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Staff Writer

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.

Business, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report

Recreational marijuana sales in Maine to begin, finally, on Oct. 9

by Penelope Overton August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

Maine will begin issuing active adult-use business licenses on Sept. 8, with retail sales to follow a month later.

Business, Local & State

Research shows warming waters, acidification hurt lobsters’ ability to cope with stress and disease

by Penelope Overton August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

University of Maine researchers explored how end-of-century ocean conditions could impact the state’s signature crustacean.

Business, Local & State

Gulf of Maine lobster loses key sustainability label

by Penelope Overton August 4, 2020August 5, 2020

The London-based nonprofit that sets standards for sustainable fishing will suspend its certification of the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery Aug. 30 because of its rope-heavy fishing methods.

Local & State

Preble Street donors warned about potential hack

by Penelope Overton July 30, 2020July 31, 2020

The nonprofit wasn’t targeted, but donors’ personal data was among the information stolen by hackers targeting a third-party data storage company.

Business, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report

State predicts 1st recreational cannabis sales by end of year

by Penelope Overton July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

The first wave of grows, manufacturing plants and testing labs will open in the fall, giving the industry time to prepare for consumer sales.

Business, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report, News

Ex-deputies linked to Farmington pot business that was target of federal drug raid

by Penelope Overton July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

One former Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputy is treasurer and another a board member of a wholesale medical marijuana company hit in the sweeping raid last week in Farmington.

Business, Local & State, News

Maine lobster industry’s large PPP loan recipients

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

$350,000 to $1 million: Carver Shellfish Inc. Maine Shellfish Co. Inc. Greenhead Lobster LLC Maine Coast Shellfish LLC $150,000 to $350,000: Cape Porpoise Lobster Co. Taylor Lobster Co. LLC Bean Maine Lobster Inc. Greenhead Lobster Products LLC Lobster 207 LLC Mill Cove Lobster Pound Inc. Maine Lobster Outlet LLC Harbor Fish Market S&M Fisheries Inc. […]