<p>Modupe Ruth Ogunlaja Armstead and her husband, Don Armstead, owners of&nbsp;MRO Palace in Elmont, spoke about how they will be using&nbsp;Small Business Saturday to boost their business &mdash;&nbsp;not an easy task for a store where everything is custom-made.</p>


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Modupe Ruth Ogunlaja Armstead and her husband, Don Armstead, owners of MRO Palace in Elmont, spoke about how they will be using Small Business Saturday to boost their business — not an easy task for a store where everything is custom-made.

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