LIVERMORE FALLS — Three men were each being held Saturday on $10,000 cash bail at an Auburn jail after police and drug agents seized about 20 pounds of marijuana, Livermore Falls Lt. Joseph Sage said Saturday. They also seized $3,900 in suspected drug proceeds, he said. Sage and officer Stephen Gould began an investigation Friday […]
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Lewiston School Committee urges voters to reject marijuana legalization
LEWISTON — After considerable debate, the School Committee on Monday evening approved a nonbinding resolution urging Lewiston voters to reject legalizing recreational marijuana Nov. 4. The vote was 5-2, with Chairman Jim Handy, Paul St. Pierre, City Councilor Kristen Cloutier, Tom Shannon and Lewiston High School student representative Sophie Mitchell in favor; Matthew Roy and […]
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Lewiston council sends marijuana vote to the people
LEWISTON — The Lewiston City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to turn the matter of legalizing recreational marijuana use over to local voters. David Boyer, political director for the Maine Marijuana Policy Project, seemed pleased with the ease with which the motion passed through the council without discussion. “I thought there would be some opposition,” […]
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Maine’s U.S. Senate candidates disagree on marijuana legalization
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, doesn’t support making marijuana legal for recreational use at the national level. But in November, Lewiston voters will get a shot at sending a message to Congress and the state Legislature when they vote on a citywide ballot question that would make possession of up to 1½ ounces […]
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Pot wars: Medical marijuana advocates oppose recreational weed for Maine cities
LEWISTON — Advocates for Maine’s medical marijuana caregiver industry said Tuesday they oppose a trio of ballot questions going before voters this year in Lewiston, South Portland and York, seeking to make recreational marijuana use legal for adults under city ordinance. On Tuesday, Paul McCarrier, the legislative liaison for Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine, said […]
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South Portland voters to decide on legalizing marijuana
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — South Portland’s City Council has voted to place a measure on the November ballot that would legalize possession of marijuana. The council voted unanimously Monday night to put the question on the ballot. The measure would make it legal for people 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of […]
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Lewiston to consider pot ballot next month
LEWISTON — Councilors will decide next month if they’ll legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana or leave the matter to voters in November. Tuesday, councilors accepted the signatures from legalization proponents, the Maine Marijuana Policy Project. That group collected more than 859 signatures to put the question before Lewiston voters this year. The change […]
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Lewiston voters may settle legal pot petition in November
LEWISTON — City voters will likely decide in November whether they want to join Portland in sending a message to lawmakers in Augusta and Washington that marijuana should be made legal for adult recreational use. Advocates from the Maine Marijuana Policy Project on Friday met their deadline for turning in 859 signatures from registered Lewiston […]
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Signature drive for legalizing marijuana in Lewiston hits halfway mark
LEWISTON — Advocates hoping to put the question of legal marijuana before Lewiston voters in November are less than halfway to their goal of collecting 859 signatures from registered voters. As of Tuesday, the Maine Marijuana Policy Project had collected 424 signatures, according to Lewiston City Clerk Kathy Montejo. The group has until Aug. 8 […]
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Pot legalization advocates turn in petitions for referendum in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Marijuana advocates turned in 1,521 petition signatures seeking a legalization referendum in South Portland on Monday, marking a key milestone in what may be the Maine effort’s toughest battle yet. While the Marijuana Policy Project and its coalition of supporters faced little in the way of outspoken resistance while campaigning for a […]