Marijuana

The proposed advisory committee will help the town craft policy on where retail marijuana dispensaries and cafés can be located and their hours of operation.

Riverhead Town looks to Riverhead CAP Youth Coalition for assistance to help prevent marijuana use by the community's youth.

A local law that would have banned retail marijuana sales and use in the Town of Riverhead failed to gain support of a majority of the Riverhead Town Board today.

A majority of the Riverhead Town Board said they will vote against the proposed ban on marijuana dispensaries and lounges.

Residents spoke out on both sides of the issue at a public hearing on a proposed local law to opt out of legal marijuana sales in the Town of Riverhead.

The proposed local law would prohibit the retail sale of marijuana and the operation of marijuana cafés in Riverhead.

The town board will vote on Wednesday on a resolution scheduling a June 15 hearing on a proposed...

Riverhead Town's online survey about marijuana retail sales and lounges had 1,408 people respond, according to the published results. Here's what people said.

Columbia Care, one of the country's largest marijuana growers and operators of medical marijuana dispensaries, has purchased a 34-acre farm and greenhouse facility in Riverhead for $42.5 million.

The Riverhead Community Awareness Program is not recommending that Riverhead Town opt-out of allowing retail marijuana sales and on-premises consumption. CAP representatives didn’t make a recommendation either way on the opt-out question when they met with the town board yesterday. Instead, they outlined steps the town should take to prevent and reduce youth access to marijuana — as well as alcohol and tobacco.