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Published
April 4, 2023

Judge hits pause on recreational marijuana license in Old Orchard Beach

York County Superior Court Justice Richard Mulhern said the town should delay its licensing decision until after a June referendum. Issuing the license before then, he said, would make the vote 'effectively meaningless.'
Published
March 6, 2023

Prospective marijuana business cries foul over Old Orchard Beach rule change

Two Old Orchard Beach residents are suing the town after it changed an ordinance on recreational marijuana stores before a planned June referendum that would limit the size of the businesses.
Published
March 20, 2022

Topsham pauses consideration of more pot shops

The select board has tabled a request by a delivery service owner for more retail licenses.
Published
October 27, 2020

To cap or not: Portland voters wrestle with marijuana retail limits

The measure to eliminate the 20-store cap in Portland was added to the ballot before the City Council voted to allow all 36 first-round applicants to proceed with retail licensing.
Published
October 19, 2020

Portland City Council votes to grant licenses to most marijuana store applicants

Portland could get as many as 34 cannabis retailers, more per capita than Denver, rather than the 20 the city's original rules envisioned.

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Published
September 30, 2020

Bridgton residents to vote on requiring local pot licenses

If the amendments to the town's licensing ordinance passes in November, marijuana establishments will have to get a local license to operate in town.
Published
September 28, 2020

More than one-quarter of Portland’s would-be cannabis retailers face disqualification

In the race to secure one of the 20 licenses to sell pot in Maine's biggest city, a dozen applicants haven't satisfied basic requirements such as paying city taxes and fees on time.
Published
September 16, 2020

Volume of pot licenses prompting possible cap

The South Portland City Council will discuss capping the number of marijuana-related business licenses at a workshop next month.
Published
September 8, 2020

Maine approves adult-use cannabis stores in South Portland, Northport

The approvals were among 6 recreational cannabis licenses the state awarded Tuesday for retailers, growers and testing labs, but consumer sales won't begin until Oct. 9.
Published
August 31, 2020

Portland announces 38 applications for 20 recreational cannabis shop licenses

Four of the 38 applicants are seeking city approval to operate medical cannabis shops; the rest would sell recreational marijuana.