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Oakland – Oakland has become one of the first communities in Maine to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the retail sale of marijuana and the establishment of marijuana social clubs. The 5-0 Town Council vote Wednesday does not prohibit the legal use and cultivation of marijuana as approved by...

Richmond, Maine - Maine Recreational marijuana will soon be legal in Maine and towns and cities are trying to determine how to deal with the new law- the latest of which is Richmond. At 6:00 Tuesday night in the Richmond Town Office, the town Planning Board and residents will discuss a...

The Richmond Planning Board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday on a proposal to put in place a temporary ban on marijuana retail shops and social clubs in this northern Sagadahoc County town. Following a statewide vote in November, Maine residents narrowly approved legalizing...

Bar Harbor – Retail sales of recreational marijuana and social clubs for its use could begin popping up around the state early next year, but there won't be any in Bar Harbor quite yet. The Town Council Tuesday voted unanimously to instruct the town attorney to draft a 180-day moratorium that...

The South Hadley Select Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a moratorium on applications by retail marijuana interests, citing the need for planning and precautions, The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports. All five members of the board backed the moratorium after Town Administrator Michael...

Swansea - The spokesman for an expanding marijuana dispensary and growing company in Oregon told selectmen Tuesday night that the company was looking to acquire private property in town zoned for that use, off Route 6. Mackie Barch, of Doctor's Orders and its related nonprofit DO Health...

Unlike other communities around Maine, the town of Falmouth has decided to hold public workshops to explore the topic of the sale and cultivation of marijuana, rather than impose a moratorium. The Forecaster reported that Town Manager Nathan Poore said at the Dec. 12 Town Council meeting the...

Westport - The Planning Board is proposing a bylaw change that would lead to a moratorium on recreational marijuana facilities. Planning Board Chairman James Whitin met with selectmen last week and received the nod for the Planning Board to hold a hearing next month on this proposal and three...

West Springfield - Mayor Will Reichelt has called for delaying implementation of the state's new recreational marijuana law to give West Springfield time to plan and craft zoning changes necessary to accommodate the regulations. Question 4, the Nov. 8 election ballot measure to legalize, tax...

Representatives from MD Holistics, Inc. want to open a cultivating and dispensary for medical marijuana in the Easton Industrial Park and are looking for the Board of Selectmen to give them a letter of non-opposition for it. While a previous applicant, Commonwealth Alternative Care, proposed...

YES David L. Gagne West Bridgewater town administrator In light of the adoption of the Nov. 8 ballot question legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, West Bridgewater residents will vote on placing a temporary moratorium on dispensaries and sellers of recreational marijuana...

Burlington — The Planning Board is continuing its efforts to stay ahead of the commercialization of recreational marijuana in Burlington, as they work towards finalizing the language for a temporary moratorium on such sales. The language in the moratorium is virtually finalized, and at a...

Billerica - You'll be able to smoke marijuana in your home in less than 10 days if you're at least 21 years old, and cities and towns can't do anything about it. However, communities can have some control on the sale of recreational marijuana within their borders, an option that Billerica...

Salisbury - Selectmen will wait to learn their options before voting whether to issue letters of non-opposition to any or all of the three companies wanting to site medical marijuana dispensaries in town. At their meeting Monday night, selectmen tasked Town Manager Neil Harrington with...

Oakland - The Town Council discussed what to do regarding the recent vote on Nov. 8 to legalize recreational marijuana in the state of Maine at its meeting Tuesday evening. Locally, the majority of residents in Oakland voted no on Question 1, 1,914-1,620. The referendum makes it legal for...

Oakland, Maine - Oakland is considering becoming a "dry town" to block marijuana retail stores and social clubs. Unofficial results from the Maine secretary of state's office indicate the state referendum legalizing pot for people 21 or older narrowly passed. The vote is being recounted...

The town of Farmington has joined other communities in Maine in approving a six-month moratorium on retail sales of marijuana and social clubs where pot can be consumed. Farmington Town Manager Richard Davis said the moratorium will give the town time to come up with a plan for regulating...

Houlton, Maine — Officials from several towns across Aroostook County are considering the impact of the legalization of marijuana on their communities, with at least one community imposing an emergency moratorium to temporarily prevent marijuana dispensaries from setting up shop. Question 1...

As Watertown considers the possibility of allowing medical marijuana facilities to open, town officals are putting together guidelines for how the approval process can proceed. On Tuesday, Town Council members approved a slate of items that the backers of any prospective medical marijuana...

North Attleboro - A medical marijuana facility looking to set up shop in town will no longer pursue plans for a cultivation facility - but a dispensary is not out of the cards, just yet. Selectmen said Thursday the medical marijuana company Hope Heal Health has moved forward with a...