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 4, 2018
Panel that will advise Maine lawmakers on marijuana laws is taking shape
Among those named so far to the 15-member Marijuana Advisory Commission are state legislators, a lawyer and lobbyists.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Portland Planning Board OKs new marijuana zoning map
The proposal, which now goes before the City Council, would allow adult-use businesses in the same zones where the city permitted medical dispensaries and their grow operations in 2010.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2018
Tire shops under pressure as snow and holiday travel pump up demand
Some businesses are booking tire-mounting jobs for weeks from now as Maine drivers caught off guard by the early winter weather inundate them and ‘everybody’s freaking out.’
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PublishedNovember 9, 2018
Consultants jockey for contract to write rules for Maine’s marijuana market
Five companies have submitted bids to become Maine’s adviser as it launches an adult-use industry.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2018
Questions lead to delay in Maine’s cannabis consulting contract
The state received several questions on its call for a consultant to guide the rule-making around cannabis regulations, prompting it to extend the bidding deadline.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2018
Controversy erupts over dispensary owner’s ‘Negroes and homosexuals’ comment
Canuvo, the dispensary founded by Glenn Peterson, says he was trying to be sarcastic in his response to comments made during a Bridgton Planning Board workshop.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2018
Regulators moving to ban exotic bait that could threaten lobster fishery
The board agrees to develop a bait safety resolution based on Maine’s rules that all lobstering states would enact by 2020.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2018
Drastic cut to herring quota puts Maine lobstermen over the bait barrel
There aren’t enough pogies to take up the slack, and Maine’s strict bait rules prohibit species that could sicken another fishery, leaving state regulators pursuing other strategies.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2018
Lobstermen reject claim that 2015 rule led them to use stronger lines
Maine officials challenged a conclusion in a federal report on right whale protections, noting that regulators just awarded a grant to investigate the assumption.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2018
Lobstermen, environmentalists battle over right whale protections
The industry is willing to switch to easier-breaking rope to lower the chance of entanglements, but whale advocates say that doesn’t go far enough.
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