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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PublishedJune 20, 2019
Maine’s new recreational marijuana rules, at a glance
Who can sell pot, how they can sell it, and how much.
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PublishedJune 20, 2019
Mills expected to sign pot rules into law, put Maine on track for retail sales next year
Maine is poised to become the 8th state to approve recreational marijuana sales, which could begin next March.
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PublishedJune 19, 2019
Backing lobstermen, Rep. Golden seeks to withhold funds for right whale protections
Rep. Pingree co-sponsors the amendment, as Golden argues that a scientific tool used to assess the lobster industry’s risk to right whales has not been subject to 3rd-party review.
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PublishedJune 13, 2019
Adjusted pot rule would relax residency requirements for marijuana companies
Maine’s biggest marijuana company, Wellness Connection, had threatened to sue, claiming rules’ residency requirement went beyond the law.
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PublishedJune 10, 2019
Maine’s biggest marijuana company threatens to sue state if it’s shut out of recreational market
Wellness Connection says proposed residency rules would exclude it from the state’s new adult-use market.
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PublishedJune 6, 2019
Lobstermen tell regulators: Give us fewer buoy lines, but let us fish them how we want
Flexibility is the only way Maine’s diverse $485 million fishery can survive, they say at a hearing in Deer Isle.
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PublishedJune 5, 2019
Maine amends proposed marijuana rules to ease concerns
The latest version, which will go to the Legislature for approval, would relax packaging and residency requirements.
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PublishedJune 4, 2019
Lobstermen at state hearing wary of regulations to protect whales
Some who attended Tuesday’s session said that limiting traps to reduce buoy lines will work only if the state caps lobster licenses as well.
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PublishedJune 2, 2019
New rules are meant to save whales; lobstermen wonder if they’ll survive
State marine officials face a deadline to cut the number of buoy lines by half, but the proposed scenarios leave Maine’s $485 million industry wary about safety and profitablility.
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PublishedMay 31, 2019
Man killed by Gorham police while trying to run down officer, state says
Police say the man who was shot to death was wanted on warrants.
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