But right whales had fewer entanglements in the Northeast, according to a federal study.
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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Two more added to Maine cannabis advisory commission
The 15-person panel still has two legislative seats to fill.
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Panel that will advise Maine lawmakers on marijuana laws is taking shape
Among those named so far to the 15-member Marijuana Advisory Commission are state legislators, a lawyer and lobbyists.
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Portland Planning Board OKs new marijuana zoning map
The proposal, which now goes before the City Council, would allow adult-use businesses in the same zones where the city permitted medical dispensaries and their grow operations in 2010.
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Tire shops under pressure as snow and holiday travel pump up demand
Some businesses are booking tire-mounting jobs for weeks from now as Maine drivers caught off guard by the early winter weather inundate them and ‘everybody’s freaking out.’
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Consultants jockey for contract to write rules for Maine’s marijuana market
Five companies have submitted bids to become Maine’s adviser as it launches an adult-use industry.
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Questions lead to delay in Maine’s cannabis consulting contract
The state received several questions on its call for a consultant to guide the rule-making around cannabis regulations, prompting it to extend the bidding deadline.
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Controversy erupts over dispensary owner’s ‘Negroes and homosexuals’ comment
Canuvo, the dispensary founded by Glenn Peterson, says he was trying to be sarcastic in his response to comments made during a Bridgton Planning Board workshop.
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Regulators moving to ban exotic bait that could threaten lobster fishery
The board agrees to develop a bait safety resolution based on Maine’s rules that all lobstering states would enact by 2020.
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Drastic cut to herring quota puts Maine lobstermen over the bait barrel
There aren’t enough pogies to take up the slack, and Maine’s strict bait rules prohibit species that could sicken another fishery, leaving state regulators pursuing other strategies.