A hearing before regulators is planned Thursday evening in Ellsworth.
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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Invasive green crabs are putting the pinch on another clam harvest
The invasive predators partly responsible for last year’s 21% drop in clam landings are difficult to combat, but one scientist may have an answer – aquaculture.
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Portland, state officials back raising height limits for cold storage facility
But residents of Portland’s West End tell the Planning Board that the warehouse doesn’t need to be so tall to be profitable.
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Maine lawmakers consider end to cultivation cap on pot
Much of the debate centers on the best way to starve the black market in Maine and nearby states.
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Sales growth at Maine’s medical marijuana dispensaries slows drastically
Overall sales rose 5.3% in 2016, down from a 46% jump for the previous year, while sales by small caregivers appear to be surging.
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New rules aim to boost herring supply prized as lobster bait
Quotas and limiting fishing to certain days are among restrictions designed to help Maine and neighboring states maximize opportunities for small-boat fishing fleets.
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Coast Guard station area proposed as burial site for contaminated soil from harbor
Today, a drilling barge is scheduled to begin a two-day test to determine if the site can handle 300,000 cubic yards of dredged sediment.
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Regulators vote to allow lobstering in Gulf of Maine coral protection zones
The exemption, which must be approved in June, is granted after pleas from Maine lobstermen who say a trap ban in the fertile grounds would cost them millions.
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Lobster wharf on Bailey Island to be sold at auction
The quarter-acre property includes the 187-foot commercial pier, a bait shed and a small office.
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Trapped by heroin: Lobster industry struggles with its deadly secret
Maine lobstermen are plagued by opioid addiction, leading to deaths, ruined lives and even fishing violations to pay for the habit. Some in recovery also recognize the challenge: Getting help to an intensely independent breed that rarely asks for it.