Cannabis

The plaintiffs who successfully challenged Riverhead’s cannabis school setback are now taking aim at the town’s 2,500-foot dispensary rule.

The Riverhead Planning Board voted Thursday to reclassify the Brother Bear Canna site plan as a Type I action under SEQRA, requiring a full environmental assessment form and coordinated review with other agencies before the application can move forward.

An appeals court struck down Riverhead’s 1,000-foot school setback for cannabis dispensaries, but upheld other zoning provisions and left the town’s 2,500-foot separation rule unresolved.

Riverhead planners want more answers on noise from a proposed Calverton cannabis growing facility after residents packed Thursday’s meeting.

Don't assume it's harmless: Law enforcement leaders and addiction treatment providers sounded the alarm about cannabis use.

A new law sets a door-to-door standard for measuring minimum distances required near schools, houses of worship.

Riverhead, Southampton and Brookhaven sued New York, saying state cannabis regulators are illegally overriding local control over where retail marijuana shops can locate.

The Riverhead ZBA last night denied two variance requests from a state-licensed cannabis cultivator needed for an indoor growing operation on Middle Road.

Island Grow met with Riverhead planners on Tuesday to advance plans for two indoor cultivation buildings on preserved farmland.

A ZBA hearing on two variances for a proposed Calverton cannabis greenhouse widened into debate over odors, traffic and code interpretation.