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vol. 23 No. 29
JUlY 15 - 21, 2021
Sprucing up Franklin Square Civic association decorates community with American flags let. Civic association Treasurer Frank Culmone said that the committee’s goal was not to The Franklin revamp the downSquare Civic Assotown area, but rathciation’s Spruce Up er to decorate the the Square Commain thoroughfares mittee displayed 20 in the area, such as A m e r i c a n fl a g s Hempstead Tur nalong Hempstead pike. “To get that Tur npike in the done is a major leadup to the for t,” Culmone FRaNK CUlMoNe ef Fourth of July in added. an effort to make Treasurer, Franklin Without a train Franklin Square Square Civic station, Franklin more appealing. Association Square is at a disadThe association’s vanta g e when it president, Kathercomes to attract visiine Tarascio, announced the tors, Culmone explained. MemJuly 1 initiative in a statement. bers of the civic association The project was part of an asked themselves a question effort the Spruce Up the Square when launching this project. Committee started over a year “We said, ‘What can we do as a ago, with the aim of increasing civic group to make areas more the aesthetic appeal of the hamContinued on page 12
By RoBeRt tRaveRso rtraverso@liherald.com
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t’s important to me to show pride in America.
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one wrong move and . . . Kacen Barnes, left, Jayden Jankowski and Luca G. played a game of giant Jenga during Rescuing Families’ third annual Restoring Hope BBQ last Sunday. More photos in next week’s issue.
Nassau working to protect seniors from extreme heat By RoBeRt tRaveRso rtraverso@liherald.com
Franklin Square, Elmont and other areas of Nassau County are taking steps to protect elderly residents and other vulnerable populations from the dangers of extreme heat this summer. Extreme heat, defined as “Summertime temperatures that are substantially hotter and/or more humid than expected or typical for a specific region” by a report conducted by the New
York State Department of Health on the effect of high temperatures on vulnerable populations, is on the rise in the county. The report, titled “Heat and Health Profile Report: Nassau County,” found that summertime temperatures in New York state “Have been increasing for [the] past several decades and are predicted to continue to increase along with more frequent and intense [extreme heat events] over the next century.”
The report stresses that high temperatures and exposure to extreme heat can lead to adverse health effects in vulnerable populations such as young children, outdoor workers and socioeconomically disadvantaged people. The elderly are especially at risk, as the Environmental Protection Agency has found that since 1999, people 65 years and older have been several times more likely to die of heat-related cardiovascular disease than the
general population. “Direct impacts of extreme heat on health include heat-related illness (heat cramps, heat exhaustion, or heat stroke) and even death,” the state Depart-
ment Of Health report stated. “Exposure to extreme heat can also exacerbate pre-existing conditions like cardiovascular, respiratory and renal diseases.” Continued on page 12