Jul 26, 2014

New Retail Shop, Port MA, Brings ‘Classic’ Clothes to Main Street, NorthamptonBy Hannah WulkanGazetteNet.com

Northampton, MA – Springfield native Benjamin Glushein, 36, achieved a long-held dream to own his own boutique when he opened Port MA at 202 Main St. July 13. He took a circuitous route to get here, but that makes reaching his goal all the sweeter.

“Like an art process you plan for some things, as one thing happens it leads to another, things that you didn’t expect would happen, but it kind of worked out,” said Glushein as he took a break from stocking the store to talk to a reporter the week before the shop opened. Glushein,the store’s sole employee, lives in East Longmeadow.

After buying a pair of flip-flops at the store last week, customer Betsey Johnson of Amherst said she welcomes the new store because in her view Northampton could use more clothing stores along Main Street.

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