Penny is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
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PublishedMay 19, 2020
Portland gives Mainers an edge in marijuana retail market
The City Council votes to keep resident licensing preference despite legal advice and the state’s decision to abandon its resident-only policy.
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
Portland approves local marijuana ordinance that favors Maine residents
Maine’s biggest city adopts a local licensing system, fee schedule and rules for medical and recreational marijuana businesses.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Portland lab lands first conditional marijuana testing license
Nova Analytics plans to open its lab on Milliken Street in July, pending local and final state approvals.
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
Maine drops residency requirement for recreational marijuana businesses
The state reached an agreement with a marijuana company Monday that eliminates the rule that would have required applicants to have lived in Maine for 4 years.
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PublishedMay 9, 2020
Spring storm leaves nearly 11,000 without power in Maine
Electric utility crews are scrambling to make repairs between periods of high winds.
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PublishedMay 9, 2020
Federal judge rules against Orrington church that challenged Mills
U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen denies Calvary Chapel’s motion for a temporary restraining order that would have allowed it to hold an in-church service Sunday.
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PublishedMay 7, 2020
Maine nets $20 million in federal bailout of U.S. fishing industry
Maine’s cut of the $300 million in funding under the CARES Act is nation’s fifth-highest.
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PublishedMay 6, 2020
Lobstering group wants to raise $500,000 for legal defense fund
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is fighting a federal court ruling on right whales that could cripple the fishery.
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Fishermen getting desperate as $300 million federal bailout stalls
Frustration is mounting among Maine fishermen and lawmakers over the aid, which was approved in March but still hasn’t been distributed.
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Portland poultry plant to be idled 3 days because of COVID-19 outbreak
Tyson Foods, which has had 10 confirmed cases, will clean the facility over the weekend while awaiting employee test results.
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