabis sales in first month
The average sale during an inaugural month limited by supply shortages and in-store purchase limits was about $66, state records show.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2020
Wellness Connection to open adult-use cannabis shop Monday in South Portland
The store marks the beginning of Maine’s largest marijuana company’s conversion from medical to recreational sales.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2020
Voters reject Portland’s cautious approach to retail marijuana
The elimination of a cap on cannabis stores in Maine’s largest city passes by a 6-percentage-point margin.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2020
Company failed to report screws found in its pizza dough
Scarborough-based It’ll Be Pizza didn’t report the complaints it got from 3 consumers in September until after a former employee was charged in October with putting razor blades in dough balls at Hannaford stores.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2020
Anti-masking rallies in Portland and Augusta planned Saturday
Organizers call for the arrest of six governors, including Gov. Janet Mills.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2020
State investigates Hannaford’s 2-month delay in reporting razor blades in pizza dough
The company blames a technical glitch for not reporting suspected tampering at its Sanford supermarket in August, but a state agriculture official says the agency should have been notified immediately.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2020
Hannaford failed consumers in tampering case, says food safety lawyer
An attorney who advises food-related businesses says the grocer put customers at risk and delayed the suspect’s arrest by not reporting the first case of adulterated pizza dough.
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