Live Stor Americ says its system using irrigated, cooled ship containers is cheaper and lowers mortality, but some dealers say it doesn’t mesh well with how the industry works.
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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Specialists in marijuana extraction may finally get own state license
But if the bill fails, cannabis caregivers fear extraction labs will close and certified patients will be forced to go underground to get the medicine they need.
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Drivers urged to avoid part of Congress Street during March for Our Lives rally Saturday
Because of the March for Our Lives rally, police may close off both lanes between Congress Square and City Hall.
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Recruiting workers for Maine’s growing waterfront economy is workshop focus
The forum on job opportunities is organized by the Waterfront Alliance and is scheduled for Friday in Portland.
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Southern Maine bus services consider cleaning up their act with electric vehicles
‘The future of public transit is electric,’ says the head of ShuttleBus-Zoom, which may join Greater Portland Metro and apply for grant money to replace diesel buses with electric ones.
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Maine’s first radio show on cannabis aims to entertain, and ‘meducate’
The show is a mix of pre-recorded and live segments, with about 20 minutes of talk spread over an hour – brought to you by the Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine.
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Ready Seafood’s new processing plant would keep more of the value of lobster catch in Maine
The facility in Saco, which won zoning approval Monday night, would make a significant addition to Maine’s limited processing capability.
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Maine caregivers divided on proposals for medical pot
Some note that the bill now in the Legislature would boost patients’ access but worry that it may let towns force out caregivers.
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Lawmakers support sweeping changes to Maine’s medical marijuana rules
The proposed changes include increasing the number of dispensary licenses and loosening requirements under which medical marijuana can be used.
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What’s happening to the lobster babies? Portland dealer will pay to get an answer
Their numbers are declining in Casco Bay, and Ready Seafood is willing to pay to find out if they’re settling in deeper water where scientists hadn’t been sampling.