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The town is negotiating an agreement for marijuana growing at a sprawling mill that has been mostly vacant for decades, and it could bring 500 jobs to town. Town Manager Shaun A. Suhoski said recently he is working on the host community agreement after a vote of non-opposition by selectmen...

Voters in Madison will have one eye on the ballot box in November and one eye on Gov. Paul LePage as the question of marijuana sales is addressed locally and statewide. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Madison Town Office to vote "yes" or "no" on this question: "Shall...

It looks like Town Meeting will be able to vote on whether to permanently ban the sale of recreational marijuana in town. The Board of Selectmen Monday night unanimously approved a request to have Town Manager Andrew Flanagan draw up two questions for a Jan. 29, 2018 special town meeting...

Town officials are seeking to charge recreational marijuana sellers the "local tax option" permitted by state law. The revised Massachusetts recreational marijuana law, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Charlie Baker in July, calls for recreational marijuana to be taxed 17 to 20...

At a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24, Newbury voters rejected a temporary moratorium through 2018 on recreational marijuana cultivation and retail businesses. The moratorium was proposed to give town officials time to work on legal, planning, and public safety issues. Voters...

Recreational marijuana businesses won't be allowed in the town. Town meeting Tuesday night approved two proposals which prohibit the cultivation, processing and retail sale of recreational marijuana. A zoning article banning marijuana businesses was approved on a vote of 138 to 37, while a...

Marshfield voters at a special Town Meeting have rejected a ban on recreational marijuana facilities in their town. Acting town clerk Narice A. Casper said though most voters at the Oct. 16 session were in favor of the ban, the proposal failed to reach the necessary two-thirds majority with...

Town Meeting voted Monday night to ban recreational marijuana businesses from opening in Westford, a decision that comes less than a year after the town opposed the statewide legalization of the drug. Under amendments to the law passed by the Legislature, communities that voted against the...

State legislators, apparently attempting this summer to make it easier for community leaders to prevent marijuana stores from opening within their borders, may have actually established a system whereby cities enjoy an easier path to a ban than small towns like Stoneham. On Monday night...

Requests for both a temporary freeze and a permanent ban on recreational marijuana businesses in town, and a request for a zoning change that would allow business on a 106-acre parcel on Route 56, are the big issues facing voters at Wednesday's special town meeting. A zoning bylaw amendment...

The Board of Selectmen has approved a motion to request a letter from town counsel spelling out the legal process the municipality must follow to ban the sale or cultivation of recreational marijuana in town. Luldow voters have already approved a temporary ban on recreational pot that...

A Superior Court judge is expected to rule Monday on whether a Rhode Island town can create its own medical marijuana ordinance that is stricter than state law. The town of Smithfield wants to limit the amount of marijuana a patient or caregiver is allowed to grow to significantly less than...

The largest city in northern Sonoma County is saying "no" to marijuana – no dispensaries, no cannabis businesses and no outdoor cultivation. The Windsor Town Council last week unanimously introduced an ordinance prohibiting any type of marijuana businesses within city limits, in part to...

A forum at the Blue Hill Town Hall on Monday, September 18, about retail marijuana in area towns drew residents and town officials looking for answers and wanting to share their views about retail marijuana. It came as state legislators wrap up work on a bill to amend a citizens' initiative...

Legal pot is popping up all around the country. Now, a Valley marijuana company is looking to cash in by buying an entire California town to build a pot paradise. An hour outside Las Vegas there's a dusty spot in the Mohave Desert called Nipton. More than 100 years ago, the railroad...

An eastern Maine town is proposing to prohibit marijuana retail stores and pot social clubs. The town of Surry is set to hold a public hearing Sept. 20 to discuss the ordinance. A special town meeting is scheduled for Oct. 2. Maine voters last year approved legalizing the possession, sale...

Like most of its neighbors, the town is considering a moratorium on retail sales of marijuana. Kevin Nadeau, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said the need to discuss and act on a moratorium came about after several inquiries from individuals considering establishing marijuana growth...

A central Maine town plans to vote to prohibit marijuana retail stores and pot social clubs. The town of Jefferson is set to hold a public hearing Sept. 25 to discuss the ordinance. The vote is set for the Nov. 7 election. Maine voters last year approved legalizing the possession, sale and...

The CEO of a not-for-profit organization interested in developing a medical marijuana operation in town acknowledges the conversation has only just begun. Robert Schnibbe of Green Harbor Dispensary has requested the town issue a letter of support for the not-for-profit's intention to create a...

The planning board OK'd a special permit on Aug. 24 for a medical marijuana dispensary to be run by Newton-based Heal Inc. at the Gately McHoul Funeral Home at 94 Harry Kemp Way – with the condition that it will never sell recreational pot. "A medical marijuana dispensary is what we intend to...