A monthslong road reconstruction has driven one popular Lehigh Valley restaurant to the brink

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A monthslong road reconstruction has driven one popular Lehigh Valley restaurant to the brink

Pauline Aitcheson’s Cherry’s Caribbean Palace has existed for nearly a decade, an oasis for Jamaican and Caribbean food lovers in the small borough of Freemansburg. Aitcheson, who grew up in Jamaica and moved to the Lehigh Valley about 20 years ago, is a warm presence in the tiny Main Street eatery, even on a recent frigid day. “I love to cook and feed people, and I enjoy their reaction,” said Aitcheson, who goes by the nickname Cherry. “It’s pa…