Staffers say the limit is needed to protect the market and Portland’s economy, but some city councilors question the cap and the first-come, first-served method of awarding licenses.
Penelope Overton
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.
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Lifejackets for Lobstermen project outfitting Maine fishermen
Eleven models will be available at discounts during stops in 11 ports over the next month.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
CBD foods sold in Maine must be made with locally grown hemp
A state law that took effect Thursday was created as a workaround to a federal ban.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Sanford police seize cocaine, crack worth $16,000
Three Massachusetts men arrested during the vehicle stop are facing drug trafficking charges.
Posted inBusiness
Customer outrage dominates final CMP rate hike hearing
Ratepayers urge public utilities commissioners to delay a rate hike until the utility lives up to its pledge to deal with customers’ overbilling complaints.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Extra pogy catch could ease bait worries for lobster industry
Maine gets approval to fish for another 4.7 million pounds of pogy, or menhaden, but will likely need more bait fish as the lobster season hits its stride.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Mills comes out against ‘foolish’ federal regulations to protect right whales
The governor is directing the Department of Marine Resources to come up with an alternative to a federal plan to reduce the Maine lobster industry’s impact on endangered right whales.
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Lobstermen confront host of problems as season gets underway
Fishermen have right whales and bait prices on their mind as they set their first traps of the summer.
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CMP’s president and owner are named as defendants in lawsuit claiming fraud
Law firms accuse Douglas Herling and Iberdrola of fraud and racketeering, opening the door to higher damages for ratepayers who were overcharged or victims of abusive collection practices.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report, News, Politics
With Mills’ signature, Maine finally has rules for recreational marijuana market
Maine’s adult-use marijuana industry will have the strictest residency rules in the nation.