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‘We feel like the ugly stepchildren of cannabis.’ Mass. hemp farmers wait in regulatory purgatory Dan Adams © Pat Greenhouse Kathleen Owens, left, and Linda Noel grow hemp at Terrapin Farm in Franklin. When Massachusetts voters approved Question 4 in 2016, they legalized not just marijuana, but also hemp, a variety of cannabis that contains almost none of the high-inducing THC for which its cousin is famous. The fast-growing crop, which can be used to make everything from clothing to lotions to CBD edibles, was heralded as a moneymaker that could help prop up the state�...

lbradstream@timesrepublican.com CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS The Marshall County supervisors appointed Joel Phillips as the new Marshall County Sheriff and Jordan Gaffney as the new Marshall County Attorney during the regular Tuesday meeting. The appointments went into effect immediately. Both positions will be on the November 2022 general election ballot. The Marshall County Board of Supervisors was busy at the regular Tuesday meeting, even though the meeting was relatively short. First, they appointed Joel Phillips as the new Marshall County Sheriff, which took effect immediately. He will serve in t...

Apr 13, 2021 T-R PHOTO BY LANA BRADSTREAM Joel Phillips, chief deputy of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, is familiar with all of the details of the agency. He has served under former sheriffs Steve Hoffman, who resigned on Monday, and Ted Kamatchus. There is a new sheriff in town and it is Joel Phillips. During a regular meeting on Tuesday, the Marshall County Board of Supervisors chose Phillips. The decision was made after Steve Hoffman resigned from the position on March 15, and accepted a job as a chief for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Prior to leaving, Hoffman provided Chi...

NPA, others support CA CBD bill while still advocating for federal solution Yesterday the Natural Products Association testified in favor of a California bill to regulate the CBD trade in that state. NPA and others, however, have reiterated a call for federal legislation that would forestall the growing patchwork quilt of state regulations. The bill, designated as SB-235​​, was introduced in the California Senate on Jan. 19 by Sen.  Ben Allen. The bill is the counterpart of an Assembly bill (AB 45) that was introduced by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry. I...

Retired Akron politician and longtime public servant Ray Kapper died in his sleep at his Florida home over the weekend. "He was like a combination of a second father slash cool, older brother that I never had," said former Mayor Don Plusquellic, who told the Beacon Journal that he visited his old friend last week in Seminole, Florida, near Clearwater. Kapper was born in 1937. He grew up in Akron and was elected to City Council in the 1970s. Then Mayor Tom Sawyer, who had yet to run for Congress, appointed Kapper public service director in 1984. Kapper stayed in that position through the ...