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Dylan Tusinski
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My job is to shed light. Investigative reporter with the @pressherald.com in Portland, Maine.
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I just finished reading “The Gentrification of the Internet” by Jessa Lingel, which speaks to exactly this. Highly recommend

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July 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reselling grow houses gives the Chinese organized crime groups that own them one last chance to profit tens or thousands of dollars even after they've stopped growing cannabis or been raided by police.
At least 40 such properties are on the market across Maine. Many have sold.
June 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The property is one of many single family homes, warehouses and properties previously used to house illegal Chinese cannabis grows put back on the market by realtor Yuli "Lily" Huang, who I've written about previously. www.centralmaine.com/2024/12/12/m...
June 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Police raided the house in 2024, destroyed thousands of pot plants & turned off the power, which has not been turned back on. Photos from a real estate listing show extensive modifications to the building's interior and bunk beds in the workers' sparse living quarters.
June 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Elan School is infamous for having inflicted physical and psychological abuse on 100s of students in the nearly 50 years it operated.
The facility in Parsonsfield was in operation from the mid '70s to late '80s, real estate listings indicate, before a Chinese man from NH bought it in 2021.
June 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM