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Businesses remain upbeat Despite continuing pandemic, the focus is on survival said. “We do have a Tropical Smoothie opening on Broadway soon.” He added that the Petco in As the coronavirus pandemic Hewlett had also closed. drags on, businesses across Long Friedman said that the Island have dealt with steep HWBA had been doing whatever declines in revenue, it could to help its and in some cases members, including have been forced to distributing personclose. But despite the al protective equipfrightening economment, obtained from ic downturn of the the Town of Hemppast nine-plus stead, to business months, many Five owners. “We now To w n s b u s i n e s s have a large inventoowners and officials ry of PPE, and [have say they remain been] contacting hopeful. business owners for Roughly 17 perthe last 30 days to get cent of the country’s the specific items restaurants, nearly that each business 110,000, have permaneeds,” he said. “We nently closed this have been referring year, according to local business ownC N N. A m e r i c a n ARI BRoWN ers to various town r e t a i l e r s h ave and county pro Deputy mayor, announced 8,400 clograms that are availCedarhurst sures. able. For example, David Friedman, the county has a propresident of the Hewlett-Wood- gram aiming to help restaurants mere Business Association, said survive through the winter.” that while local businesses have Nassau County Executive struggled amid the pandemic, Laura Curran said in a statenot many have closed. “The ment that she wants all businessHSBC bank on Peninsula [Boule- es in the county to remain open vard] closed, but the branch despite the restrictions that are hasn’t given us information as to why they closed,” Friedman Continued on page 6

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lAWRENCE HIgH SCHool students marched along Cedarhurst Avenue, in Cedarhurst, to the high school last Friday, protesting the loss of sports and clubs.

No sports, but Lawrence brings back some clubs By JEFFREy BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

At Monday’s Lawrence Board of Education meeting, the trustees of ficially approved starting up six student clubs, and six adviser positions. The clubs had been approved by the Lawrence School District last month, but teachers waited for board approval. The clubs are seventh- and eighth-grade Honor Society;

high school Honor Society and student government; and the yearbooks of the middle school and high school, Prelude and The Lawrencian. The faculty positions approved are Prelude coadvisers; high school class adviser; Lawrencian adviser and Lawrence assistant; and student activities treasurer. Production of the high school yearbook is under way, and the other clubs will begin meeting as soon as possible.

“It will be in time for their competitions and induction into the extensive honor societies we offer,” Lawrence Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen said, adding that, for other clubs, the district has to “get an understanding of the details.” Those clubs could start up in January. The groups are expected to meet virtually after school, with student government and Honor Society meeting in perContinued on page 7

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CaRYN BaChaR aNd Beth Wagner in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District and Jeannine Cammarata and Maria Pappas in Lawrence are four of the many teachers who dealt with teaching remotely and now the hybrid model as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Still teaching through this whole pandemic By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

From late March through the end of the June, schools worked remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. As a new school year began in September, schools worked under a combination of in-person and distance learning or hybrid. Teachers had to scramble to get up to speed on adapting the technology to their in-classroom lessons. Occasionally the digital tools slowed the process and sometimes the teachers had to overcome other obstacles such as the age of their students. Thinking back to March, the teachers Caryn Bachar and Beth Wagner in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District and Jeannine Cammarata and Maria Pappas in Lawrence, all were concerned about the young people they teach. “We were never trained to teach remotely,” said Bachar, a 27-year veteran of her district who teaches English as a new language at Ogden Elementary School. “With children it is a lot of pen and paper work. You can’t expect a kindergartner or first-grader who can’t read or write to use a computer. It is very difficult.” “There was definitely a fear of the unknown, I was just wondering how I’ll be able to do what I do remotely,” said Wagner, a high school English teacher who has taught in Hewlett-Woodmere for 15 of her 25-year career. Bachar and Wagner said the district was proactive and sent out guidelines to help with the transition. There were technological glitches, Bachar said the internet was “wonky” at times and Wagner said the guidelines helped to navigate through the “uncertainty and stress to find that balance,” to be able to teach. “It was shocking to think something like that could happen,” said Cammarata about the pandemic, a 25-year veteran of Lawrence school, a district where she did her student teaching. She teaches

Spanish at the high school. “My first concern was how to handle things for the kids and they handled it.” “I was extremely, extremely overwhelmed, scared, concerned and worried about my kids, how we were going to figure this out and deliver instruction,” said Pappas, a class of 1995 Lawrence graduate. The first grade teacher has taught all of her 14 years in the district. “I love teaching it’s in my heart.” Both educators noted there was technological problems from the use of the iTutor platform that was “awful” Cammarata said, a platform the teachers were not trained on. When the teachers shifted to Google Classroom, a platform more familiar to them, the teaching became easier. “Once we were able to focus with Google Classroom we got into a good rhythm,” Cammarata said.

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The first few weeks of teaching remotely were difficult the teachers said, and lonely, with cameras not accessible they did not see their students. “We scheduled face to face time with the Advanced Placement class preparing for the AP exam,” Wagner said. “What we were doing is developing and maintaining relationships for some students were showing up to class, some were very silent. We were trying to keep the students engaged and keeping ourselves connected too.” Pappas said that the first few weeks of remote learning she did not see her students. Using the Remind app, she text messages to the children and their parents for the first month as she learned how to use Google Meets. “First-graders at the very beginning it was very difficult,” Pappas said. “First you have to get them to login to the device and just getting them to learn an email address is a whole lesson, so instruction didn’t start right away.” She placed index cards on the Chromebooks keypads for the steps the children had to follow. “The kid and the families stepped up to the plate and every day gets better

and better.” Joining a few social media platform for language teachers helped Cammarata navigate the technology she said. “My priority is to teach Spanish,” Cammarata said, “We lost a lot of classroom time figuring our programs.” She said that internet connections were better when teaching from home as it has been when the new school year got under way. Over the summer, Bachar said she took part in a lot of training. Though she considers herself tech savvy, Bachar said she began at the beginner’s level then moved on to intermediate and advanced. “When things happened for the lost part we plowed through,” she said. “There was constant communication and the principal (Dina Anzalone) showed us on Google Docs how to do this.” In some fashion, all the teachers were impacted by the pandemic. Most recently, Pappas’s daughter tested positive on Veterans Day, showed mild symptoms and it was “manageable thank goodness. The test of family members tested positive.” Cammarata’s sister has endured post-Covid syndrome and has not worked since July, she said. “She has a high heart rate …it’s very upsetting.” For Bachar, both her children who doctors are on the frontlines of the Covid battle. “I get paid to get inconvenienced,” she said. “I did the best for the children and families. I ensured that learning materials were dropped off and waved to the kids.” Wagner said that friends lost parents and students lost grandparents. “In that beginning it was so new, so unknown it was hard and filled with uncertainty,” she said. “The students were anxious. It was just a very different experience.”

Waiting for opening, a new school year

All four waded through the summer waiting for the reopening plans. Hewlett-Woodmere started of remotely and moved to in-person learning with some students remaining at home. Lawrence is operating under the hybrid

model. Cammarata being a union representative said she was privy to many of the district meetings. She credited Lawrence High School Principal Dr. Jennifer Lagnado-Papp for her support and following up on all the teachers’ concerns and questions. “I can teach the kids, but it’s very difficult trying to keep the kids motivated. Social, emotional learning is very important for us. There are no clubs. The kids need to have clubs.” Wagner noted there were many meetings in the Hewlett-Woodmere district and she took part in them as well as the technology training. “It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” Wagner said, about figuring out how to deliver instruction through this time. “I know the content, I know the skills,” she added. On the district’s reopening task force, Bachar said as plans were made the waiting game played by the state kept people on edge. “There were many, many requirements, we made sure we meet all the requirements,” she said. Bachar noted that it is difficult to keep children engaged when they are learning from home. “Five, six hours is a long time to sit in front of screen.” Giving the kids a break and relaxing is the key, she said. Because of how she worked in the spring, Pappas said she and other colleagues she knows “shut down.” “I just got myself ready.” Not a fan of hybrid learning, she said, that the classroom, as the new school year began, has an “odd, strange” feeling with only two or three children in the classroom. “Every teacher has gone above and beyond, dropping off material on Sundays, making packages of books they need, regardless of the contract.” Lawrence teachers remain without a new contract. The most recent one expired in 2011. Have an opinion about this story? Send letters to jbessen@liheald.com.

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A Hewlett-Woodmere School District alumna and Board of Education trustee is stepping down from the board as she and her family embark on a move out of New York. After four years on the board, Trustee Daniella Simon submitted her resignation. Her family is moving to Florida in the new year. Simon is the second board member to step down this year as former Trustee Paul Critti recently moved out of the district. Simon said she is proud of the job she and her colleagues have done in her time on the board. “I feel that in my time as a board member, the board members and myself have done a great job of representing all the children within the school district,” Simon said. “Also, the way the board has banded together and handled the pandemic has made me proud to be a board member.” A trustee since 2016, Simon lived in Hewlett and is a graduate of Hewlett High School. She previously served as the president of the PTA at Franklin Early Childhood Center and Central Council PTA president. “I was born and raised here so this move is bittersweet for me,” she said. “Being on the board has been a great way to cap off my time at Hewlett-Woodmere.” District spokeswoman Barbara Giese said that the search process to fill Critti and Simon’s positions will continue to be discussed among district officials. Board Vice President Cheryl May said that Simon’s positive contributions to the district will be missed. “I’ve known her from before the time she joined the board as she worked her way up through the PTA and she will be missed,” May said. “I wish her the best of luck in everything. There’s going to be big shoes to fill for

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AFTER FouR yEARs of being a trustee, Daniella Simon has stepped down from the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education as she prepares to move out of state. whoever ends up replacing her on the board.” Superintendent Dr. Ralph Marino Jr. and fellow board members presented Simon with a gift at the Dec. 9 work meeting. “Mrs. Simon has dedicated years to the students and community of HewlettWoodmere, first as a PTA and Central Council president and then as a valued board member,” Marino said in a statement. “It has been a pleasure to work alongside her. She will be missed.” Simon’s last board meeting was on Dec. 16. “We are leaving behind a community we adore and we will forever cherish the memories we have made here,” she said. “It has been an honor and privilege to serve this amazing community. I love this district and have loved every minute of sitting on the board.”

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completing various challenges and photographing them. The night offered the senior girls a chance to compete, collaborate and bond with their friends, while being careful to maintain the safety and well being of all in attendance. To top it all off when the night concluded, the girls were left with hundreds of photos to capture the wonderful memories. On Nov. 15, prospective ninth-g rade students and their parents tuned into HAFTR High astour School’s annual open house via a livestream. Although students were not able to walk through the halls or meet teachers and students in person, the online format offered eighth-graders even more opportunities for insight into the HAFTR experience. For example, students viewed footage of real classes, which allowed them to witness the different teaching styles of various teachers and students’ engagement and enthusiasm in their classes. Students even gained a sneakpeek into the science lab to observe a chemical reaction take place right before their eyes. In addition to HAFTR’s exceptional academics and teachers, students lear ned about the wide variety of clubs and teams of fered at HAFTR and viewed clips and photos of many of the clubs in action. Students also heard from HAFTR students and faculty about their experiences. Principal Naomi L i p p m a n d i s c u s s e d H A F T R ’s unique academic pro g ram, in which each student’s course load is individualized to his or her own abilities. Guided by caring counselors and teachers, HAFTR students can reach their potential, whether it is academically, spiritually, or creatively. Attendees also had the opportunity to hear from various HAFTR students who expressed the unique culture, in which students collaborate, build each other up and celebrate one another’s achievements. Although I will not be in the building to welcome them next year, I can assure all incoming freshmen that HAFTR is the perfect place to challenge yourself, academically and beyond, and do so surrounded by warm students and faculty who are all committed to fostering your success.

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now in place. “Throughout this pandemic, I’ve fought to keep our businesses open — as most have gone above and beyond to operate safely, protecting employees and customers — and it’s working,” Curran said in a statement. “The proof is in the numbers.” She added that indoor dining would remain open in the county for the time being. “Seventy-four percent of new infections are coming from private household gatherings, and just 1.4 percent are coming from restaurants and bars,” she said. “We must help our businesses, small and large, recover from the financial devastation of this pandemic. I will continue to do everything I can to limit restrictions on our restaurants and keep businesses and schools open.” Cedarhurst’s deputy mayor, Ari Brown, a member of the village’s Business Improvement District, said that morale among local business owners has been positive despite the circumstances. “The businesses in this village have been sticking together throughout this pandemic,” Brown said. “The real estate market is strong and the local economy is strong because we work together like a family. If I have 3 percent vacancy out of 280 stores, that would be a lot.” Steve Silverman, the owner of Morton’s Army Navy store, in Cedarhurst, said that business had been on the upswing since August. “We got killed in the spring, like everyone else, but we’ve been holding pretty steady from August until now,” Silverman said. “We create events such as the Midnight Madness, and that separates us from other villages.” Midnight Madness is an annual Thanksgiving-weekend sale in Cedarhurst, during which village businesses offer patrons special discounts. It was held this year

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DaviD FrieDman, presiDent of the Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association, has been delivering personal protective equipment to businesses in the two communities. despite the pandemic. Ali Artz, owner of Ambiance Salon, in Hewlett, said that business has been inconsistent in recent months. “We’re still mandated to operate not at full capacity, and that’s concer ning,” Artz said. “There’s definitely a fear of more mandates or a shutdown.” With Covid-19 vaccines on the way, Friedman said there was hope for business owners and community members. “People are hopeful, and they’re just trying to survive until things get back to normal,” he said. “We look forward to coming out of this Covid crisis, and being able to assist businesses further, and getting back to having more community celebrations that encourage local shopping.”

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Lawrence HigH students expressed their sentiments about having no sports or clubs last Friday. times, we need sports. Like one of my classmates said, ‘the light at the end of the tunnel.’” Smalls said the cancellation of sports was “heartbreaking” not just for him, but also for the seniors who were hoping to make an impression on college recruiters. “My teammate, he’s a senior, he’s an amazing basketball player,” Smalls said of Mikhael Henry, “and this is his opportunity to have college scouts looking at him. We can’t do that, because they’re trying to take our season away from us and we can’t send any footage to send to colleges.” “Lawrence has taken away opportunities from kids,” said Madison Ramos, a junior who was looking forward to the volleyball and softball seasons, “and just knowing that they took the easy way out instead of actually pushing, and showing the kids that they actually care about us and trying. Instead they used Covid-19 as an excuse in not wanting to wait later in the season to really know if

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we could have a season or not.” Ramos added that as far as she was concerned, the district gave up not only on the student athletes, but also on the families who worked hard to help their children potentially have an opportunity to attend college with the help of sports. Last Friday, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association announced the official cancellation of all 2021 winter state championships and the postponement of all high-risk sports until state officials grant authorization. The decision was made with input from association members and the 11 section executive directors, association officials said.

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son to fulfill their service component, while maintaining mandated health and safety protocols amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Club reinstatement comes nearly a week after the school district became the focus of criticism from those who were upset by its announcement that it would not field a relatively low-risk winter track team or squads for the modified fall sports season early next year. Lawrence may take part in the modified spring season that will follow it. The possibility of eliminating sports altogether so angered some Lawrence High School students that they did not attend classes in person or online last Friday. Roughly 40 students gathered at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park and marched to Lawrence High to express their frustration with school officials. The students held placards that read, “Lawrence, we need extracurriculars,” “Lawrence, let the kids play!” and “We’re missing our lessons so we can teach you,” among other messages. They chanted, “Let the kids play!” as they marched along Cedarhurst Avenue. Lawrence High senior Daniella Andrade was one of the organizers of the protest. “Today is really just a message to the Board of Education how they have just been very unjust to the students of Lawrence High School and they are not serving our community,” Andrade said. “It seems like their means are serving the community around us but not directly the students attending our high school.” Golden Tornadoes basketball player Don Smalls III, a junior, attended the rally in order to “get justice for our school,” as he put it. Smalls has now lost out on his two sports seasons, volleyball and basketball. “Sports is a huge thing in Lawrence,” he said. “Through these hard

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Herald sports Nassau H.S. football approves 6 games By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Nassau County high school football, slated to begin practice March 1 of 2021, announced it will play six regular-season games, down from the standard eight, and also eliminate scrimmages and one round of playoffs. In addition, no Long Island championships will be played against Suffolk County, which will conduct only five regularseason games. “We’re preparing for the season as if it’s going to happen and will have some things to address such as transportation and spectators as we get closer to March,” said Nassau football coordinator Matt McLees, who noted the decision to pass on the LICs was made with all 50 programs in mind. “We like the model we’re using,” he added. “It was most important to play six meaningful regular-season games above all else. With the power rankings we use, at least six games are necessary.” Playing six games, as opposed to five, also gives each team three home games and three road games, instead of an unbalanced schedule, McLees explained. “The football committee deserves a lot of credit for the effort they put in,” he said. “In the end, all the decisions will benefit hundreds and hundreds of kids.” The season is scheduled to kick off Saturday, March 13, though McLees said some games could be played on the 12th if teams wanted to give up a day of practice. Freeport (Conference I), Garden City (II), Plainedge (III) and Seaford (IV) are the defending county champions. Freeport, which has captured back-to-back Long Island Class I titles, is the only one of the four not seeded No. 1 after losing some key contributors who transferred out of state to play this fall. Oceanside is the top seed in Conference I and will open on the road against Farmingdale. “I think the six games is good,” Oceanside head coach Rob Blount said. “It appeals to the majority of schools, rather than catering to the top of each conference with more playoff games. I hope we can get the season in. A small percentage of kids will continue to play in college, but most will play their last games. It’s something they will cherish for the rest of their lives.” Garden City, which has won four straight county crowns, opens at Carey. MacArthur, the 2019 runners-up in Conference II, is seeded second and will take on South Side in the opener. Other local matchups in Week 1 include Calhoun at Mepham, Valley Stream Central at Long Beach, and Kennedy at Elmont. “It’s always fun lining up against one of the other teams in our district,” Mepham head coach Anthony Cracco said. “We didn’t have the opportunity to play either of the Bellmore-Merrick teams last year so our seniors are really looking forward to it.”

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MEphaM aNd CarEY will renew their Nassau Conference II football rivalry on April 10. Plainedge, which nipped Freeport in the 2019 Rutgers Cup voting, kicks off at Lynbrook. Seaford opens at North Shore. The regular season is scheduled to conclude Saturday, April 17. The number of playoff teams in each of Nassau’s four conferences has been cut in half, from eight to four. The semifinals are scheduled for April 24, followed by the county championship games May 1-2.

eight teams switched conferences Of the eight programs taking on new conference rivals for the upcoming season, half were part of Conference III a year ago. Runner-up South Side jumps to Conference II, while perennial powers Wantagh and Lawrence, along with North

Shore, bounced to Conference IV. New to Conference III are Manhasset and Valley Stream South. East Meadow and Herricks are back in familiar stomping grounds in Conference I after competing in Conference II in 2019.

Jv remains on saturday mornings The majority of Nassau’s junior varsity football games in 2018 kicked off Monday afternoons, but last year the action returned to traditional Saturday mornings at the opposite location of that day’s varsity game. It’ll remain that way in 2021. Should any freshmen, sophomores or juniors not step on the JV field on a particular Saturday morning, they would be eligible to play in the varsity game.

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online gentle yoga for joints with instructor Paulette Silber. The focus is on therapeutic stretches which do not involve holding postures or sitting on mats in this Zoom program. Use of a chair is optional.

Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library All-day online cooking classes Find the video and recipe online at https://www.hwpl.org/kids/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list= PLqGQ5EQ2iUdjKfZKaHk-cWl0qEuzvZONM

Family Bingo The Gural JCC presents family bingo at 4 p.m. Must pre-register. Fee: $3/ household. Zoom information and link to follow upon registration. Please go to “free printable Bingo cards” to print your own Bingo cards. To register, go to https://www.guraljcc.org/studio-arts/

Peninsula Public Library The listed online programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Register by calling (516) 239-3262, or go to the Eventkeeper calendar on the PPL’s website: https:// www.peninsulapublic.org/ An email with login details will be sent before each program. Email Program Coordinator Janet Schneider, Program at jschneider@peninsulapublic.org for more information.

Future events LIFE New Year’s

Stress Express Get off the stress express with mindfulness. Join our meditation teacher, Patricia Orshan for practices/techniques to calm and enhance manage emotions and relationships in these challenging times. Contact Gural JCC Cultural Arts and Education Director Rachayle Deutsch for next session at rachayle. deutsch@guraljcc.org or (516) 5696733 x 222.

Help Needed Volunteers are needed for the Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry at The S.H.O.P. Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Fridays, 111:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sign up at https://bit.ly/3m1g0j7

Holiday Movies The Town of Hempstead continues its showing of holiday movies at Town Park Point Lookout at 1300 Lido Blvd. in Point Lookout. On Friday, Dec. 18 “Almost Christmas” at 5 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 19 ‘The Grinch” at 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 20 “Frozen 2” at 2 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 17 Renaissance Masters From 11 a.m. to noon, Hewlett-Woodmere public Library, Masters of the High

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Happy Hanukkah to all Masked and apparently happy, families gathered in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park as the grand menorah, sponsored by the Chabad of the Five Towns, was lit on the first night of Hanukkah. The Chabad of Hewlett and other community members lit the menorah in the Veterans Memorial Triangle, also Dec. 10. Renaissance with Dr. Dennis Raverty: The Artist as a Sexagenarian. Online. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8348821 3605?pwd=bldNM2FnOFpqRHJZWDZ5Z zFEL3h3dz09

Talking About Raphael At 1 p.m., Peninsula Public Library, art historian Vivian Gordon will look at the many masterpieces of Raphael, in observance of the anniversary of his death. He died in Rome in 1620. He was considered one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance.

Meditation With Lisa From 2 to 3 p.m., Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, meditation with Lisa Wisel. Digital - hwpl.org Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8 2545764638?pwd=L241bUhRL1dBQ2

Woodsburgh resident David Friedman, the U.S. envoy to Israel, was at the Western Wall with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to light the first night of Hanukkah candle as the Morocco deal with the Jewish state was announced. Nassau County plans to install 14-foot-wide, two-lane bike path connecting the Atlantic Beach

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At 1 p.m., Peninsula Public Library, Politics and Current Events with Hofstra political science professor David Green, who will present a nonpartisan current events discussion with a focus on recent news. Comments and questions are welcome.

Hanukkah Bingo The Gural JCC will have a making a Hanukkah Bingo card event at 5 p.m. Material needed: white paper, ruler, pencil, markers or crayons. Zoom information: Meeting ID: 852 9702 5371 Passcode: sd50ea To register, go to https://www.guraljcc.org/studio-arts/.

At 3 p.m., a Discussion of “Mistress of the Ritz.” Esther Davidson will facilitate a book discussion with author Melanie Benjamin about her inspiring novel, set in Paris amid the turbulence of war.

Reclamation District At 5 p.m., the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District meets via a telephone conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Wednesday, Dec. 23 Gentile Yoga At 11 a.m., Peninsula Public Library,

boardwalk with the Long Beach boardwalk, then connect to a planned complete street on Lido Boulevard in Lido Beach leading to Point Lookout. Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway halted in-person learning for grades fifth through eighth until Dec. 19, because of several cases in the middle school and a community uptick.

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Cedarhurst village and the Five Towns Chabad partnered on a Car Menorah Parade on Dec. 15. Lawrence schools entered into an contract that gives Greiner-Maltz Company the exclusive right to sell the building at 305 Cedarhurst Ave. in Cedarhurst, the Number Five School. The Shulamith School has leased it since 2014.

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nOrthwell health nurSe Sandra Lindsay, of Port Washington, became the first person in New York state to receive Pfizer’s Covid19 vaccine on Monday.

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By Caitlin O’Brien and SCOtt BrintOn sbrinton@liherald.com

Nassau County hospital officials and elected leaders are moving fast to prepare for distribution of the first doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after federal emergencyuse authorization for it was approved last Friday. New York is slated to receive 170,000 doses in the first batch. The first dose in New York state — and perhaps the nation — was given at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, on the NassauQueens border, on Monday morning. It went to a 52-year-old critical-care nurse, Sandra Lindsay, of Port Washington. The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have each developed vaccines that are more than 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections. Experts say that a vaccine or vaccines might be widely available to the public by April or May. In the meantime, the first doses will go to essential workers, in particular hospital employees, long-term care facility workers and emergency medical technicians, as well as nursing home residents, as per State Health Department protocols. Dr. Dave Neubert, the Town of Hempstead’s emergency medical director and an attending emergecy physician at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, said the town would be using Facebook Live town halls to promote the coronavirus vaccine to residents so they would be ready and willing to take it when it becomes available. Neubert said the sessions would help explain how the vaccine is administered and assure people that they will not become ill when they take it. None of the vaccines use the live virus, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccines, Neubert explained, give “your body the blueprint for making the antibodies without you having to be exposed to the infection itself.” Mercy Medical Center, in Rockville Centre, is expecting the vaccine to become available quickly for workers there. Dr. Jason Golbin, senior vice president and chief quality officer for Catholic Health Services, said, “Catholic Health employees will be

selected to receive the vaccine based on risk of exposure to Covid-19. Top priority will be given to employees and physicians in our ICUs, emergency departments and dedicated Covid units, home care and hospice, as well as long-term care facility workers who regularly interact with residents.” In a Truth in Medicine poll conducted by Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside in October, more than half of respondents said they would not take the vaccine or were unsure if they would, said Dr. Aaron Glatt, chairman of MSSN’s Department of Medicine and chief of infectious diseases. Recent national polls have indicated that the number willing to take it may be climbing, and is now closer to 60 percent. The vaccine, Glatt said, “is something that will be very important in stemming the terrible spread of this epidemic, and hopefully lead to the end of this epidemic.” David Nemiroff, president and CEO of Long Island Federally Qualified Health Centers, said there were already many people who were skeptical about vaccines before the pandemic, so it may be difficult to persuade everyone that this one is safe, but he believes public support will grow. Nemiroff said that his group of family health centers, with locations in Elmont, Freeport, Hempstead, Oceanside, Roosevelt and Westbury, has asked community leaders, including legislators and church pastors, to encourage people to get the vaccine. “There is a light at the end of the tunnel,” he said, “and people should feel pretty optimistic about that.” The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines must be stored at temperatures well below freezing, while the AstraZeneca vaccine must be chilled. Northwell Health has obtained medical-grade freezers to hold the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, according to Dr. Bruce Hirsch, an infectious disease physician at the health care system. Meanwhile, a smaller organization, like LIFQHC, will potentially have to partner with a hospital like Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, for vaccine storage. Jill Nossa and Mike Smollins contributed to this story.

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Hewlett Harbor resident creates KLA$$ KULTURE By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

It is said that every cloud has a silver lining. If the coronavirus pandemic has such a positive outcome for Hewlett Harbor Michelle Borokhovich, it is that the Hewlett High School senior pushed herself to overcome her anxiety and founded a clothing company. “I’ve struggled with anxiety for long periods in my life, when the coronavirus pandemic hit all the reliable things keeping me sane, the whole world really, stopped and I was really depressed and didn’t know what to do,” she said. “I started thinking what can I do during this time.” KLA$$ KULTURE is Borokhovich’s vision of selling high quality cool-looking apparel that offers a comfortable fit and creates a brand of merchandise that has lasting value. Seeing that some peers were making tie-dye shirts, the idea of KLA$$ KULTURE formed as a line of affordable but luxurious clothing equal to more expensive known brands. Borokhovich, 17, began designing clothes and shared her designs with friend Carly Sheinin, a fellow Hewlett High senior. Sitting in Sheinin’s bedroom KLA$$ KULTURE’s clothes came to life. “She is an amazing, amazing artist and as a favor I asked her to take my designs and make them into sketches,” Borokhovich said. ‘We sat in her room over the summer. She drew my hoodies, my designs, she drew everything including the packaging and the website and made that come to life.” In love with art as long as she can remember, Sheinin brought her creative flair and showed her friend all the font styles and lettering she was considering. A spray paint chalk font was the winner. “I think having one of my best friends make her dream a reality is one of the most rewarding things you could

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MichEllE BoRokhovich, a Hewlett Harbor resident, designs and sells clothes branded as KLA$$ KULTURE. imagine,” Sheinin, adding that the clothes are cool. With her parents setting an example of a strong work ethic, Borokhovich said she took her savings

from jobs ranging from salesperson to teaching art at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Elementary School, nearly $11,000, and invested it in KLA$$ KULTURE. “I always saved the money and I gave everything I had and took that risk,” she said. The risk has paid off as all 177 items that were originally offered are sold out, said Borokhovich, adding that she is working on her spring collection. The clothes are made in Turkey, mostly with a French terry cloth material, and shipped to Borokhovich, who packages the orders in her garage. Celebrities have also noticed, including NBA basketball player Enes Kanter, actress Emily Austin, who was on Times Square billboard for KLA$$ KULTURE last weekend; and rapper 6ix9ine, have worn Borokhovich’s creations. “I think the success surprised me as not every person can start a small business,” Borokhovich said. “I consider it the right moment at the perfect time over the quarantine. Yes, I’m proud of myself and I’m not close to being done.” She also enlisted the help of her boyfriend, Justin Stepensky, who created the website. “I think it looks nice and flows nice and we’re getting sales,” he said, adding that the clothes are comfortable. Looking ahead, Borokhovich, who attended the Columbia University High School program for law said she wants to be a lawyer with multiple successful practices and write a book. College applications are in at Baruch College and New York University. Stepensky is aiming for the CUNY Macauley Honors College. Plans for KLA$$ KILUTURE include donating money to a different GoFundMe site every six months and collaborating with North Woodmere resident Josh Aryeh, who runs the charity Smiles Through Car on a cars for photo fundraiser in the spring. “We could sell clothes and help kids at the same time, Borokhovich said. To see the apparel, go to klasskulture.com.

St. John’s Covid patients receive care and compassion By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

As the coronavirus pandemic struck the United States in mid-March Far Rockaway residents Abraham Miles and Theresa Murray-Pryor were two of the hundreds that St. John’s Episcopal Hospital treated at that early stage of Covid-19. Released after multiple-day stays in the Far Rockaway hospital Murray-Pryor, 66, and Miles, 49, are months recovered from the virus and resumed their lives. Each said they experienced excellent treatment from the St. John’s staff. “I went in the end of March and came out of the hospital April 7,” said MurrayPryor, who at first was diagnosed with pneumonia, treated then sent. “I had a cough in the beginning, fever in the beginning, a little upset stomach. I took Tylenol. But I couldn’t breathe.” For Miles it was similar. “End of March, I had all the symptoms, my doctor was treating me with Z-Pak, I had shortness of breath,” he said. “St. John’s saved my life. Nobody was aware of blood clots as symptoms.” He credited Drs. Daniel Buff and Richard Christenson for saving his life as it was learned from the autopsies being conducted in New York City that blood clots are a Covid-19 symptom. “One-third of the peo-

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FaR RockawaY RESidENtS Theresa Murray-Pryor and Abraham Miles and were treated for Covid-19 at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital as the coronavirus pandemic struck the United States in March. ple were dying because of blood clots,” Miles said, adding that he had to be treated with blood thinners for four months after his hospital stay that was five days. Murray-Pryor, a retired secretary at Beth Israel Medical in Manhattan (now known as Mount Sinai Beth Israel ), said she was treated with oxygen until the day

he was released. “Because of a being a senior, I was nervous,” she said, “there were a lot of people on ventilators dealing with Covid, I was concerned.” She is also autoimmune. The body’s immune system produces antibodies that attack normal body tissues. Having had two prior surgeries at St.

John’s, she and the staff were well acquainted. “Everyone knew me and there were no doubts that everyone was going to be attentive,” Murray-Pryor said. “Everyone jumped right in, talked to me at the room door, I couldn’t complain with the service.” Miles was especially amazed by the care that he received at the hospital. Pointing out that he is an Orthodox Jew, but nobody would known when he brought in to St. John’s as he was wearing a baseball hat on his head not a yarmulke. “I had nonkosher food, I was hungry, I really didn’t care,” said Miles, who works in sales and marketing. “Everyone was getting equal treatment.” He said the blood thinners knocked him for a loop. “I’m not old, but I’m not young, the blood thinners tires you out,” Miles said, “I was very weak, I had to take naps. It changes you.” Both have recovered from Covid-19 and rebounded strong. Murray-Pryor said she is taking more vitamins and doing a lot of walking. “Basically life is now better than ever,” she said. Calling St. John’s a “hidden secret,” Miles said that it is “right up there with other hospitals.” “I’m back to normal, 100 percent,” he said. “God sent me his angels, his very best. I’m back to my regular regimen. The gym and eating healthy.”

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Hofstra selects first female president By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

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Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords stood outside the Safeway supermarket northwest of Tuscon, Ariz., on Jan. 8, 2011, chatting with constituents about Medicare reimbursements, when a 22-year-old gunman opened fire, killing six and injuring 11, including Giffords, who was the target of the attack. A bullet sliced through the left side of Giffords’s head, and she was placed in a medically induced coma to ease swelling on her brain. When she awoke, she could not speak. She needed two months of speech therapy to mouth the words, “Twinkle, twinkle, little star,” according to USA Today. Nearly 10 years later, her speech is still labored. “Words once came easily, but today I struggle,” she told the audience at Northwell Health’s second Gun Violence Prevention Forum last Thursday, broadcast over the internet. Some 1,200 people from throughout the country registered for the event, which was intended, in part, to reframe the debate over gun control from a battle over the Second Amendment right to bear arms to one of public safety. The two-hour event featured a long line of speakers from the government, the medical community and private industry, including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, long an outspoken proponent of gun control, and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat of Connecticut. Nearly 40,000 Americans die of gun

Former U.S. rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was nearly killed in a 2011 shooting, was among the featured speakers during Northwell Health’s two-hour virtual Gun Violence Prevention Forum last Thursday. Joining her was U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican of Pennsylvania. violence annually — more than a hundred a day — two-thirds by suicide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, said Americans must recognize that the country is — and has been for a long time — in the middle of a “pandemic of gun violence.” At Northwell’s first Gun Violence Prevention Forum, held last December in Manhattan, the health system pledged $1 million to fund gun violence research and prevention, and Dowling called on other major health systems across the country to join in the effort and provide funding as well.

Last December, Northwell established the Center for Gun Violence Prevention, headed by Dr. Chethan Sathya, a pediatric surgeon and associate trauma medical director at Cohen Children’s Medical Center on the Queens-Nassau border. “We have to get behind the root causes” of gun violence, Sathya said at the Dec. 10 forum. To that end, Northwell is undertaking a major research study at three of its hospitals, asking patients questions about the firearms they might have in their homes to help determine their risk of injury by gun. The study is funded by a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

“Progress has been made, but there is so much more to do,” Dowling said, emphasizing that the intent is not to deny anyone the Second Amendment right to a firearm, but rather to determine what concrete measures can be taken to reduce gun violence nationally, including which ones must be enacted through federal legislation. High on the priority list, according to a number of forum speakers, is enacting a federal law to require a universal background check for anyone who purchases a firearm, without loopholes. Among the speakers supporting a universal background check was U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican from Langhorne, Pa., who appeared with Giffords. On gun safety, Fitzpatrick, a former FBI special agent, said Democrats and Republicans “can come together on areas that we agree,” including background checks, estimating that 70 to 80 percent of Americans support them. Other speakers, however, spoke of political paralysis in Congress, where special interest groups like the National Rifle Association, which opposes universal background checks, hold sway. That is why, Giffords said, Americans must remain politically engaged and apply pressure to lawmakers to act. After she was shot, she said, “I found one word, and I found another.” People can make their voices heard, she said, at the ballot box. “We can let this continue,” Giffords said, “or we can act. We can vote. We can be on the right side of history. Vote, vote, vote.”

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Five Towns special district commissioner results are in By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Seven special districts, six for fire and one for water reclamation, held elections for commissioners on Dec. 8. Three of the races were contested.

Woodmere Fire District

native Eliezer “Eli” Gefen was elected for his first five-year term over Miguel A. Martinez 47 to 10. Commissioner Louis Spinelli stepped down from the board creating an open position.

Inwood Fire District

Incumbent Commissioner Joseph Reda was re-elected for his first full term receiving all 25 votes cast. Reda became commissioner in 2019 filling an unexpired term.

In one of three contested commissioner’s races in the Five Towns, incumbent Commissioner Israel Max was re-elected to his second five-year term by defeating challenger Darren Moritz by a vote total of 205 to 85. Max was first elected commissioner in 2015 and has also served in the fire department as a volunteer firefighter for roughly the past decade.

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Meadowmere Park Fire District

Atlantic Beach Fire District

Andrew Schmitt Jr. defeated Eddie Samuelson 39 to 28. There was one writein vote. Schmitt Jr. is a lifelong Meadowmere Park resident who previously served as a commissioner from 2005 to 2010. Samuelson is also a former commissioner. Schmitt Jr. is filling the commissioners position left by his father, Andrew Schmitt Sr., who stepped down from the board.

North Lawrence Fire District

In a contested race, Far Rockaway

Mark Lorberbaum ran uncontested and was re-elected to his third full term. The amount of votes cast have yet to be announced. Incumbent Commissioner John R. Faulhaber was re-elected for his sixth five-year term receiving all 18 votes cast. He is one of the founding members of the Atlantic Beach Rescue Squad.

Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District

Running unopposed, incumbent Commissioner Anthony Licatesi was re-elected to another three-year term garnering 24 votes.

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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 21, 2020, at 8:00 pm in Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York for the purpose of Amending Sections 250-65 Schedule XI: No Stopping and Section 250-66 Schedule XII : No Stopping and Schedule 250-64 Schedule X: Parking Prohibited at All Times regarding sections of Chestnut Street. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing. Dated: Cedarhurst, New York Salvatore Evola December 14, 2020 Village Administrator

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IN BRIEF Douglas Elliman of Rockville Centre is proud to announce that Alexandra Porter has joined their growing team

Alexandra Porter, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson formally with Laffey Fine Homes in Manhasset, is thrilled to be selected as one of the newest agents to join the new office of Douglas Elliman in Rockville Centre. Under the leadership of fellow Sacred Heart Academy alumni, Donna O'Reilly Einemann, Alexandra will be working as a dedicated full-time agent targeting new buyers and home sellers in Rockville Centre and surrounding communities. Alexandra is local expert! She is a Rockville Centre resident, was born and raised in Garden City, and attended Adelphi University where she graduated with a BFA in Acting. She most recently was pursuing a career in the performing arts in Manhattan before utilizing the downtime she had during quarantine to pursue a Real Estate career. She became a licensed Realtor in August. She believes her unique experiences will give her the advantage she needs to stand out as an agent. She plans on applying the skills she's learned and nurturing the relationships she's built over the last decade to excel as a real estate professional. Alexandra loves taking on challenging work so that the client does not have to. She wants to be a superstar in the eyes of those who know her and that means working harder than anyone else. We are thrilled to have Alexandra's passion, humor, work-ethic, and commitment on our Team. You can reach Alexandra at 516.238.3455 or at alexandra.porter@elliman.com.

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istening to Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords speak, you’re quickly overcome by the urge to cry. The former congresswoman was once known for her incisive rhetoric, delivered with a magnetic smile. Then, at age 40, she was shot one sunny January day in 2011 outside Tucson, Ariz., while chatting with constituents in front of a Safeway supermarket. The 22-year-old gunman, angered by Giffords’s political views, had targeted her. Six died in the attack, and 10 others besides Giffords were injured. Giffords may have survived, but her speech did not. Her words once flowed easily, but now she measures each one, rehearsing phrases to string them together in coherent sentences before speaking in public. It is a miracle that she is able to utter a word. The bullet that struck her pierced the left side of her brain, leaving her unable to talk for two months. Through speech therapy, she regained the ability to speak, but only in short, labored bursts. That challenge was obvious during Northwell Health’s second Gun Violence Prevention Forum, a two-hour meeting of gun safety experts, medical practitioners, policy makers and elected leaders from around the country on Dec. 10. Giffords spoke alongside U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican who supports a federal universal background check for firearm purchases, and whom Giffords, a Democrat, has endorsed for Congress. We applaud Northwell Health — in particular Michael Dowling, its presi-

dent and CEO — for taking a leading role in fostering dialogue about gun safety, while also funding gun violence research: Northwell put up $1 million last December to study America’s “pandemic of gun violence,” as Dowling calls it. We also applaud Giffords, who, despite the physical pain and mental anguish she endures, has been an outspoken proponent of common-sense gun laws that are intended not to take away anyone’s right to bear arms, but rather to enact safeguards — like background checks — to ensure that guns do not end up in the hands of criminals or those suffering from mental illness. No doubt, we need to understand the root causes of our nation’s crisis of gun violence, which kills an average of 110 people a day — two-thirds by suicide. With a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Northwell is conducting a major research study at three of its hospitals, asking emergency room patients about the presence of guns in their homes to assess their risk of injury or death by a firearm. Our nation desperately needs studies like this one. From 1996 to 2019, Congress, tied up in knots by the powerful gun lobby, refused to fund firearms research. Only recently, thanks to the monumental efforts of gun safety activists like Giffords, is Congress starting to parcel out research funds. In its 2020 budget, it earmarked $25 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health to study gun violence. Over the past two and a half decades,

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How did we almost re-elect Donald Trump? To the Editor: Thanks to Randi Kreiss for being brave enough to write about the man currently in the White House (“We’re on Trump time for seven more weeks,” Dec. 3-9). I doubt he will ever go to prison, although I agree that he should, with almost 300,000 people dead. What a shame that he was almost voted back into office had we not pulled out all the stops to educate and organize. Happy to hear that not everyone on this island is a Trump supporter! CAROLANN PEREz Freeport

LIRR should rethink its plans To the Editor: In our new Covid-19 world, Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Rail Road and New Jersey Transit must re-evaluate anticipated future ridership growth projections. The

roughly a million people have died by gun in this country, with about 170 mass shootings. After the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012 — in which 26 died, including 20 6- and 7-year-olds — Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, who was recently elected in Arizona to the U.S. Senate, founded a nonprofit, simply called Giffords, to raise funds for gun violence research, lobby government to enact sensible gun legislation and educate the public about firearms safety. Writing recently on Giffords.org’s blog, Kelly Drane noted that gun sales have surged during the coronavirus pandemic. We see this at any time of potential unrest in our nation — fear drives firearms sales to ever higher levels. In November, some 2 million gun sales were recorded — a 48 percent increase over the same month last year. More guns, Drane rightly noted, do not make us safer. Quite the opposite. We know that economic calamities such as the Great Recession of 2007 to 2010 increase the likelihood of suicide, according to the medical journal The Lancet. We also know that people who die by suicide are significantly more likely to use a gun than any other means. At the same time, according to Harvard University School of Public Health, more guns bring more homicides. Therefore, stemming our nation’s all-too-easy access to firearms should — and likely would — reduce gun violence. The best way to effect change, Giffords noted last Thursday, is to “vote, vote, vote.”

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ews about an FDA approval for the coronavirus vaccine is monumental, but we must not allow it to lull us into a false sense of complacency. This war isn’t over — in fact, there are still a few battles ahead. We are not immune to the nationwide Covid19 surge, and in the past month we have seen positivity and hospitalization numbers that are the highest they’ve been since we reopened in May. Our data is beginning to show a more even distribution of disease activity among all age groups across the county. This Laura virus doesn’t disCurraN criminate, and its reach is once again widespread across all our communities. I know that this has been a long and tiring battle, but now is not the time to let our guards down. We can’t allow Covid fatigue to get the better of us when we’re so close to the finish line. We have reached a clear point of community

spread that calls for increased vigilance from all of us. I continue to ask all residents to stick with the common-sense measures we know will keep us, and our loved ones, safe: Wear a mask, stay six feet apart and avoid unsafe gatherings. These simple measures can prevent us from going backward. Furthermore, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, has said that Covid-19 will continue to disrupt lives until an “overwhelming majority” of people get the vaccine. Polls show, however, that as many as half of Americans have reservations about the shots. In response, Nassau County is launching the “We Can Do It, Nassau” campaign, a public-awareness campaign promoting confidence in the U.S. vaccine effort, emphasizing unity and patriotism and the importance of the vaccines to ensure that schools return to normal and we continue on the path toward a strong economic recovery in the county. The campaign is a tribute to Rosie the Riveter, the cultural icon representing women

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who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. During the war, defense workers on Long Island turned out hundreds of military planes a month for Grumman, in Bethpage, and Republic Aviation, in Farmingdale. The county’s campaign seeks to remind the public of the extraordinary challenges that Americans — including Long Islanders — have overcome in the past and inspire residents to likewise step up for their country today. As county executive, I’ve made keeping schools and businesses open one of my highest priorities. As we manage the increase in cases because of the holidays and cold weather, the county will do everything in its power to keep education and commerce operating, but we need your help. Robust testing is key, and I am committed to continuing to assist schools in meeting testing requirements so we can keep our kids in school safely and keep our business community open through the winter. At the moment, hospital capacity isn’t a pressing threat in Nassau County, but

’ve made keeping schools and businesses open one of my highest priorities.

Letters same applies to any new proposed system capacity-expansion projects. Clearly, more people are going to telecommute from home on a permanent basis. Add the increasing crime and the declining quality of life in New York City, making working in Manhattan less desirable. Many Manhattan-based corporations, including some in the Wall Street area, are considering relocating some employees to satellite offices in the surrounding suburbs. The ridership growth for LIRR when the $11.8 billion East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal opens in December 2022 will be thousands less than anticipated. That start date assumes there are no more delays in the most recent project-recovery schedule. Our new commuting world calls into question the value of investing $8 billion or more in Governor Cuomo’s proposed Penn Station South project, comprising four new platforms and eight new tracks. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

Stay strong, New York To the Editor: The federal Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine last Friday, and New York received its initial allocation of 170,000 doses over the weekend. As part of the distribution, the state is setting up 90 cold-storage sites as regional distribution centers that are capable of storage at the required temperature. This vaccine distribution will be a massive

the trend is in the wrong direction. To save lives and prevent further restrictions on restaurants and other businesses, we must do everything we can to hold the line. At the peak of the pandemic, we had almost 2,600 patients hospitalized with Covid-19, and 505 of them were on ventilators. As of Monday, we had 419 people hospitalized, with 36 on ventilators. We expect those numbers to go up, and the county is ready to increase capacity for hospital and ICU units as needed. I’ve been in constant conversation with hospital executives to ensure preparedness for a potential surge cases as well as the upcoming pivot to vaccine storage and distribution. I know that the holiday season brings unique challenges, but if we follow the guidance of our trusted public health professionals, we can save lives and keep our businesses and schools open while we eagerly await the distribution of the vaccine, our light at the end of the tunnel. We have worked so hard to contain this virus — let’s not lose our progress now. Lauran Curran is the Nassau County executive.

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undertaking. At the same time, we will need to manage our hospital capacity and continue to stop the spread of the virus. The vaccine is the weapon that will win the war. We will get it produced, we will get it distributed and we will be successful. But it will take months for the entire vaccination process to be completed. Meanwhile, New Yorkers should continue to wear masks, social distance, and avoid small and large gatherings. On Dec. 10, I announced new metrics by which micro-cluster focus zones will be determined to help control Covid-19 spread and ensure hospital capacity. Red zone: A red zone will be implemented when a region, after the cancellation of elective procedures and a 50 percent increase in hospital capacity, is 21 days away from reaching 90 percent hospital capacity on the current seven-day growth rate. Orange zone: A geographic area will be designated an orange zone if it has a 4 percent positivity rate (seven-day average) over the previous 10 days, and it is located in a region that has reached 85 percent hospital capacity. Alternatively, a geographic area may also become an orange zone if the state Department of Health determines that the region’s rate of hospital admissions is unacceptably high and a zone designation is appropriate to control the rate of growth. Yellow zone: A geographic area will be designated a yellow zone if it has a 3 percent positivity rate (seven-day average) over the previous 10 days, is in the top 10 percent in the state in hospital admissions per capita over the previous week and is experiencing week-over-week growth in daily admissions. GOv. ANDREW CUOMO

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N.J. just legalized pot. N.Y. needs money. Well, then, why not?

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ew York state is facing a $9 billion budget deficit due to the coronavirus pandemic, with severe cutbacks and tax hikes likely on the way. Although there should be some relief coming at the federal level once President-elect Joe Biden takes office, New York definitely needs to develop some new revenue streams, and fast. Nearly two years ago, I argued in a Herald op-ed that the state should legalize the recreational use of marijuana, and that Nassau County leaders Nick and residents BuglioNe shouldn’t be so quick to shoot the notion down, as they so frequently do. I also wrote that it was about time the state legalized sports gambling, an activity that so many people take part in illegally already. Not surprisingly, two years have passed and little has changed. The recreational use of marijuana is still illegal. And while the New York State

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Gaming Commission made sports gambling legal about six months after my first op-ed ran — you’re welcome — bets can only be placed at a handful of upstate casinos. Nobody is getting off their couch on a football Sunday to drive to the Catskills so they can bet that the Jets are going to lose again. Now, more than ever, we need to legalize marijuana and online sports gambling. Obviously, we desperately need the tax revenue. But more important, both are now legal in nearby New Jersey. Two years ago I pointed out that a friend of mine who lives in Jersey City was taking my bets all football season long. He still does. I send him cash through Venmo and text him my bets. He keeps a ledger, and at the end of the season we settle up. But two years ago, recreational marijuana use was illegal in New Jersey. Not anymore. In an Election Day referendum, New Jersey residents voted overwhelmingly to legalize pot. Now, before I propose this scenario,

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I would like to make clear that I don’t smoke marijuana. But if I wanted to, what would stop me from calling my friend and asking him to pick up some weed for me at his local dispensary? Maybe we could meet at Penn Station, have a bite to eat, catch up on our lives and make a quick transaction. And couldn’t any enterprising person who has a friend in New Jersey place an even larger marijuana order, pick it up and sell it on the streets of Nassau County at a markup? To be clear again, I’m not suggesting that anybody do this. I’m merely pointing out the obvious: Now that marijuana is legal in New Jersey, it is tantamount to being legal here. The stuff is going to pour in over the border anyway, so why don’t we join the party, so to speak? The same thing goes for online sports gambling. If people want to do it, they’re going to do it, regardless of what the law says. So let’s legalize it and cash in. I’m not alone in my thinking. I was heartened to hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo

he stuff is going to pour in over the border anyway, so why don’t we join the party, so to speak?

recently say he thought marijuana would be legalized soon. Meanwhile, State Sen. Joseph Addabbo, a Queens Democrat, likes his odds of getting State Senate Bill 17d passed, which would legalize online sports betting. Although neither measure would pull New York state completely out of its fiscal crisis, it’s safe to say that both would generate billions of dollars in revenue. Oh, but I can almost see the Nassau County curmudgeons seething as they read this. I sure felt their wrath two years ago, when I first weighed in. One Herald reader wrote in and all but called me a drug addict. I even got an email from Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who wrote that, while she enjoyed reading my columns (I’m kind of a big deal), she respectfully disagreed with my opinion. Look, write your letters. Call me names. Say whatever you want to say. It isn’t going to change the fact that the recreational use of marijuana and online sports gambling are here to stay. So let’s legalize them. New York sure could use the cash. Nick Buglione is a teacher, freelance journalist and former editor of the East Meadow Herald.

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think somewhere around the end of October, my husband and I ran out of things to say. Sitting across the dinner table from each other over plates of Costco soup and a homemade Greek salad with wimpy lettuce, our eyes met and … that was it. Our eyes met. At breakfast we had already covered news about the grandkids and news from the news. We have a rule about no TV during meals, so we ate in companRaNdi ionable silence, kReiss which felt both OK and a little sad. When you’re out and about, seeing friends, going to an office, getting your hair cut or your car serviced or planning a weekend away or going to weddings and funerals, there is an ongoing narrative to your days. Normal life is grist for the conversation mill. But these days we’re not cutting our hair or mingling or going shopping. We walk our dog, but don’t stop to chat with the neighborhood dog friends out for a stroll. Conversation requires material, and our material is growing

thin: “Did you speak to the kids?” “Do you want pepperoni or mushrooms?” “Did you sign the health care proxy?” We have lost more, too. Underpinning our lives is the sense that things will work out OK. We have believed in ourselves, that we can work through problems and survive life’s challenges and even tragedies. But the pandemic has eroded some of that confidence in ourselves and in the future. We wobble a bit from time to time. After 52 years of marriage, after decades of living in one community and creating friendships that form the fabric of our lives, that fabric is fraying, as friends are lost. At our age, we expect that people will get sick and some will die, but during a pandemic there is no satisfying way to grieve as a community of friends. Three dearest friends died since we began isolating ourselves, and we didn’t get to see them within weeks or months of their passing. We said what we could in messages and emails and photos, but one hug would have obviated the need for words. My grandkids, ages 10 to 17, are spinning in their own galaxies of online school and virtual reality and friend

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bubbles and much too much downtime and isolation. No one can give them back this year, and while they have learned patience and resilience, I wouldn’t suggest global pandemics to teach character building. I miss them. I find I work hard to catch their attention with nottoo-annoying texts and offers with homework and pitches for group activities and games. They’re a tough sell, and nothing virtual compares to seeing them face to face. It is important, I think, to be honest with ourselves and authentic with our kids and grandkids, not just cheerleaders for pandemic silver linings. I will say, however, that much has been found during this time. Reference the same patience and resilience, which all of us have had to summon. “New York tough” resonates these days. I am more disciplined about getting out and exercising, between clouds and raindrops, whenever I find a patch of blue. Just about every day, I move, somehow and somewhere, just to change the scenery and push away unwelcome thoughts. I keep close with friends nearby and far away, giving more time to more

e’ve lost time with family and dear friends, but found the time to try new things.

expansive emails and the sharing of photos and memories. It helps. All these threads weave the fabric tighter. I have started crafting books. What an incredibly satisfying thing it is to begin by folding papers and adding photographs and snippets of poetry and passages from old letters and collaging together something meaningful in an original book. It absorbs my free time, of which I have a lot. I appreciate the luxury of time to do art. What I also place in the “found” column is the challenge of baking complex desserts, like the cranberry lemon bars I made from a New York Times recipe. Every part, from the fresh cranberry puree to the lemon curd to the crust, had to be prepared separately and then composed. Now I have 24 bars in the freezer. Since I eat them only occasionally, they should last me until we get the vaccine. If you’re reading this, and since I am writing it, we are still here, and still riding this crazy wave. As a new year approaches, even as we grieve for what has been lost, it feels exhilarating to watch the first people getting vaccinated, offering us all the promise of a healthy 2021. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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