NORWAY — Residents on Tuesday voted 371-193 to prohibit retail recreational marijuana establishments, social clubs and commercial growing of recreational marijuana in Norway, Town Clerk Shirley Boyce said. Recreational use of marijuana became legal Jan. 30, though a moratorium signed by Gov. Paul LePage will delay certain provisions of the law until February 2018. In […]
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Norway voters to decide on officers, ordinances at June 13 ballot
NORWAY — A prohibition on retail marijuana and amendments to the town’s Site Plan Review Ordinance are among the referendum questions on which residents will vote on Tuesday, June 13. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Norway Fire Station at 26 Danforth St. Town Manager David Holt said that […]
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Maine governor, many lawmakers at odds with 4 referendums
PORTLAND — Maine voters thought they approved sweeping changes to the state’s rules on marijuana, taxes, voting and the minimum wage when they went to the polls last year. But think again. The four referendums have hit roadblocks as Republican Gov. Paul LePage, the state Legislature and the courts have weighed in. The final rule […]
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Legislature sends marijuana regulatory bill to governor
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 […]
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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 […]
