Taunton Gazette: Taunton puts finishing touches on Lights On preparations
The 105th Lighting of the Green along with the Lights On Festival will take place on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 3-8 p.m. in downtown Taunton. This family fun event is an annual community celebration featuring live entertainment, kids activities, fireworks, and a magical display of holiday lights on historic Taunton Green. Some sites require buttons for admission. Buttons are $5 and kids 12 and under do not need a button. Money raised from the button sales help fund the performers at the event. Visit www.lightsonfestival.org for more information.
Commonwealth Alternative Care is a proud sponsor of this event.
ABC 6 WLNE-TV: Taunton medical marijuana dispensary aims to get its recreational license
CAC is just one of three stores in Massachusetts under the multi-national cannabis company, TILT. The other locations will be in Brockton and Cambridge.
"If you look at the numbers coming out of places like Colorado and California, the transition from medical to recreational, you tend to see a 10-15 percent increase in demand when you make it accessible to anybody 21 and older," said TILT CEO Alex Coleman.
If all goes well, Coleman said CAC will have their license to sell recreational marijuana by January. To meet the high demand, they're expecting to fill 225 jobs at the Taunton facility.
"For any municipality that's accepting of cannabis companies, it means jobs, it means tax revenue."
Marijuana isn't only sold at CAC to medical marijuana users, it's also grown there. The facility, that started selling in July, has nearly 20,000 plants in its cultivation processing manufacturing center.
Taunton Gazette: City Council says yes to Taunton marijuana facility expansion
The medical marijuana facility on Mozzone Boulevard has been open to the public for less than two months. But it’s already taking the next step in terms of growth and expansion.
The nonprofit group that developed and operates the hybrid cultivation-and-retail operation — a registered medical-marijuana dispensary known as Commonwealth Alternative Care Inc. — was granted, by vote of the Taunton City Council, a special permit Tuesday night to expand operations by 80,000 square feet.
Make Cannabis Infused Mashed Potatoes for Thanksgiving!
Marijuana Infused Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Photo by VeselovaElena/iStock / Getty Images
Ingredients:
6 potatoes (peeled and quartered)
½ cup of milk
3 tablespoons of melted butter
1 teaspoon of salt
ONE Fills (Recommended dose: 0.1 mL)
Directions:
1. Place potatoes in a large pot and cover them with water.
2. Cover pot and bring to a boil (15-20 minutes, until very tender)
3. Drain water from pot and return potatoes to the pot.
4. Mix measured out ONE Fills dosage and melted butter together.
5. Combine butter, milk and salt with potatoes and mash until fluffy and light.
6. Enjoy!