It takes an army of volunteers to mark each veteran’s grave in Maine with a flag on Memorial Day.
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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York lobster dealer that had booming business in China wins national exporter award
Maine Coast earned the President’s “E” Award for showing sustained growth over 4 years.
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Pot prices emerge as a top concern at hearing on recreational cannabis rules
About 100 people turn out for the first public airing of the state’s proposed rules, raising concerns that the taxes, prices and labeling requirements will hurt small businesses and their customers.
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Public has chance to weigh in on pot rules
National experts have already suggested ways to improve rules, from allowing online purchases and retail delivery to banning hazardous extraction methods and most forms of advertising.
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Funtown icon gets a winter makeover
The Astrosphere scrambler at the Saco amusement park now sports a concrete dome – complete with air conditioning – to replace the old inflatable one.
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Finding consensus on whale protections a tough call in Maine
Halving the number of vertical lines in a state where everyone fishes for lobster in his or her own way presents significant challenges for regulators.
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Hearing set on recreational pot rules
The May 23 hearing in Portland will be the first opportunity for the public to provide in-person testimony on the state’s draft of adult-use cannabis regulations.
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Maine strikes tentative marijuana-tracking deal with Florida company
This second attempt to secure a track-and-trace contract marks a major milestone in the state’s effort to roll out its adult-use market
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First-grader on bike killed in collision with school bus in Rumford
The 6-year-old boy was hit when he fell off the bike while trying to stop in an intersection just two blocks from his school.
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Maine releases draft rules for its recreational marijuana market. Read them here.
Proposed regulations, made public at the request of the Press Herald, cover everything from licensing, inventory tracking and enforcement to advertising, packaging and labeling.