The Legislature took a big, yet perfunctory step toward implementing marijuana legalization on Thursday. With a final vote in the Senate, a bill sponsored by House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, went to Gov. Paul LePage’s desk. It would: Move regulatory control of recreational marijuana from the Department of Agriculture — as the 2016 ballot initiative prescribed — to […]
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Marijuana operation planned for former Town & Country Foods in Greene
GREENE — A Bangor-based company has bought the shuttered Town & Country Foods with long-term plans to grow recreational marijuana in the former 13,340-square-foot former meat operation. “I sold it actually from a social media post,” broker Kevin Fletcher at Malone Commercial Brokers said Tuesday. After announcing the listing on Instagram in March, “it was under […]
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Retail marijuana banned in Greenwood
GREENWOOD — Residents at the annual town meeting in Greenwood on Saturday voted to ban retail marijuana establishments and social clubs, approved almost all money articles and re-elected both constituents for the Board of Selectmen and the school board. Approved was the self-governing ordinance on food sales, so food at events can be sold directly […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Greenwood voters to consider ordinance on pot and food
GREENWOOD — Voters at the annual town meeting Saturday will consider ordinances on retail marijuana establishments and on events to sell food directly to customers without a license. Residents will also consider a request for $5,000 from the regional Heart & Soul project, an information and story-gathering effort among area towns intended to aid in […]
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Landlords’ rights regarding marijuana cultivation, possession and consumption
In light of the terrible fire that started in a marijuana grow room and destroyed an apartment building, displacing six people from their residence April 25, we here at Healthy Androscoggin would like to take a moment to educate residents and landlords on their rights when it comes to the personal use and cultivation of […]
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A wrong move for society
I would like to see a survey done of how many overdose victims got their start using drugs by using marijuana. Also, how many people who committed suicide had been using marijuana. To have marijuana legalized for non-medicinal usage is a bad move for the future of Maine’s young people and anyone else. It is […]
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Pot for pets: Owners treat sick animals with cannabis
In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, Michael Fasman poses with his dog Hudson at his home in San Francisco. As more states legalize marijuana for humans, more pet owners are giving their furry companions cannabis-based extracts, ointments and edibles marketed to treat everything from arthritis and anxiety to seizures and cancer. (AP Photo/Eric […]
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West Paris residents shoot down ordinance on prohibiting retail marijuana establishments
Residents cast a vote on whether or not to approve a prohibition against retail marijuana establishments and social clubs during Saturday morning’s annual town meeting in the Agnes Gray Elementary School gymnasium. WEST PARIS — Residents voted 34-43 during Saturday morning’s annual town meeting against approving an ordinance that would have prohibited retail marijuana establishment, social […]