CAMDEN — Following a two-hour public hearing about allowing marijuana retail stores in specific Camden zoning districts, the Select Board voted 4 to 1 March 21 to let the voters decide the outcome…
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If approved, warrant article for June Town Meeting to be drafted
CAMDEN — The Select Board in Camden will hold a public hearing March 21 on amending its ordinances that would allow retail marijuana stores in specific districts. If the board finds in favor of…
CAMDEN — Voters in Camden will see one municipal ordinance amendment proposal on the Nov. 5, 2019 ballot: “Shall the Town of Camden amend Chapter VIII Camden Police Ordinance by adding a new…
ROCKLAND — Rockland City Council has put a hold on further applications for medical marijuana production facilities while the City begins to create a new set of marijuana ordinances. The four…
ROCKLAND — Rockland residents hoping to develop the city’s second medical marijuana storefront will return before the planning board Tuesday, Sept. 17.
In May 2018, Kristine and Charles…
‘The people of Rockland are very progressive, we’ve received a lot of support for all sorts of folks’
ROCKLAND — A new downtown business has opened its doors in Rockland on Main Street, a first of its kind location along the Midcoast.
Scrimshaw Cannabis, a medical marijuana dispensary…
2018 elections
ROCKLAND — Voters in Rockland were not met with binding municipal questions on their November 2018 ballots.
Instead, Rockland residents were asked to respond to four non-binding advisory…
ROCKLAND – Should Rockland’s November ballot include advisory referendum questions regarding medical marijuana in general and Main Street retail, specifically?
The suggestion by Councilor…
ROCKLAND – The four people who’ve requested applications for medical marijuana retail distribution in Rockland just need to ‘hang tight,’ according to City Council member Amelia Magjik.
In…
ROCKLAND – The first medical marijuana facility to apply for a Main Street permit gained another step Monday, Aug. 13, when City Councilors voted four to one (Mayor Valli Geiger) to allow a…
New State medical marijuana amendments differ from Rockland ordinances; Council considers moratorium
ROCKLAND – Is a medical marijuana dispensary also a store? Must owners of a medical marijuana retail operation on Main Street cultivate the plants, as well? And, can the medical plants and…
ROCKLAND – The owner of the first medical marijuana production facility to request licensing in Rockland continues to encounter roadblocks.
As of July 2, Nicholas Westervelt’s attempts to…
ROCKLAND – Following several months of lengthy discussion, and acknowledging that some issues may be readdressed in the future, Rockland City Council members passed into law a series of local…
Wednesday, Nov. 29: Landuses, zoning, extractions and safety
ROCKLAND – “Handing people last-minute things – not that there’s anything wrong with it — forces us to make a decision when we don’t have all of the information at hand,” Rockland City Councilor…
ROCKLAND – The medical marijuana caregiver has until the end of January to move his Rockland operation out of a residential-only zone. The kicker is, had the zoning issue not come to light, the…
ROCKLAND – Rockland City Council is holding a public marijuana workshop discussion 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 16. This will be the first step in…
AUGUSTA - The Referendum Question 1 recount has concluded, announced Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, affirming the Election Night passage of the question by Maine voters.
Question 1…
Wants regulations in place; will talk further
Rockland Police Chief Bruce Boucher said it best when he quoted: "They say money doesn't grow on trees. Well it does now." Rockland City Council members and a number of law enforcement joined in a…
