The LA firm BOTEC will analyze proposed rules for Maine’s recreational pot industry.
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
U.S. lobster dealers expanding into Canada to shore up their business
With an acquisition in Nova Scotia, Ready Seafood joins a growing group of dealers that want to secure access to hard shell lobster year round and hedge against unfavorable trade conditions.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
Maine on track to launch recreational marijuana market this year, says state’s pot czar
Residents can now grow cannabis for recreational use at home, but still have no way to legally buy or sell it.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Portland man charged with murder in shooting death of Deering High grad
Mark Cardilli Jr. was arrested Friday in the killing of Isahak Muse in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood March 16. Muse’s family says it’s ‘only the first step in ensuring justice for him.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine cancels right whale meetings with lobster industry
The Department of Marine Resources said the federal government hasn’t shared enough information about what the lobster industry must do to protect right whales from entanglement to hold meetings planned for next week.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Mills signs bill allowing sale of CBD items
The bill clarifies the use and sale of hemp-derived cannabidiol products.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report, Politics
State hires director for its recreational marijuana program
Scott Lever will report to Erik Gundersen, who leads the state’s new Office of Marijuana Policy.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Crash forces state police to close part of Maine Turnpike in Biddeford
Just before the crash just south of Exit 32, dispatchers were receiving reports of a northbound vehicle weaving in and out of traffic at speeds exceeding 125 mph.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Owner of Fryeburg convenience store sentenced for theft, tax evasion
The Maine Attorney General’s Office says Robert Quinn pocketed $370,000 in state sales taxes between 2007 and 2017.
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New contract appeal may further delay Maine’s rollout of marijuana sales
The losing bidder wants the state to hold off on awarding a consulting contract, claiming the winner has a conflict of interest.