But a few people – worried about heroin’s impact on the local economy, the fishery and the addicts themselves – believe it’s time to speak out.
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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Death of mild-mannered young lobsterman shows ‘it can get to anybody, this heroin’
The father of Sam Stevens lets his son’s addiction go public, signaling that an insidious threat lurks within the Machias community.
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Speed limit lowered to 65 mph on stretch of I-295 starting today
The previous, 70 mph limit had contributed to an almost 30% percent increase in crashes between Falmouth and Topsham during the two years it was in effect.
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Lobster industry fears lost sales from ramped-up Canadian exports
A weak loonie coupled with disappearing tariffs helps Canada sell more lobster in the EU.
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LePage removes lobster license fee increase from proposed budget
Instead, the governor says he will ask lawmakers to pay for additional lobster research, new field technology for fisheries scientists and raises for Maine Marine Patrol officers out of the state budget surplus.
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Maine lobster catch tipped the scale at a record 130 million pounds in 2016
The fishery also surged to a record value of $533 million, thanks to dealer networks and marketing efforts.
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Maine lobstermen’s union votes to buy Hancock County lobster business
Purchase of Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound’s wholesale operation means lobstermen will have more control over the prices they get for their catch, a spokesman says.
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Value of Maine lobster exports to China on pace to triple for 2016
Growing demand for live lobster in Asia has buoyed the state’s lobster industry, rapidly pushing up prices.
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New net opens a way to help fishermen and protect cod
A new design releases bycatch like cod, which lets fishermen focus on their intended catch ratrher than quotas, restrictions.
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LePage questions integrity of state voting, accuracy of Nov. 8 results
He cites no evidence and offers no explanation in a routine letter to incoming legislators that also casts doubt on their election victories.