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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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
Former Portland deputy chief now in charge of Maine’s cannabis compliance
Vern Malloch, who served 35 years in the Portland Police Department, is the first director of compliance in Maine’s newly created Office of Marijuana Policy.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
Out-of-state hemp now allowed in Maine CBD market
For one month, Maine hemp farmers had the state’s CBD-infused food market to themselves, but a law change has reopened it to out-of-state growers.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2019
Hopes for hemp farm in Whitefield wilt as bank and insurer cut farmers loose
Farming hemp is legal under state and federal law, but many in the banking and insurance industries still consider it too hot to handle.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2019
Slow rollout in marijuana sales costs Maine revenue and jobs
Three years after legalizing adult-use marijuana, the state’s still waiting for retail shops. Consultants say the economy paid the price as dollars and expertise went elsewhere.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2019
State floats whale protection plan that would affect a fraction of state’s lobster fleet
Only 1,200 of Maine’s 5,000 licensed lobstermen have permits to fish in federal waters, where the state’s proposal would require them to add traps on each buoy line to help right whales avoid entanglement.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2019
Portland wants to score marijuana store applicants
A proposed scoring system for the city’s 20 licenses would favor women- and minority-owned businesses, Maine residents, those willing to share profits with the city and those with a business track record.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2019
Marijuana testing labs: Will Maine have enough?
Other states have struggled to license enough, resulting in long delays, supply shortfalls and testing waivers
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2019
Everything you need to know about hemp
What’s the difference between hemp and marijuana? They look and smell the same and come from the same genus and species of plant, cannabis. But hemp contains less than 0.3 percent THC, which gets you high, while marijuana contains up to 30 percent. What is CBD? Cannabidiol, or CBD, is derived from the cannabis plant. […]
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2019
Maine’s first pick-your-own hemp field opens in Whitefield
About 50 people flock to Sheepscot General Farm, believed to be only the second publicly accessible hemp field in the U.S., on the first of 4 days of picking for consumers looking for plants to turn into CBD lotions and tinctures.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2019
West Gardiner man, 85, who fell off Jet Ski is in critical condition
Richard Russell is being treated at Maine Medical Center after being rescued by fishermen in the Sheepscot River on Saturday.
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