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A 22-year-old King Island fisherman receives suspended jail term and fine for reckless driving that a Burnie magistrate branded "stupid" and "appalling".

The Royal Australian Air Force and Japanese Air Self Defence Force recently trained together at Exercise Bushido Guardian in Japan. This was the first time RAAF F-35A Lightning IIs travelled to Japan as part of the biennial exercise and is the first implementation of a Reciprocal Access Agreement between Japan and Australia last month. 

Theory Wellness is the first recreational cannabis shop opening in Kittery, Maines southernmost town.

The owner of a local cannabis business, who did not win the right to apply for a license, says people gamed the system and has threatened to sue the town. Meanwhile, the Maine attorney general is investigating whether the lottery was illegal.

Sweet Dirt, headquartered in Eliot, submitted 12 entries to the Kittery retail marijuana business license lottery in October but was not selected.

KITTERY, Maine - Local medical marijuana providers are speaking loud and clear - a potential Kittery retail marijuana ordinance could burn their business prospects should it be adopted. “The existing medical marijuana home businesses are locally-owned, locally-funded and locally staffed,” said Clay Wyman, a self-described "caregiver" at Southern Maine Apothecary at 114 State Road. “In contrast, the recreational marijuana market is dominated by large national and multinational compa...