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Phippsburg to decide whether to allow recreational pot stores at town meeting
Residents will also decide whether to allow recreational marijuana cultivation, manufacturing and testing.
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Phippsburg voters will choose whether to allow recreational marijuana retail, manufacturing, testing and cultivation establishments at the annual town meeting on June 12.
Although Mainers voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016, the state requires each municipality to opt-in by drafting and approving their own regulations for recreational marijuana use and business.
“There was no big push from the public to opt in, but as time went on, it seemed more people were wondering why we couldn’t do that,” Planning Board Chair Marie Varian said. “I don’t know what people’s attitudes are. The planning board is neutral and we tried to come up with ordinances that would allow what the state allows.”
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Phippsburg residents donate to erase student meal debt, but experts say school meals should be free after
Although families can apply for a child to receive free or reduced-priced meals based on a family s income and size, universally free school meals would be academically and financially beneficial.
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Phippsburg community members recently banded together to pay off student meal debt at Phippsburg Elementary School, but experts say free school meals for all students would be beneficial for financial, academic and health reasons.
Ann Marie Bartoo, left, and Anna Varian.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture implemented a Modified Summer Food Service Program, which suspends meal costs for the 2020-2021 academic year until Sept. 30 to relieve families of the cost during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the program doesn’t erase student meal debt families accrued prior to the pandemic.
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