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Resetting Expectations
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AUGUST 19 - 25, 2021
Covid vaccines available for county workers want to make it even easier for those who have not been vaccinated.” David Pitti, a Nassau County At first, Pitti said, he didn’t facilities and plumbing employ- know what to expect and hesitatee for 32 years, received his first ed to get the vaccine. After seedose of the Moderna Covid-19 ing the hospitalization rate shoot vaccine at the county legislative up, he changed his mind. building on Aug. 5. “Now feels like He was the first the right time to do employee to be vacit,” he said, “for the cinated as part of safety of myself and the county’s new for the safety of othvaccination proers.” gram. While Pitti County Legislareceived his first tor Tom McKevitt, a vaccine dose at a Re publican from room on the second East Meadow, said floor of the legislavaccinating as many tive building, two people as possible is other county workthe way to end the ers waited their pandemic. “You just tur ns. The room, want to go and try DAVID PITTI transformed into a new areas around Nassau County clinic, had individuthe county, as cen- employee al pods that were tral as possible. That divided with privacy way we can make it shields for employconvenient,” he said. “We’re ees to receive their doses. doing everything we can.” Curran said she moved forThe program aims to vacci- ward with the idea after seeing nate more county employees and Covid-19 cases rise with the their families by offering the emerging delta variant. va c c i n e at c o u n t y bu i l d “The delta variant of the ings. “While many of our coronavirus is much more contaemployees are vaccinated,” said gious, and we are seeing an County Executive Laura Curran, uptick in cases, and we’re also a Democrat from Baldwin, “we CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
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DIGNITARIES PRESSED THE button launching a new FM signal into the airwaves at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
New FM signal added to Nassau radio station By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com
Nassau County music lovers who enjoy the sounds of the ’60s and ’70s can now listen to it 24 hours a day. 1100AM WHLI, the wellknown oldies station, launched a 24-hour FM music station Aug. 10. Owned and operated by Connoisseur Media Long Island, the new FM station, 104.7, will continue to play oldies tunes enjoyed on the AM station,
1100 AM, which winds down its programming each day at sundown. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran was there at the FM station’s launch, held at Eisenhower Park. “This is the first time since 1952 that there has been a new FM radio station here in Nassau County,” Curran said. “So, this is really history that we’re announcing today.” Ninety-one percent of adults listen to the radio at least once a week, she said, noting,
“It’s the way most people connect and get their information.” “Connoisseur Media and WHLI have a rich history in Hempstead as one of Long Island’s longest-running radio stations, having served the area for nearly 75 years,” said State Sen. Kevin Thomas, who represents East Meadow. “I was excited to join County Executive Laura Curran and other local officials along CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
ow feels like the right time to do it, for the safety of myself and for the safety of others.