PORTLAND — Portland police have issued several citations for possession of small amounts of marijuana despite a city ordinance legalizing recreational use of the drug. Portland in 2013 became the first city on the East Coast to pass an ordinance legalizing the drug. But the Portland Press Herald reports that police issued nearly two dozen […]
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Strong man charged in marijuana case
STRONG – A local man is facing drug charges stemming from an October incident involving a reported assault, according to a news release. Maine State Police Trooper Randy Hall arrested Joseph Lagasse, 73, of Strong on Friday on a felony charge of possession of scheduled Z drug and misdemeanor counts of unlawful furnishing of a […]
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Jay police, MDEA find 67 pounds of marijuana at man’s home
JAY — A local man is accused of having 67 pounds of marijuana, eight marijuana plants and concentrated doses of THC at his North Jay residence, Detective Michael Mejia said Monday. He arrested John Sullivan, 34, Friday on a warrant issued by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency charging felony aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and […]
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Convicted drug dealer busted in Jay
JAY — A local man previously convicted on drug charges was arrested Wednesday night for having 30 pounds of packaged marijuana in his possession. Robert Whittemore, 65, of Jay, was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated trafficking in a scheduled drug and a misdemeanor charges of violation of conditions of release, Police Chief Richard […]
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Marijuana legalization efforts combine into 1 campaign
AUGUSTA — The two campaigns that have been jousting to put competing marijuana legalization questions on Maine’s 2016 state ballot have coalesced behind one plan, organizers announced Monday. It ends an awkward and often rancorous duel that has divided marijuana advocates and potentially scared away large national donors that would have happily given to the effort […]
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Paris man indicted on marijuana charges
PARIS — Richard R. Jackson, 48, of King Hill Road in Paris was indicted Oct. 16 on charges of possessing more than a pound of marijuana and cultivating 100 or more marijuana plants. The charges come more than a year after police seized 18 pounds of marijuana and 173 plants from two King Hill residences in […]
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RSU 9 board reinstates student
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted 8-2 Tuesday to allow an eighth-grade student to enter ninth grade with a transition plan in place, Superintendent Tom Ward said. Directors Jennifer Pooler of New Sharon and Keith Swett of Wilton opposed the vote, he said. The student was one of two middle school students accused […]
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Maine marijuana legalization campaign raises $53,011
AUGUSTA — A group hoping to place a ballot question before Maine voters to legalize recreational marijuana says it has raised $53,011 in the second quarter of 2015. But $50,000 of the donation to The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol came from the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that claims 200,000 supporters […]
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RSU 9 directors require student to serve 30-days in-school suspension
FARMINGTON — A Mt. Blue Middle School student suspended three days before school closed for the year, will be required to serve the remaining seven days and an additional 23 days when classes resume. Regional School Unit 9 directors held an expulsion hearing Tuesday for one of two eighth-graders accused of distributing marijuana on school […]
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Three deny drug charges in Sabattus pot bust
AUBURN — Two Sabattus women and a man charged in a family pot-growing operation denied related charges Thursday. David Bizier, 51, pleaded not guilty in Androscoggin County Superior Court to aggravated trafficking of a scheduled drug, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He also was charged with criminal forfeiture of $6,000 […]