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Vol. 56 No. 21
MAY 20 - 26, 2021
Parents mixed on vaccines for youth it. “I’m totally against the cheesy, pushy marketing of a medical treatment,” she wrote. “There The availability of Covid-19 was no high risk in this age vaccines for children and teens group. They are also not testing ages 12 to 15 has been met with to check on antibodies beforemixed reviews by local residents. hand.” The U.S. Food Chris Lindsley and Drug Adminissaid he also did not tration approved plan to vaccinate the Pfizer-BioNhis son. “I’m not Tech vaccine for risking his health that age range on when Covid is not a May 10, and the threat to him,” he Centers for Disease wrote. Control and PreDina Person ve n t i o n g r e e n said she did not lighted it on May favor vaccinating 12. Hours later, Gov. people in that age A n d rew C u o m o group, and noted gave it the OK. that players and While elected staff of the New officials and hospiYork Yankees were tals across Long fully vaccinated, Island have begun but the team dealt h o s t i n g n e w s lAurA CurrAN with a Covid-19 events to adminisoutbreak last week. Nassau County ter the first dose of Eight players testvaccines to chil- executive ed positive for the dren and teenagvirus, seven of ers, some parents whom were asymptomatic. have expressed concerns about “We will not be getting it for inoculating their children in our children,” Person wrote. “I response to an inquiry on an just worked all year in a school Oceanside community Facebook where Covid was not spread page. through school and the very few Sandee Mcphee was one parent who said she was opposed to Continued on page 4
By MIkE SMollINS msmollins@liherald.com
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A thing of beauty A new business came to the Village of Island Park last Saturday when Crystal Beauty Salon hosted its grand opening, which was attended by elected officials and members of the Chamber of Commerce. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Oceanside Library makes strides toward normalcy By MIkE SMollINS msmollins@liherald.com
With expanded services, the Oceanside Library took a step toward normalcy on May 10, when administrators announced that patrons no longer need appointments to sit at tables or use computers or the copy machine. Additionally, there is no time limit on table use, so members are free to study on a first-come,
first-served basis. Library Director Chris Marra said last month that she was excited about the library’s temporary move to the Lincoln Shopping Center during renovations to the current facility, and added that despite Covid-19 restrictions, the library has continued to offer a wide array of programs and services to the community. “We expect to start reducing the restrictions very soon now that the state is relaxing the
requirements and our staff is finally eligible for the vaccine,” Marra said. “We’ve added a number of services during the pandemic, some of which have received national recognition.” The library lifted the need for appointments to browse and borrow last month, and though there are some restrictions still in place, it is moving toward a return to pre-pandemic services. Continued on page 11
n order to soundly defeat this pandemic and return to normal life, we need as many people as possible to roll up their sleeves.