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Seaford bakery among businesses feeling storm aftermath

Quick ReadFehn's Cake and Cookie Shop lost power in the nor'easter that ripped Long Island this past weekend. Despite owner Kathy Fehn's pleading phone calls, the power has not returned and her crisis costs are mounting. Her business is not alone.

Kathy Fehn, owner of Fehn's Cake and Cookie

Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile | Kathy Fehn, owner of Fehn's Cake and Cookie Shop in Seaford, holds a pan of dough she will have to throw out, Wednesday. Fehn has not had electricity in the bakery since the storm on Saturday. (March 17, 2010)

At Fehn's Cake and Cookie Shop in Seaford, shelves usually filled with fresh soda bread and rye bread for St. Patrick's Day were sparsely stocked Wednesday.

The bakery, at 3659 E. Merrick Rd., lost its main electric power feed during Saturday's storm, and industrial-sized dough mixers and freezers have been idle since.

Business owner Kathy Fehn, 49, of Levittown, said she had made repeated...

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