The company plans franchises across the country after opening its first stores in Oregon.
March 2018
Posted inBusiness, Food
Seeking fresh start, Portsmouth restaurant leaps across the river
The owners of Blue Mermaid Island Grill say Portsmouth ‘was losing the arts, culture and community that we fell in love with 24 years ago.’
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Posted inMaine Cannabis Report, Politics
Recreational marijuana still illegal in Florida, despite what you may have heard
A report widely shared online claims lawmakers passed legalization to ‘jump-start the economy.’ It’s not true.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Cannabis not allowed at cannabis convention
An organizer says the Boston event was about networking, not consumption. Not everyone followed the rules.
Posted inMaine Cannabis Report, Politics
McConnell looks to complete hemp’s comeback as a crop
Marijuana’s non-intoxicating cousin would be removed from the controlled substances list under a bill being pushed by the U.S. Senate president.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Company plans to make Old West desert town into marijuana resort
The owners of Nipton, located about an hour from Las Vegas, have been slowed by regulatory hurdles, but are still thinking big, including transforming a hotel into a “buds and breakfast.”
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Morrison Center Coming to New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER — A Maine organization that supports people with disabilities is opening its doors at two residential homes on Short Bennett Road. The Morrison Center, a non-profit based in Scarborough and Wells, purchased the roughly 20 acres of property from Wayfinder Schools at the former Opportunity Farm. The two homes will be used as residential housing […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Jury selection to start today in Fairfield man’s murder trial in connection with 2016 slaying
Luc Tieman, 34, charged in the death of his wife Valerie, whose body was found in a shallow trench behind Tieman’s parents’ home with two bullet wounds on the head and neck.
Posted inMaine
State Street construction work to resume, and so will periodic closures
Drivers in Portland’s West End will have to navigate lane closures and detours tied to the road project, as well as closures on Congress Street tied to Maine Med’s expansion.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation & World, News
F. Lee Bailey was a lawyer for O.J. Simpson and Patty Hearst. He says he’d ‘never take on a client’ like Trump.
Now a Yarmouth resident, Bailey says clients who don’t adhere to their lawyers’ advice aren’t worth the trouble.