The parcel would be sold to nonprofit or a public-private partnership who would use it to build a residential substance abuse treatment facility for veterans.
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Ranked-choice voters submit signatures for ‘people’s veto’ ballot initiative
Maine voters could cast ballots, once again, on ranked-choice voting at the same time they are using the vote-counting process.
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Medical marijuana sales, caregivers and patient numbers decline
Caregivers and dispensary owners blame the ‘gray market’ caused by Maine’s emerging adult-use market for the first decline in the state’s medical marijuana industry since it began nearly 7 years ago.
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LePage taps George Gervais to lead Maine State Housing Authority
Gervais has been with the Department of Economic and Community Development since 2008.
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Maine lawmakers won’t extend moratorium on pot sales, but it’s still not for sale
Absent the state infrastructure to license retail pot, the move will have little impact on towns, a committee co-chair says.
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U.S. Coast Guard abandons efforts to clear midwinter ice on Kennebec River
The ice caused destructive flooding two weeks ago in Hallowell and Augusta.
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Lawmakers advance bill to stop sex offenders from photographing youths, posting images
The legislation is in response to recent case in which a registered sex offender took pictures of young girls in public places in Augusta and posted them online.
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LePage says long-delayed opioid antidote rules don’t need his OK
He appears to be letting the sales guidelines sent to him in August move forward, even though he opposes giving 18-year-olds access to lifesaving naloxone.
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Four pro-solar power protesters arrested at CMP Augusta headquarters
The group of Quakers said it was speaking out against Central Maine Power’s efforts ‘to undermine solar power in Maine.’
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Icebreakers continue working way up Kennebec River
The four U.S. Coast Guard cutters, including a 140-foot vessel, hope to make it up to the bridge in Richmond this weekend after encountering thick ice near Chop Point in Woolwich.