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.
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, Maine Cannabis Report
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
Maine hires second marijuana consultant for $10,000
The LA firm BOTEC will analyze proposed rules for Maine’s recreational pot industry.
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.
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.’
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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.
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Mills signs bill allowing sale of CBD items
The bill clarifies the use and sale of hemp-derived cannabidiol products.