Business
Reporting
Small businesses, the backbone of Long Island and its towns, face greater challenges than ever with the simultaneous rise of ecommerce and taxes. Below is some of my reporting on the people behind those businesses, what they've done, and what these shops mean to the towns. Click on the photo or header for the full story.
Thrift shop to reopen with a new look, more options, but the same mission
For a team of volunteers at the Episcopal Church of Resurrection’s Bargains and Blessings Thrift Shop in Williston Park, reopening on Oct. 7, it has been a longtime “labor of love.”
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“The arrangement, the decor of the place, is completely different from the way it was before,” said Irene Genovese, who has volunteered for the church for decades. “And I just can’t wait until we open.”
