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Unease in Thorndike as marijuana business, resident thought their deal was done A motion passed at the Jan. 6 Board of Selectmen meeting to hold a special town meeting on Jan. 16 to vote on a moratorium. Share THORNDIKE — Donald Maxim thought the process of selling his 170 acres of farmland to out-of-state commercial marijuana grower Nova Farms was all but done. This week he learned the transaction is in flux, leaving the business and landowner equally frustrated. Despite the town voting to opt into Maine’s adult-use marijuana policy at an August town meeting, the topic is up for another...

Four years after recreational marijuana sales were approved by Massachusetts voters, Nova Farms LLC opened the first retail pot shop in Attleboro. The shop, located in a renovated jewelry factory, started doing business on May 25, Memorial Day, a little more than three years after the company submitted its first application for a license. Nova Farms initially applied for a “registered marijuana dispensary” license, or RMD, which was to sell medical marijuana. Over the years that changed to recreational pot, but the coronavirus pandemic nearly ruined it. Nova Farms was slated to open...

Updated: 3:50 PM CST December 21, 2020 ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A group of musicians within the Quad Cities area performed a pandemic-friendly rendition of "Sleigh Ride" using talent and technology.  The QCA Virtual Wind Ensemble, which was born out of the coronavirus pandemic, is made up of educators and professional musicians from the area.   Junior high band director Derek Ross put together a virtual performance of "Sleigh Ride." The initial plan was to get 8 or 10 musicians together, but the project ended up with more than 30 musicians.  The performance was recorded and po...

Webber Marketing and Consulting Teams Up with Forward Media Partners to Create and Distribute NBOTB and HBCU Related Programming News provided by Share this article Share this article CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Webber Marketing and Consulting, LLC (WMC), creators of the Cracker Barrel National Battle of the Bands (NBOTB) and the largest marketing agency of record for HBCUs, teams up with Forward Media Partners (FMP) to support the development and distribution of NBOTB and HBCU related programming. Marching Storm at the Cracker Barrel National Battle of the Bands in Houst...