🌱 North Fork Daily: Pop-Up Drive-In Movies + Marijuana Laws

Rise and shine, North Fork! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here are the most important things going on in North Fork today.

Riverhead Town met to discuss issues of recreational marijuana sales, like spots where sales will not be permitted. And a new pop-up drive-in movie series is launching in Greenport.

First, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 41 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories in North Fork today:

1. The Northforker checks out a local drive-in movie event. The Sound View in Greenport is doing a pop-up drive-in movie theater, hosted by Kulture Collective. The Zoom Zoom Drive-In will take place monthly with a curated lineup of eclectic films. "Die Hard" on Friday, Dec. 17 will be the first. (Northforker)

2. Lisa Finn reports from the Town of Riverhead's marijuana advisory committee meeting Tuesday night. The town, which decided not to opt out of recreational marijuana sales, discussed things like "sensitive areas" where sales will not be permitted. (Patch)

3. Looking for gourmet local chocolates to gift this season? Here is a rundown of North Fork chocolate purveyors. (Northforker)

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Today in North Fork:

• NFCC Networking Breakfast, North Fork Chamber of Commerce, 8 a.m.

• Historic Preservation Commission, Town of Southold Meetings, 3 p.m.

• Guided Qigong Meditation, Zoom, 3 p.m.

• Holiday Concert Grades 5 and 6, Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• The North Fork Animal Welfare League found an intact male yellow Labrador on East Main Street in Riverhead. (Facebook)

• Southold Historical Museum has a Winter Wonders Online Art Exhibit & Sale with works from local artists. (Facebook)

• The Greenport Rotary Club will host a French toast breakfast to benefit a family affected by a fire, on Dec. 11. (Facebook)

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— Jackie

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This article originally appeared on the North Fork Patch