Target’s first store in the Hamptons is open, filling a space vacated by the last full-size Kmart in the continental United States two years ago. Kmart’s exit left the Hamptons without a big-box store, with the closest Walmart to that formerly vacant space being nearly 25 miles away in Riverhead. Before the Bridgehampton Target's opening this week, that retailer's closest store was about 23 miles away, also in Riverhead. Southampton officials and residents are now hoping Target fulfills some communities’ needs for clothes, health and beauty products, household goods and groceries under one roof. Read more at the link in bio. (Photo: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.) . . . #longisland #longislandny #suffolkcounty #hamptons #target