Recreational pot shops in South Berwick, Maine hit neighbor opposition
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine – A proposal to allow recreational marijuana retail stores in all of the town's zoning districts sparked outcry Wednesday from several South Berwick residents. During a public hearing, the Town Council was presented with a five-page memorandum from the town Planning Board stating the board's opinion and recommendations for this proposed ordinance change. Eric Bergendahl, who owns medical marijuana dispensary Nature’s Miracle on Ogunquit Road, submitted two petitions that collected enough signatures to put forward a referendum on the community's June 2021 bal...