Marijuana

Commission tables cannabis grower’s application

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members, acting as the town’s cannabis control commission, deferred a decision on a cannabis cultivation license application during a special meeting Tuesday morning.
Adam Katz and Arnold Katz, of Papa’s Garden LLC, sought a “mixed cultivator tier 1 small...

Board adopts marijuana dispensary ban ordinance

DOVER - At its meeting on Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard adopted an ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries from the town and regulating the use of medical marijuana. The board also appointed town clerk Andy McLean as interim zoning administrator, and McLean quickly transitioned into the...

Some criminal records could go up in smoke

BRATTLEBORO- State’s Attorney Tracy Shriver will host an expungement clinic in Brattleboro next week.
According to Shriver, the clinic’s aim is to provide Windham County residents with legal help and information about all matters relating to expungement. Expungement, explains Shriver, is a...

Selectboard reviews drafted marijuana ordinance

DOVER - At its meeting on Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard reviewed a draft of an ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries and regulating public use of marijuana. In response to a public comment, each board member expressed why he or she supported signing the ordinance. Several board...

Pot policy panned by public at preview

WILMINGTON- A marijuana ordinance is not land use policy, Wilmington Planning Commission Chair Cheryl LaFlamme told members of the public at the commission’s regular meeting Monday afternoon, and the planning commission will not be the board to review any proposed regulation.
Instead, she...

Survey says: Ban marijuana dispensaries

DOVER - The results of Dover’s marijuana survey were released on Tuesday. Overall, survey responders did not support the prospect of medicinal or recreational marijuana dispensaries being located in the town. What comes next was debated at length at Tuesday’s selectboard meeting.
The...

Wilmington Planning Commission to consider marijuana sales ban

WILMINGTON- Next Monday afternoon, the Wilmington Planning Commission will begin discussions about an ordinance that would ban marijuana dispensaries and the sale of other products, such as CBD oil and even vaping supplies. The discussion will take place at the planning commission’s regular...

Resident questions second-home snub

DOVER - At its meeting Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard decided on language for a survey regarding marijuana dispensaries in the town. The survey will have two questions: whether the town should allow a medical marijuana dispensary, and whether it should allow a recreational marijuana retail...

Scott Mackie is part of a group that seeks to bring a marijuana dispensary to Dover. He is seen here at an information meeting held in March at the Dover Town Hall.

Board to survey voters about dispensary ban

DOVER - At its meeting Tuesday night, the Dover Selectboard was told it could not hold a special Town Meeting for a vote about proposed town ordinances banning marijuana dispensaries. Town clerk Andy McLean said the course of action wouldn’t follow the appropriate procedure for adoption of...