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Business News: Local Book Sellers Make Holiday Recommendations

Also, Greenport names a new taco-eating champ.

Here’s a look at some of the top business stories that made headlines in and around your community over the past week.

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After their first year in their new location, the team at GROUNDWORKS @ HRENS in East Hampton is sharing the holiday season with the community with an open house this weekend.

Earlier this year, Kim Hren, Linda Silich, and Andy Silich, Linda's husband, moved their design landscape firm to the former Jos. A. Hren Nursery at 530 Montauk Highway that was in Hren's family for 70 years. They expanded their business to include a garden center, where they are selling Christmas trees, wreaths, and Poinsettias for the first holiday season in their new home. The new gift shop is jam packed with items, from Christmas ornaments to candles, and picture frames to gardening tools, so you are sure to find a gift for everyone on your list.

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Just in time for the holidays Christmas Tree Shops and That! has opened its doors on Route 58 in Riverhead.

The store will offer bargains year-round, according to store reps, including seasonal items, home furnishings, housewares, food, gifts, and paper goods. Special holiday store hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

North Fork

New Taco Champ Crowned in Greenport

With a bulging buffet of food challenges tempting those with voracious appetites nationwide, Greenport now has its own entry, a weekly taco-eating contest.

According to Marc LaMaina, owner of Lucharitos, where the contest is held every Tuesday on $2 taco day, contestants "have to eat as many as they can. The record right now is held by the champ Kyle Fiasconaro of Greenport, with 15 tacos eaten in one sitting."

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

Local Bookshop: Hot Books This Holiday Season

If you are looking to give a book as a gift this season, look no further. Books and Books of Westhampton Beach has provided the following list of fiction, non-fiction and children's books that are recommended by staffers. Books are available in hard cover, soft cover and for e-readers.



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