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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PublishedApril 9, 2018
Whale-protection grant to fund study of how Maine lobstermen deploy their gear
Regulators will use the results of the three-year project to determine if fishing methods or equipment need to change in order to reduce whale mortality rates.
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PublishedApril 9, 2018
Right whale extinction threat is being overstated, lobstermen fear
They say there’s little evidence that Maine’s industry has had a negative impact on the whales’ survival rates and that more positive population forecasts are being ignored.
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PublishedApril 3, 2018
First pot-business licenses would go to Maine residents of at least 4 years
Lawmakers nail down the final details of a bill governing recreational marijuana sales, which now heads to the House.
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PublishedApril 2, 2018
Maine escapes first wave of Chinese tariffs
A visiting diplomat emphasized that the Chinese appetite for Maine lobster continues to grow.
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PublishedApril 2, 2018
Maine lobster industry buoyed by higher quota for pogies, a key bait fish
The increase should help stabilize bait prices for lobstermen this year.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2018
Slow transit is the way to go for lobsters, says shipper with a ‘revolutionary’ idea
Live Stor Americ says its system using irrigated, cooled ship containers is cheaper and lowers mortality, but some dealers say it doesn’t mesh well with how the industry works.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2018
Specialists in marijuana extraction may finally get own state license
But if the bill fails, cannabis caregivers fear extraction labs will close and certified patients will be forced to go underground to get the medicine they need.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2018
Drivers urged to avoid part of Congress Street during March for Our Lives rally Saturday
Because of the March for Our Lives rally, police may close off both lanes between Congress Square and City Hall.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2018
Recruiting workers for Maine’s growing waterfront economy is workshop focus
The forum on job opportunities is organized by the Waterfront Alliance and is scheduled for Friday in Portland.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2018
Southern Maine bus services consider cleaning up their act with electric vehicles
‘The future of public transit is electric,’ says the head of ShuttleBus-Zoom, which may join Greater Portland Metro and apply for grant money to replace diesel buses with electric ones.
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