Holley honors Sabir Khan for his service to community
Khan ran Holley Pharmacy, now working with developer to bring in Dollar General with groceries
HOLLEY – Holley Mayor Mark Bower, left, presents the Mayor Vaughn Award to Sabir Khan during Tuesday’s Village Board meeting. In back are village trustees Rochelle Moroz and Jessica MacClaren. Khan is the sixth recipient of the award which was started by Holley’s mayor from 1976 to 1982.
Khan retired as a pharmacist and owner of Holley Pharmacy in 2014 after nearly 30 years in the village. He has continued to own the building for the former Jubilee and Save-A-Lot grocery store and is close to selling it to Dollar General’s real estate company. The deal is expected to close this month and would bring a DG Market to Holley. Those stores are Dollar Generals with fresh produce and more grocery items.
Mayor Bower said Khan is being recognized by the village for his long-term commitment to the community.
“He has always kept the best interests of Holley at heart,” Bower said.
Khan came to Holley in 1985, preferring to own his own business in a smaller community. He had worked for a large pharmacy chain in Binghamton, Batavia and then in Rochester.
In Holley, he expanded the pharmacy to deliveries, including local customers in the Holley and Kendall area. He would expand that to serving nursing home and healthcare sites. He had drivers in four vans delivering scripts from Medina to Palmyra.
Khan sold the Holley Pharmacy to Luke Miller in 2014. Miller started with Khan at age 16, stocking shelves and cleaning. He eventually became a pharmacist and owner of the business.
“He took me in at 16, gave me a job and taught me everything I know about pharmacy,” Miller said.
Miller sold the pharmacy in 2021 to CDS Life Transitions. He remains the manager.
Khan said he is grateful to the Holley community for making the pharmacy a success and for trusting him for so many years.
“I feel blessed that this town has been so good to me,” he said.
Khan lives in Brockport but spends the winters in Florida.