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By MAX BOWEN

November 2018 was a momentous time for Massachusetts. That’s when the state officially opened the retail marijuana business, some two years after voters said they were cool with recreational cannabis sales by overwhelmingly approving a ballot...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL 

NORTHAMPTON — A planned Community Resilience Hub in the works since 2019 may finally have a building to host it.Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra announced Friday that the city has executed an option to purchase the former First Baptist Church building,...

By BERA DUNAU

NORTHAMPTON — Cafe Balagan, the Main Street coffee shop associated with the Balagan Cannabis dispensary next door, is opening its doors for late-night service beginning Friday.Rachael Workman, one of the owners of Cafe Balagan and Balagan Cannabis,...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — A cannabis business which runs the dispensary Holyoke Cannabis at 380 Dwight St. is suing its landlord in a dispute over how deliveries are made to the building.In the lawsuit, Holyoke 420 LLC has alleges that Holyoke-based AACO Realty Corp....

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Cannabis consumers have access to another adult-use retail shop on Northampton Street as Fyre Ants has officially opened its doors in a former car dealership.The city’s fifth cannabis retailer to open for business marked the occasion...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — A marijuana cultivation and manufacturing facility located in Monson and owned by cannabis giant Holistic Industries experienced a widespread mold infestation earlier this year, according to documents reviewed by the Gazette.An...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — The Paper City continues to draw attention from cannabis companies embracing the city’s new status as “Rolling Paper City.” Earlier this month, Colebrook Realty Services announced that the national cannabis grower and retailer Green Thumb...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

MONSON — The roar of ventilation fans filled a massive, brightly lit grow room on Friday as Matt Iarussi walked down a narrow path, pungent plants with names like Tropicanna Haze and Limefire Skunk surrounding him.“Consistency is the key,” Iarussi...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — A small crowd gathered on Ladd Avenue Tuesday afternoon to welcome a new occupant to the neighborhood’s empty, former gun-manufacturing facility: a marijuana cultivator.“It has been years in the making,” said Charlotte Hanna, founder of...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — New England Treatment Access, the Massachusetts marijuana company whose Northampton store was one of the state’s first two recreational dispensaries, has been sold to a cannabis company with a growing national footprint.Surterra...

By SARAH GARDNER

NORTHAMPTON — No community in Hampshire or Franklin counties would be allowed to ban recreational marijuana facilities without an affirmative vote by referendum.A bill approved by the Legislature last week and awaiting Gov. Charlie Baker’s signature...

By Evan Halper and Lauren Rosenblatt

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s attack on legal marijuana, already stymied by large states determined not to roll back the clock, is increasingly confronting an even more politically potent adversary: military veterans.Frustrated by federal...

By AMANDA DRANE

BOSTON — Approving changes that legislators say maintain the spirit of the voter-approved law, the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Thursday proposing amendments to the state’s recreational marijuana legislation.Much of the pre-vote discussion...

By MORGAN HUGHES

NORTHAMPTON — More than 15,000 people celebrated cannabis at the 26th annual Extravaganja on Saturday, the first time the event has been held since Massachusetts voted to legalize the weed.In years past, the event has served as a political rally for...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON – Extravaganja will be an adult affair this year as organizers make it an 18-plus event in the face of concerns from the city.Just after 5 p.m. Friday, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Cannabis Reform Coalition posted a statement on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Legal sale of marijuana remains more than a year away, but Amherst officials may consider drafting a series of articles for fall Town Meeting that could provide more local control, including where dispensaries are located and how many can be...

By Mina Corpuz

BOSTON — Conflicting proposals from state lawmakers to implement the recreational marijuana law voters passed last fall has left Massachusetts cities and towns struggling to cope with confusion, and calls into question whether the regulated industry...

By SCOTT MERZBACH and CAITLIN ASHWORTH

Officials and residents across the Valley are taking steps to gain control of the way the legalization of marijuana plays out in their communities.Prompted by the possibility that the new law could increase public safety calls and create numerous...