Detour for Sandy repairs hurts businesses
Photo credit: Barry Sloan | A section of Superstorm Sandy-damaged West Shore Road between Oyster Bay and Bayville is pictured. (Nov. 28, 2012)
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Bayville's sole gas station has had it rough since Sandy.
Its electricity was out for a week and the station couldn't run its pumps. When power returned, floodwater was found in one of its three fuel tanks.
Now, just yards away, a digital sign and orange construction cones announce the closure of storm-battered West Shore Road for repairs and the disruption of traffic on which area businesses...