06.02.2015 Government Town Board passes on support of medical marijuana facility The Riverhead Town Board declined to offer a resolution in support of a Baiting Hollow farmer’s application to grow medical marijuana on land on Edwards Avenue. The issue was...
12.21.2014 Government Is a marijuana distribution center in the North Fork’s future? While it is not likely to take effect until 2016, New York State is one step closer to allowing patients access to medical marijuana, and that could open the...
12.12.2014 Police Police may soon be armed with marijuana breath test Six months after New York State lawmakers voted to legalize marijuana use for medicinal purposes — and as pot laws become more relaxed across the U.S. — the availability...
07.13.2014 Police Cops: Driver arrested on drug charges in Flanders A 29-year-old Wheatley Heights woman was arrested on drug charges after she was stopped by police on Flanders Road in Flanders early Sunday morning, Southampton Town police said.
04.14.2014 Police Cops: car passenger caught with 2.5 pounds of marijuana A passenger in a car stopped for a traffic violation ended up being arrested Saturday with 2.5 pounds of marijuana, according to Southampton Town police. Adelfri Calderon-Rojas, 24, of...
01.17.2014 Government Medical marijuana pitch raises concerns, questions Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement of plans to launch a pilot medical marijuana research program came as encouraging news to some but worried others, with both sides seeing it as...
01.09.2014 Editorials Editorial: It’s time New York State revisits marijuana laws In his State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans to make marijuana available in 20 New York hospitals for patients with cancer, glaucoma and other...
11.14.2013 Police Feds investigate box of weed shipped from Cali to Riverhead A box of weed shipped from California was intercepted at the Riverhead Post Office last week, postal service officials confirmed Wednesday. The package was pulled out of the mail at...