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All it took was a little marijuana to lift this Canadian town's spirits. Smiths Falls, Ontario -- population 8,885 -- is seeing a revival of fortunes since medical marijuana producer Tweed Inc. set up shop four years ago in an abandoned Hershey Co. chocolate factory. The company, since...

Smiths Falls, Ontario – population 8,885 – is seeing a revival of fortunes since medical marijuana producer Tweed Inc. set up shop four years ago in an abandoned Hershey Co. chocolate factory. The company, since renamed Canopy Growth Corp., has become the world's largest publicly traded cannabis...

If and when marijuana is legalized in New Jersey, there will be at least one town where it won't be sold. The Point Pleasant Beach borough council has unanimously approved a full ban on marijuana sales, including both medical marijuana dispensaries and any retail business looking to sell...

Town officials have appealed to the community for help regulating potential recreational marijuana dispensaries in Hudson. Residents and local business representatives responded with mixed feelings during a listening session Dec. 13. Having voted in favor of legalization on last year's ballot...

Town officials were willing to see a recreational marijuana operation move into town, but there was just one problem. There was no zone on the books for such a business. So, the town has proposed an industrial service zone, which will be taken up by voters at a special town meeting Dec. 28...

Brookline officials are asking residents whether the town should ban recreational marijuana shops as part of an online survey. Officials rolled out the three-question survey earlier this month to get public input as they develop local rules to govern recreational marijuana retailers. In...

While communities across Berkshire County are delaying the advent of marijuana businesses, Williamstown is getting ready for recreational sales on day one. That is, provided the town doesn't ban them. Williamstown recently approved zoning bylaws that regulate where pot shops could open, a...

Town meeting representatives next month will consider changing where medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed in Lee. The bylaw amendment would allow medical dispensaries in three of the municipality's eight zoning districts: rural business, industrial and Office Park and Light Industrial...

Old Orchard Beach residents can voice their opinion on Dec.19 on a proposed ordinance that would prohibit retail marijuana establishments in town. The Town Council will hold a public hearing during its meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The proposed ordinance would prohibit retail...

Voters at a special Town Meeting Wednesday approved two marijuana-related moratoriums, and a zoning change governing business directional signs. The 45-minute gathering, held at the Topsham Public Library, drew just 21 voters – 0.3 percent of the town’s registered voting population, according...

Town officials have begun drafting proposals to place before voters at Town Meeting next May that would regulate — or possibly prohibit — the operation of recreational marijuana shops in Sudbury. The Planning Board is aiming to decide on a way forward by early 2018, allowing time to place an...

East Longmeadow's Town Council quietly approved a zoning bylaw that effectively bans recreational marijuana in town. After a brief public hearing, at which no one from the public stepped forward to speak in favor or against the zoning amendment, councilors unanimously passed the new zoning...

Selectmen on Monday broached talk of a marijuana overlay district to be located in South Uxbridge, but refrained from taking action until draft regulations are released by the state Cannabis Control Commission in December. Final regulations are due out in March and licenses would start to be...

Voters in April will decide whether recreational marijuana businesses should be banned in town. The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted 3-2 to include the referendum question in next April's town election. Selectman John Carroll -- who has frequently spoken out against allowing retail...

Mayor Joseph Sullivan favors a ban on retail establishments for recreational marijuana but wants the town to wait a year before deciding on production facilities. Sullivan had submitted a proposal to the town council last month which would ban retail sales and production of recreational...

Residents at Monday's fall town meeting approved a ban on recreational marijuana businesses. They also merged special districts for medicinal marijuana and adult entertainment businesses. A total of 82 voters turned out to the meeting at the high school, which only lasted about an hour...

Marijuana will be banned from all town land after special town meeting voters decided Tuesday to amend the general bylaws. All consumption of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, will be banned anywhere in town alcohol consumption is already banned...

Voters in the Town of Ludlow have approved two amendments -- one to the general bylaws, the other to the zoning bylaws -- to permanently prohibit retail marijuana or cultivation facilities from setting up shop in this community of 21,000 residents. The votes took place at the special town...

The town has joined several nearby communities in banning facilities that would sell recreational marijuana. Without any discussion at Tuesday's Special Town Meeting, voters passed Articles 14 and 15 on the Town Meeting Warrant, which proposed the ban on marijuana facilities. The articles...

At its Special Town Meeting Tuesday night, Longmeadow may join more than 100 communities across the Commonwealth in banning or limiting the sale of recreational marijuana within its borders. The 19-article Town Meeting Warrant, upon which Longmeadow residents will vote tonight beginning at 7...