The South Portland City Council will discuss capping the number of marijuana-related business licenses at a workshop next month.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster
Sifting through retail pot applications ‘long process’
Several of the applicants propose stores that are too close together, meaning those who score highest on the scoring rubric would get the license.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
State licenses 2 more recreational cannabis stores, first manufacturing facility
The approval of stores in South Portland and Newry gives Maine a total of 5 retail outlets to date that will be allowed to open as of Oct. 9.
Posted inNation & World
With 7 dead, California pot ranch is tied to organized crime
Authorities say an illegal marijuana growing operation where seven people were fatally shot had the markings of organized crime.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
State issues Bangor’s first adult-use cannabis licenses
Bangor gets its first adult-use grower, Allure Cultivation, and will see a medical marijuana shop, Firestorm, convert to recreational sales on Oct. 1.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine approves adult-use cannabis stores in South Portland, Northport
The approvals were among 6 recreational cannabis licenses the state awarded Tuesday for retailers, growers and testing labs, but consumer sales won’t begin until Oct. 9.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Portland announces 38 applications for 20 recreational cannabis shop licenses
Four of the 38 applicants are seeking city approval to operate medical cannabis shops; the rest would sell recreational marijuana.
Posted inTimes Record, Uncategorized
Council revises retail marijuana rules after accidentally prohibiting business
Councilors Kathy Wilson and Dan Ankeles expressed an interest in seeing if the rules further relaxed, allowing the sale of marijuana beyond the town’s industrial zones.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
Portland likely to miss out on Maine’s first adult-use marijuana sales
A federal judge put the city’s retail license scoring system on hold after concluding its residency preference was probably unconstitutional.
Posted inTimes Record, Uncategorized
Brunswick council considering changes to marijuana rules because current standards make retail impossible
As written, the conditional use ordinances effectively prohibit any retail marijuana in town, even in the places it’s supposed to be allowed.