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Clinton - The Planning Board is preparing for the potential legalization of recreational marijuana with plans to send a moratorium proposal to the Board of Selectmen by its next meeting on Dec. 13. A number of other towns in Maine have already placed moratoriums on recreational marijuana...

In Trinidad, Colorado, revenue from eight recreational cannabis shops is paving streets and helping refurbish downtown apartments. Across the state in De Beque, nearly a quarter of the town's general fund comes from marijuana sales tax. In Log Lane Village, the town repaved two city blocks...

York - Selectmen want to place a temporary marijuana moratorium on the ballot next May, as a way to give the town time to carefully craft any zoning and business licensing ordinance changes that may be required following statewide passage of a legalization measure last week. Several selectmen...

This is an exciting time to be in drug policy. With five states (California, Arizona, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts) on the ballot to regulate recreational marijuana, we have the potential to have one-fifth of the population of the United States smoking legally in the coming year. Our sitting...

At the Nov. 2 Damariscotta Board of Selectmen meeting, the issue of how the town might enact Question 1, the marijuana legalization initiative arose. Chairman Robin Mayer proposed a six-month moratorium for licensing shops and other town-specific regulations while the Board of Selectmen hammered...

Falmouth Board of Selectmen on Monday, October 24, continued discussion on whether to issue letter of support for Seven Point, which is planning to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Teaticket. Selectmen voted 4-1 on October 17 to authorize Town Manager Julian M. Suso to prepare a...

Falmouth Board of Selectmen on Monday, October 24, continued discussion on whether to issue letter of support for Seven Point, which is planning to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Teaticket. Selectmen voted 4-1 on October 17 to authorize Town Manager Julian M. Suso to prepare a...

The Dolores Town Board has continued the ban on retail marijuana shops by a vote of 4-2. The pot-sales moratorium ordinance, enacted in 2014, was extended two years, until Dec. 31, 2018, to allow for more time to consider the matter. Before the motion to continue the ban, town trustee...

A medical marijuana facility might be coming to Falmouth, and the Falmouth Board of Selectmen wants to be prepared if it does. Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday night, October 17, to authorize town manager Julian M. Suso to draft a memorandum of understanding outlining the town's terms for opening a...

A medical marijuana facility might be coming to Falmouth, and the Falmouth Board of Selectmen wants to be prepared if it does. Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday night, October 17, to authorize town manager Julian M. Suso to draft a memorandum of understanding outlining the town's terms for opening a...

Grafton - A proposed bylaw that would define a right to farm, and a zoning bylaw amendment designed to tighten control of marijuana dispensaries, are among the highlights on the fall town meeting warrant. Town meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Grafton High School auditorium, 24...

Ware - The Planning Board wants a moratorium until December 2018 on the sale of "recreational marijuana," even though Massachusetts residents have not yet cast ballots on whether to approve the idea. Voters will decide in the Nov. 8 election whether to legalize marijuana. The Ware Planning...

Littleton - Medical-marijuana company Sanctuary Medicinals, Inc., which already operates in New Hampshire, is looking to open a cultivation site to grow their product in Littleton. Representatives from the company spoke before the Board of Selectmen Monday night to explain their goals in...

Littleton - Medical-marijuana company Sanctuary Medicinals, Inc., which already operates in New Hampshire, is looking to open a cultivation site to grow their product in Littleton. Representatives from the company spoke before the Board of Selectmen Monday night to explain their goals in...

The decision on where the growing, processing and dispensing of medical cannabis will take place in Sykesville town limits could soon be in the hands of the town Planning Commission. Earlier this month, the Sykesville Town Council requested that the commission look into the town's zoning...

The decision on where the growing, processing and dispensing of medical cannabis will take place in Sykesville town limits could soon be in the hands of the town Planning Commission. Earlier this month, the Sykesville Town Council requested that the commission look into the town's zoning...

The town of Snowflake could be in hot water over its deal with a medical-marijuana cultivation facility. Chief Deputy Attorney General Michael Bailey says the Town Council "may" have violated state law by creating a special tax for the cultivation company, Copperstate Farms. If the town...

The town of Snowflake could be in hot water over its deal with a medical-marijuana cultivation facility. Chief Deputy Attorney General Michael Bailey says the Town Council "may" have violated state law by creating a special tax for the cultivation company, Copperstate Farms. If the town...

For the second time in less than three years, the Town of Palmer Lake will ask voters whether it should become the second El Paso County municipality to legalize recreational marijuana sales. A group called Regulate Palmer Lake petitioned to have a question put on the Nov. 8 ballot, asking...

A small southern Alberta town could soon be home to a medical marijuana grow operation. The Green Living Agriculture Company approached the community of Milk River months ago about its proposal to build a facility on the north end of town adjacent to the town's water reservoir. On Monday...