State approves first pot shop for Brookhaven Town, where Beleaf Medford plans winter opening

Brookhaven is one of only four Long Island towns to opt into the state's effort to legalize recreational marijuana. The others — Babylon, Riverhead and Southampton — have approved a total of six stores.

The stores are potentially lucrative for the towns: Babylon has collected more than $1.8 million from a special state sales tax from its first two East Farmingdale pot shops, officials said in September.

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