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East End businesses not too worried about Hurricane Earl
Photo credit: Doug Kuntz | Franklin Ferguson, co-owner of Navy Beach restaurant on Gardiner's Bay in Montauk, said reservations for Friday night sharply dropped off. Hurricane Earl is expected to hit 100 miles east from Montauk Friday. (Sept. 2, 2010)
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About 20 percent of the guests with reservations Friday night at the Dune Deck Beach Resort in Westhampton Beach - located right on the dunes, with a panoramic Atlantic view - won't be checking in, and about half the restaurant's parties have canceled.
But as of early Thursday afternoon, other East End hoteliers said very few guests had expressed concern over Earl's expected pass-by of Long...
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