# @newsday on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbv_Zasn423
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68743313-newsday-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/669808b84f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T19:00:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

State appeals court judges have ruled that Riverhead Town went too far when it blocked a cannabis shop from opening because it was too close to a school.

The Second Appellate Division in Brooklyn last week upheld a lower court decision that found Riverhead's Zoning Board of Appeals was wrong last year when it rejected an application by Brian Stark for a variance to open a pot shop on Old Country Road.

Read the full story in the link in bio. (Photo credit: Howard Schnapp)
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#longisland #cannabis #longisland #longislandnews

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