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5 days ago

Product of Maine marijuana chain expanding to Aroostook tests positive for pesticides

A chain of Maine medical marijuana dispensaries that is planning to open a location in Presque Isle was subject of the first-ever patient advisory issued by state cannabis regulators last week after products sold in its Waterville store tested positive for pesticides.  Strains of five concentrates sold by MarijuanaVille, which operates 12 medical dispensaries mostly […]

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4 months ago

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner makes first Aroostook stop

HOULTON, Maine – U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner made his first northern Maine stop in Houlton Saturday, tapping into growing economic frustrations as a way to garner Aroostook County support for his campaign  “Down here we live in a world of material reality. Down here Medicare and Medicaid cuts are not numbers on a spreadsheet, […]

7 months ago

Abrupt end to tax credits brings turbulence to Maine’s heat pump and solar industries

The banner across the website of Assured Solar Energy reads like a flash sale. “Secure Your 30% Clean Energy Credit Before It’s Gone!” That’s because, in a sense, it is. As part of the Republican Party’s sweeping domestic policy bill signed into law on July 4, federal tax credits of 30 percent for residential clean […]

7 months ago

Maine’s homeless shelters get long-awaited emergency funding

Maine’s homeless shelters will split nearly $5 million in one-time emergency funding under a law signed by Gov. Janet Mills last week. LD 698, An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine, will provide $4.47 million for the state’s 40 shelters. Since the remainder of COVID-19 relief funding has evaporated, emergency housing facilities have […]