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Westhampton Beach Business Owners Are Coping With First Effects Of Main Street Construction

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Westhampton Beach Main Street is currently closed to traffic while improvements are underway.

Westhampton Beach Main Street is currently closed to traffic while improvements are underway.

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Signs behind Main Street guiding residents and vistors to alternate entrances. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Signs behind Main Street guiding residents and vistors to alternate entrances. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Local businesses remain open during the reconstruction of Main Street. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Local businesses remain open during the reconstruction of Main Street. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Shock closes its doors. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Shock closes its doors. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Inside Shock. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Inside Shock. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Beach Bakery & Grand Cafe, Westhampton Beach. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Beach Bakery & Grand Cafe, Westhampton Beach. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Elyse Richman, owner of Shock. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Elyse Richman, owner of Shock. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Lynne Jones, owner of Lynne's Cards & Gifts. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Lynne Jones, owner of Lynne's Cards & Gifts. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Barry Bernstein, co-owner of Salt & Loft. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Barry Bernstein, co-owner of Salt & Loft. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Sidewalks remain open during the construction. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Sidewalks remain open during the construction. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Sidewalks remain open during the construction. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Sidewalks remain open during the construction. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Sidewalks remain open during the construction. RACHEL VALDESPINO

Sidewalks remain open during the construction. RACHEL VALDESPINO

authorAnisah Abdullah on Sep 27, 2019
Westhampton Beach clothing store owner Elyse Richman was forced to relocate Shock, her 33-year-old Main Street shop, because the building she was renting a space in was about to be... more

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