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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PublishedFebruary 8, 2018
Pot advocates help finance gubernatorial bid of leading marijuana opponent
All five directors of Legalize Maine have donated to House Minority Leader Ken Fredette’s campaign. Their positions on marijuana policy sometimes mesh, but he says he’s not doing the group’s bidding.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2018
Medical marijuana sales, caregivers and patient numbers decline
Caregivers and dispensary owners blame the ‘gray market’ caused by Maine’s emerging adult-use market for the first decline in the state’s medical marijuana industry since it began nearly 7 years ago.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2018
Maine lawmakers won’t extend moratorium on pot sales, but it’s still not for sale
Absent the state infrastructure to license retail pot, the move will have little impact on towns, a committee co-chair says.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2018
LePage agrees to delay new, more restrictive medical marijuana rules
The governor wants to give a committee more time to resolve deficiencies in the program before implementing new caregiver and processor regulations.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2018
State disputes study that predicts sharp decline in Gulf of Maine lobsters
The Department of Marine Resources won’t be using researchers’ model to make management decisions, saying that forecasting fishery populations 30 years out is extremely difficult.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2018
Panel votes to put new medical pot rules on hold until July
That would allow lawmakers to consider another bill that could nullify what some critics consider overly restrictive rules on medical marijuana growing and processing that could damage the industry.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2018
LePage likely to veto bill to extend pot sales moratorium – and seek longer delay
House Minority Leader Ken Fredette says the proposed April 18 target date doesn’t allow enough time to write market rules, and he and the governor want the moratorium to last until January 2019.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2018
Gulf of Maine lobster population past its peak, study says, and a big drop is due
Scientists say warming waters in the Gulf of Maine will lower lobster populations 40 to 62 percent over the next 30 years, but conservation measures the state adopted decades ago will mitigate the impact.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2018
Necessity of damaging shutdown leaves Maine’s delegation divided
A short-term fix is OK with Republicans; the caucus across the aisle doesn’t want to kick the can again.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2018
Dinosaurs extinct? Nah, they’re dancing the conga in Monument Square
About three dozen people donning T. rex costumes attend the planned event and catch the attention of more than 100 onlookers.
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