In Red Hook, Fairway Reopening Seen as Post-Sandy Milestone Slideshow

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Fairway in Red Hook opens March 1 after Sandy caused $14 million worth of damage and shuttered the neighborhood mainstay.

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The newly reopened Fairway in Red Hook is housed in a Civil War-era bulding.

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Dozens arrived early at the reopening of the Fairway in Red Hook four months after Sandy shuttered the supermarket.

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The aisles at the Fairway are wider and less cluttered than the previous store that was damaged by Sandy.

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The first items purchased at the new Fairway in Red Hook were a box of cereal for Senator Charles Schumer and a bagel for Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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Fairway in Red Hook claims to carry more than 600 kinds of cheese.

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All new shopping carts at the Fairway in Red Hook on March 1 opening day, months after Sandy walloped the neighborhood.