The Board of Appeals voted 3-1 Wednesday evening to rescind the Select Board's decision not to renew two medical marijuana licenses.
Chair Ernie Souther, Kristine Cyr and Jimi Ferrari voted to renew the licenses while Patty Henges was opposed.
Selectmen at their Aug. 6 meeting voted 3-2 not to renew the licenses for Dana Cummings' DEAT medical marijuana retail store and cultivation facility doing business as Sugar Kush USA. The retail store is on Pleasant Street and the cultivation facility is behind it in the old Primary School building he owns on Baldwin Street. Chair William Kenniston and Selectman Jeffrey Bryant were in favor of renewing the licenses while Selectmen Jim Long, John Barbioni and Bruce Peary were opposed.
Souther said he had watched the Mt. Blue Community Access TV livestream of the Aug. 6 meeting, but couldn't tell why the licenses were denied.
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