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Southwest Harbor Puts Moratorium on Tobacco Specialty Stores on November 4 Ballot Moving Forward With Potential Ban of the Sale of Intoxicating Hemp-Derived Products Best MOunt Desert Island Local News
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Southwest Harbor Puts Moratorium on Tobacco Specialty Stores on November 4 Ballot

Moving Forward With Potential Ban of the Sale of Intoxicating Hemp-Derived Products Carrie Jones Aug 13, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The town of Southwest Harbor, August 12, placed an ordinance on a moratorium on tobacco stores on the November 4 ballot and moved forward with another measure on potentially intoxicating hemp-derived products with chemically derived … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Puts Moratorium on Tobacco Specialty Stores on November 4 Ballot

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Hemp-Derived THC Drinks Face Potential Problems in Southwest Harbor Intoxicating Hemp Products Could be Subject to Moratoriums in Southwest Harbor and other MDI Region Towns
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Hemp-Derived THC Drinks Face Potential Problems in Southwest Harbor

Intoxicating Hemp Products Could be Subject to Moratoriums in Southwest Harbor and other MDI Region Towns Carrie Jones Jul 23, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Right now, if you go to a convenience store or restaurant in Hancock County, you can buy a drink that contains hemp-derived THC, and at least one of those drinks says that it … Continue reading Hemp-Derived THC Drinks Face Potential Problems in Southwest Harbor

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Retail Recreational Marijuana on Trenton's Agenda: Will it Bloom or Wither?
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Retail Recreational Marijuana on Trenton’s Agenda: Will it Bloom or Wither?

Carrie Jones Nov 29, 2024 Share TRENTON—Retail marijuana may be coming to Trenton if a proposed ordinance initiated by some of the town’s residents passes the voters at either the Trenton town meeting in May or a special town meeting prior to that. Ellis and Carole Batson gathered 122 signatures of Trenton voters and brought the ordinance to the town office on November 8. This … Continue reading Retail Recreational Marijuana on Trenton’s Agenda: Will it Bloom or Wither?

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Split Warrant Committee Recommends Adopting Ordinances That Would Allow and License Retail Marijuana in Bar Harbor

Voters Will Decide Fate Again In November BAR HARBOR—In two consistent 9-6 votes, the Bar Harbor Warrant Committee at its September 1 meeting in Bar Harbor’s municipal building recommended that in November voters adopt changes to the town’s land use ordinance that would allow marijuana retail stores in downtown Bar Harbor and license them. Those changes came via a citizens’ petition. Another citizens’ petition concerning … Continue reading Split Warrant Committee Recommends Adopting Ordinances That Would Allow and License Retail Marijuana in Bar Harbor

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Warrant Committee Has A Lot To Deliberate About

Bar Harbor’s committee takes on cruise ships, pot, two-thirds amendment and historic properties Thursday night Carrie Jones 5 min ago BAR HARBOR—The 15-member Warrant Committee will met in the Bar Harbor Municipal Building’s Council Chambers at 7 p.m. to deliberate and create recommendations for five pending November ballot articles. Voters have final say on these articles, but when they read the ballot, they will see … Continue reading Warrant Committee Has A Lot To Deliberate About

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Weeding Through The Process

Warrant Committee hears presentations about retail marijuana proposal, potential two-thirds majority rule change, and historic properties BAR HARBOR—At the August 23 Bar Harbor Warrant Committee meeting, members heard a little bit more about the proposed amendment to change the two-thirds-majority rule for certain land use ordinance changes and also about adult-use marijuana retail stores. The committee will deliberate on these issues as well as changes … Continue reading Weeding Through The Process

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FLOWER TO THE PEOPLE

VOTERS WILL AGAIN DECIDE THE FATE OF ADULT USE MARIJUANA RETAIL STORES IN BAR HARBOR BAR HARBOR—A request to change the town’s land use ordinance to allow adult-use retail  marijuana stores in Bar Harbor is bouncing back to the voters in November. The citizen’s petition to amend the land use ordinance amendment allowing retail marijuana stores in four/five districts in town passed unanimously in the … Continue reading FLOWER TO THE PEOPLE

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Marijuana, cruise ships and two-thirds majority rule on town council’s agenda

Bar Harbor councilors have busy August 16 meeting BAR HARBOR—Marijuana. Cruise ships. Two-thirds majority rules? Oh my. It may not be quite like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, but the Bar Harbor Town Council has a lot to focus on at its upcoming August 16 meeting, which begins at 7 P.M. at the town’s municipal building on Cottage Street. There will be public hearings on … Continue reading Marijuana, cruise ships and two-thirds majority rule on town council’s agenda

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