Penelope Overton writes about the lobster and marijuana industries in Maine, a mix of the iconic and the emerging, the economic powerhouse and the mysterious darkhorse. Just the right mix of old and new for a Maine transplant. Penny joined the Press Herald in 2016. She has covered politics and government, the environment and Indian Country in Florida, Connecticut, Arizona and Washington, D.C. Her favorite stories are when she gets to dive into a world where readers seldom venture. When she’s not newspapering, Penny and her young daughter like to hike, body surf, travel and explore new books, places, poems and people. She is plovertonpph on both Instagram and Snapchat.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
Regional transit agencies get on board, OK $8 million spending plan
Some of the groups had held up the funding when they couldn’t agree on how to divvy up the American Recovery Plan money to make public transit more frequent, reliable and convenient to use in hopes of boosting ridership.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2022
Talbot Ross soaks in historic role in Legislature
Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, became emotional as she described being unprepared for the moment she took the gavel for the first time.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2022
Rachel Talbot Ross becomes first Black speaker of Maine House
The new legislative session began on a historic note with the Portland Democrat getting sworn in 50 years after father became the state’s first Black lawmaker.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Gov. Mills proposes $450 relief checks as part of heating assistance package
Gov. Janet Mills and legislative leaders have been trying to find agreement on a relief package that can get bipartisan approval on Wednesday, allowing the aid to be sent to struggling Mainers this winter.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2022
Judge denies legislators access to child protection files
Members of the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee do not have the right to see confidential files regarding four children who were killed last year, the ruling says.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2022
Gov. Mills announces changes in communications office
Press Secretary Lindsay Crete is stepping down, while Communications Director Scott Ogden will become deputy chief of staff.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2022
Mills announces $5.4 million for climate change projects, green energy jobs
Gov. Janet Mills announced the $5.4 million in new state grants on the 2nd anniversary of Maine’s Climate Action Plan.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2022
Lead hunting ammo is on the way out at Rachel Carson refuge
Use of lead hunting ammunition at the Wells refuge will be phased out over the next four years.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2022
Large deposit of rare elements and minerals discovered in northern Maine
One geologist estimates that Pennington Mountain in Aroostook County contains billions of dollars worth of rare materials used in military, industrial and clean-energy technologies.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2022
The reliably red town of Gray turned blue in 2022
The Cumberland County town is one of many small Maine communities that Republicans could count on for votes – until Tuesday.
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