A group is petitioning the Portland Harbor Commission to allow floating storage docks.
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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Maine man learns truth of his past: Nuns stole him as a baby from his mother in Ireland
Kevin Battle of South Portland has always known he was adopted. Only recently, as clues emerged about his mysterious birth, did he learn the truth.
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Marine cleanup team tangles with 2 tons of ‘ghost gear’ off Maine coast
Divers, lobstermen and environmentalists pull a huge blob of debris from Dyer Cove. Such lost fishing gear poses a threat to marine life, fishermen and boaters.
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Reduced home-grow limit offensive, pot advocates say
But the rollback to three plants puts Maine in the middle of the pack among other states.
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Recreational vs. medical: Taxes divide pot advocates, LePage
The governor has warned lawmakers against having different tax structures for medical and recreation use.
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Maine medical marijuana reform bill advances
Already approved in the House, the second major piece of cannabis legislation in as many days easily passes the Senate on a 25-10 vote.
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Bill to launch recreational marijuana in Maine heads to LePage, who has vowed a veto
In a procedural vote in the Senate, the measure again gets enough support to override an expected veto from the governor. Tomorrow, lawmakers are expected to vote on medical marijuana reforms.
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LePage says he’ll veto bill to guide recreational marijuana market
Lawmakers hope the bill, which initially passed by a two-thirds majority in each house, will be able to withstand the governor’s veto attempt.
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Maine Senate joins House in passing recreational marijuana bill by veto-proof majority
The compromise legislation to regulate the voter-approved adult-use marijuana market is expected to go to Gov. LePage within days.
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By wide margin, House passes bill that would launch Maine’s recreational marijuana market
Compromises win over some of the staunchest foes of a previous effort to set rules for adult-use pot in Maine – and the 112-34 vote indicates it can survive a veto.