🌱 North Fork Daily: Greenport Opts Out Of Marijuana + Shop Small

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

Greenport Village opted out of marijuana sales. Southold Town will hold a hearing on the issue. And small store owners are hoping North Forkers shop locally this holiday season. This weekend, there are a ton of holiday events on the Fork.

First, today's weather:

Partial sunshine. High: 45 Low: 30.

Here are the top stories today in North Fork:

1. Lisa Finn reports that Greenport Village voted to opt out of marijuana sales and Southold Town will hold a public hearing at Town Hall on Dec. 14 at 4:31 p.m. (Patch)
2. The owner of Riverhead's Suffolk Theater wants to build a two-story restaurant on the Peconic River. (Suffolk Times)
3. CBS New York looks at how small business owners in downtown Riverhead are hoping shoppers will shop small this holiday season and not only go to big box chains. (CBS New York)
4. RiverheadLOCAL talks to chef Marco Barrila, who is opening Insatiable Eats Creative Kitchen on East Main Street in Riverhead. He has a catering and events company. (RiverheadLOCAL)
5. An alert has been issued for 13-year-old Angelica Ortiz-Cano who was reported missing on Thursday from her house on Lewis Street in Riverhead. (Daily Voice)

Today in North Fork:

• Greenport's 10th Annual Shellabration to support Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program, noon to 4 p.m., Greenport Village.
• 2021 Rites of Spring Music Festival, Jamesport Meeting House, 5 p.m.
• SAT Test, Greenport UFSD.
• Southold Historical Museum Holiday Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• 2nd Annual North Fork Festival of Trees, Treiber Farms, 38320 County Road 48, Peconic, 10 a.m.
• Country Parlor Holiday Folk Art & Gift Show at Hallockville Museum Farm, 10 a.m.
• North Fork Holiday Shopping Event, North Fork Chamber of Commerce, noon to 6 p.m.
• Village Green Tree Lighting, Cutchogue Village Green, 4:30 p.m.

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• The North Fork Animal Welfare League shows off Bocephus the hound dog, who is at the Riverhead shelter on Church Lane. (Facebook)

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— Jackie

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