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NOVEMBER 12 - 18, 2020
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Restaurants prep for winter Demand for dining persists, but so do new expenses ing protocols, and the Village of Freeport partnered with Nassau County in County Executive Margarita’s Cafe, on South Laura Curran’s Open Streets Main Street, has long been a pop- program, which allowed local ular spot to dine in Freeport, municipalities to approve especially during the summer. In extended outdoor dining secthe past, the cafe closed in the tions for restaurants. f all as business The village and began to slow on the county also helped South Shore, but provide thousands that was not an of units of personal option this year. protective equipSergio Torres, a ment to local busimanager at the cafe, nesses, a prosaid this was the gram that Frank first time it was Montana, of Monopen in the fall, as tana Brothers Pizzerestaurants and ria and Catering, businesses around also on South Main the village grappled Street, took advanwith the loss of revtage of. enue and increased When the pancosts caused by the demic began, Moncoronavirus pan- fRaNk MONtaNa tana stocked up on demic. sanitizing equipW h i l e re s t a u- Montana Brothers ment to put customrants continue to Pizzeria and Catering ers at ease, a move operate at only 50 that helped in the percent capacity, long run as his resTorres noted that the demand for taurant transitioned smoothly dining out was still high, despite into reopening. Yet, despite all the chilly weather. the prep work, Montana’s was “People still want to go out still affected not only by the limit and eat,” he said, “now more on dining capacity, but also by than ever.” the added cost of running a Outdoor dining began during Phase Two of the state’s reopenContinued on page 5
By RONNY REYES rreyes@liherald.com
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JENNY JORgE, Of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, far left, joined Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony Esposito, Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy, Town Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Councilman Christopher Carini and Town Clerk Kate Murray to help distribute thousands of PPE items for local businesses.
TOH donates PPE to Freeport Supplies to be delivered to local businesses By RONNY REYES rreyes@liherald.com
The Town of Hempstead provided 10,000 masks and 50 PPE kits to the Village of Freeport on Nov. 5. The masks and kits, which were filled with sanitizing supplies, were sorted at Village Hall and will be distributed to local businesses not only to help combat the spread of Covid-19, but also to offset the supply costs that many businesses have been burdened
with amid the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s important that we do what we can to make sure everyone is safe and secure,” said Town Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, a Democrat from Hempstead. “The businesses in the village have seen a financial shortcoming caused by the pandemic, so we thank the town for their donation,” Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy added. “The pandemic is still here, and affecting our
village.” Freeport is the third-hardest-hit community in Nassau County, with more than 1,900 positive cases as of this week, behind only the villages of H e m p s t e a d a n d Va l l e y Stream. While cases began to slow at the end of the summer, Freeport has seen about 200 more since Aug. 10. Despite the increase, county and village officials said the slow rise was attributable Continued on page 3
e’re all still hurting, and we’re all trying to keep our customers coming back and supporting us.