A waterfront institution partners with an oyster grower to diversify its operation and offer support to the growing aquaculture industry.
Penelope Overton
Staff Writer
Penny Overton is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she has covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut, and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
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Maine secretary of state appeals judge’s ruling on ranked-choice voting
The decision this week allows a referendum this November on use of the voting method in presidential elections.
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‘We could get burned’ — former CDC director says time is not right to play close-contact sports
Dr. Dora Anne Mills says adding such sports at the same time the state is reopening schools and entering flu season is like adding fuel to a fire.
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Maine approves double-digit rate cuts for Affordable Care Act insurance
Insurance providers cited the revival of Maine’s reinsurance program as a reason they can decrease average rates for individual plans in 2021.
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Lobster and industrial cleanups on menu during EPA official’s visit
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler spent Thursday in Maine touring contaminated “brownfield” sites and lobster businesses.
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Portland likely to miss out on Maine’s first adult-use marijuana sales
A federal judge put the city’s retail license scoring system on hold after concluding its residency preference was probably unconstitutional.
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Despite trade deal, U.S. lobster exports to China are down in 2020
China vowed to buy more U.S. lobsters, but year-to-date sales are 23 percent lower than in 2019.
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Recreational marijuana sales in Maine to begin, finally, on Oct. 9
Maine will begin issuing active adult-use business licenses on Sept. 8, with retail sales to follow a month later.
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Gulf of Maine lobster loses key sustainability label
The London-based nonprofit that sets standards for sustainable fishing will suspend its certification of the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery Aug. 30 because of its rope-heavy fishing methods.
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Impact of Blackbaud data hack felt at nonprofits across Maine
Philanthropic donors all over the state, and the world, are learning their personal data was held hostage in a ransomware attack.