The Empire State could become the East Coast’s largest recreational marijuana market – generating a potential $2.3 billion in annual sales by its fourth year, a trade publication estimates.
2021
Despite pandemic, Brunswick smoothie business expanding to Wiscasset
Bay Bowls is hoping to open its second location on the Wiscasset pier on Main Street.
Delta joins other U.S. airlines in ending empty middle seats
The decision announced Wednesday reversed a policy that had been in place since last April.
Westbrook expects to recoup $1 million in delinquent taxes
A new city policy gives Westbrook the ability to foreclose on homes, with caveats protecting families in residential homes.
States have given out billions in unemployment overpayments during pandemic, watchdog reports
The report noted that ‘overpayments are not necessarily a result of fraud, though some may be.’
Police video shows Floyd struggle, then takedown
The video was part of a mountain of footage and testimony at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial that showed how the Black man’s alleged attempt to pass a phony $20 bill last May escalated into tragedy.
Experts fear the Olympics could trigger a global super spreader event
Organizers are relying on a series of rules that detail how participants of the Olympics and Paralympics can compete, move around and socialize.
Westbrook Community Center COVID-19 vaccine clinic goes live
Vaccines are available for people 50 or older, but officials expect to widen eligibility as more vaccines come in later this month.
Tom Purcell: In DC, politics springs eternal
Springtime has arrived in Washington, D.C. The National Cherry Blossom festival is underway. Some 3,700 cherry trees, given to America by the Japanese in 1912, will soon be in full bloom. I lived in the D.C. area nearly eight years and always looked forward to this time of year. Family and friends would visit to […]
Fish expected to swim up new Westbrook fish ladder in June
The Friends of the Presumpcot River, meanwhile, is concerned about Sappi’s application to form a new corporation to oversee the project.