The state’s medical market lacks the same safeguards for contaminant testing as its recreational counterpart.
Dylan Tusinski
Staff Writer
Dylan Tusinski is an investigative reporter with the Maine Trust for Local News quick strike team, where he focuses on telling the stories that impact Maine most through hard-hitting reporting, narrative storytelling and accountability journalism. His reporting ranges from government transparency and organized crime to housing policy and climate change. He previously worked for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville from 2023 to 2025, covering about a dozen communities in Kennebec and Somerset counties. He joined the Sentinel in 2023 after graduating from Colorado State University while double majoring in political science and journalism & media communications.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Local & State, News, Politics
Laurel Libby turns muzzle into megaphone in transgender competition debate
‘I think it was a huge misstep,’ the Auburn Republican said in an interview, referring to House Democrats’ vote last week to censure her.
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Posted inBoys Hockey, Local & State, Sports, Varsity Maine
Why is the Mt. Ararat hockey team investigation taking so long?
While other recent hazing investigations were completed in a matter of weeks, the probe of allegations involving the Mt. Ararat boys hockey team has continued for nearly 2 months.
Posted inNews
Snow lovers welcome the return of an old-fashioned Maine winter
A recent stretch of cold weather, coupled with multiple measurable snow events, has residents and visitors glimpsing something that has become increasingly rare.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
A Maine border town finds itself on the front line of a looming trade war
In Madawaska, at the state’s northern tip, fortunes are closely tied to its Canadian counterpart, Edmundston, across the St. John River.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Meet the man helping Maine’s illegal weed growers get licenses
‘I would not smoke my clients’ stuff,’ said the Brooklyn man helping Chinese immigrants become caregivers, adding that he hopes to improve their practices.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine’s medical marijuana would have testing mandate under new bill
The state’s medical cannabis market does not require testing for chemicals or mold. Industry groups are pushing back against the bill.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Sports, News
Maine youth ice hockey is losing players. No one is sure how to stop it
The number of youth players in Maine is down 15% over the last 20 years.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Warming winters turn Waterville into unexpected skiing destination
As warmer winters leave southern and western Maine with less snow each year, recreators are filling the gap with artificial snow in Waterville.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine rivers don’t flood despite heavy rain, high winds
The overnight storm caused power outages and canceled schools, but there was minimal flooding.