Lecandice Durham was up past 12:30 a.m. Friday attaching shiny metallic letters to a piece of poster board at her dining room table.
‘Welcome to 250’: Smiles and gratitude as Jefferson Avenue Tops reopens to public
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Myah Durham holds up a message of love at the entrance to the parking lot on the morning of the reopening of the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue.
Friends Mary Dawkins and Davolia Hill came together with Hill's great-granddaughter Khylie Perdue, 2, to help each other with moral support on the morning of the reopening.
Carmen Solomon and Charles Davis, friends from church, embrace after bumping into each other while shopping.
Khylie Perdue, 2, plays with a flower she received as she went shopping with her great-grandmother, Davolia Hill, who came with her friend Mary Dawkins to help each other with moral support on the morning of the reopening of Tops on Jefferson Avenue.
Jalonda Hill, founder and president of Colored Girls Bike Too, speaks out against the reopening of the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue during a protest in front of the store.
Workers from Woodsmith Fence Company remove the chain link fence surrounding the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue, two months after a racist shooting.
Community members say further investments are needed to expand access to food for residents.
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Neighbors who gathered outside the fenced-in parking lot expressed disappointment that the memorial service wasn’t open to the general public.
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“There have been a lot of helping hands here,” said Tops Maintenance Manager Tim Bowen. “There will also be something inside the store, but th…
Mayor Byron Brown initially felt some trepidation as he stepped inside the Tops Friendly Markets grocery store on Jefferson Avenue for the fir…
Mayor Byron Brown said in the next few days, he and Gov. Kathy Hochul will announce plans for a large memorial that would pay tribute to the B…
Renovating the store would allow it to reopen by the end of July, restoring an important food-shopping venue to a neighborhood that has few ot…
