Regulators voted Thursday to allow limited fishing near sensitive Down East coral gardens.
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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Caregivers raise alarm at hearing over proposed changes to Maine’s medical marijuana rules
About 100 people attend the meeting to speak against proposed rules that would tighten the oversight of those who cultivate of medical cannabis.
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Marijuana caregivers band together to battle state’s efforts to tighten regulations
Providers and patients who grow their own pot worry that the new rules could cost them their license or even their freedom.
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A mystery is born: Where are all the baby lobsters?
Scientists call it ‘the great disconnect’ – the landings hit new highs even as the number of juveniles they find declines.
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Scandinavian biologists see threat in crossbreeding by American, European lobsters
Scientists researching the presence of both species and hybrids in European waters present their findings at a conference in Portland.
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Sen. King tells researchers that data is the key to protecting lobster industry
Addressing a global conference on lobster biology, Maine’s independent senator says proposed cuts in federal science funding are ‘unacceptable.’
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Portland to host international lobster conference this week
The well-being of Maine’s most important crustacean and the industry it supports will be center stage.
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Identities released of prisoners whose sentences LePage commuted
Disbarred attorney William Dawson, who stole from elderly clients, is the most conspicuous name among the 17.
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Maine expecting strong tourist season, with gas prices steady and consumers ready to spend
Travel and tourism officials say Memorial Day weekend will prime the pump for another stellar year.
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Lobstering ban near coral gardens could cost industry almost $9 million a year, fishermen say
About 75 lobstermen at a hearing on the ban Thursday in Ellsworth say they support a proposed exemption for lobstering.