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Rita Van Alstyne R.H. Van Alstyne Fine Jewelry You opened R.H. Van Alstyne Fine Jewelry in 1990. What inspired you to open your own business? There was a paucity of female-owned jewelry stores in my area. It’s mostly women who wear jewelry, and I felt that...
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Michael Richman Ta-da! Tell us how Ta-da! started and what inspired you to open a novelty store? I originally started out working for my father’s store, Pearl Grant Richmans. I put in a little kids’ department there and watched it grow and grow. It was like a...
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Jared Nekos Nekos-Dedrick’s Pharmacy, Dedrick’s Pharmacy and Hazard’s Pharmacy You independently own a few pharmacies in the state. Which pharmacies? Dedrick’s Pharmacy in New Paltz, I bought in 2018. Nekos-Dedrick’s in Kingston was...
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Joseph Stern Boro Rug & Carpet Warehouse Tell us the history of Boro Rug & Carpet Warehouse. How did you get involved with the business? My father, Herman Stern, started his first company after the war. He’s 98 years old, and a Holocaust survivor. He started...
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