Oceanside/Island Park Herald 08-04-2022

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Vol. 57 No. 32

AUGUST 4 - 10, 2022

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Foster was ‘all about the kids’ Beloved school board trustee, educator dies at 77 By JAKE PEllEGRiNo jpellegrino@liherald.com

Jake Pellegrino/Herald

DR. ADhi ShARMA, president of Mount Sinai South Nassau, joined town and other hospital officials to explain how the antiviral drug Paxlovid helps fight a coronavirus infection.

Hempstead Town’s vaxmobile becomes the new ‘Paxmobile’

By JAKE PEllEGRiNo jpellegrino@liherald.com

The next phase of the Town of Hempstead Vaxmobile is here as it transitions into the Paxmobile. Named after the antiviral therapy Paxlovid used to treat coronavirus infections, the new Paxmobile was unveiled last week at the Oceanside Library by both town officials, and doctors from Mount Sinai South Nassau.

Mount Sinai’s mobile vaccination unit was born in January 2021 with nearly $700,000 from the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act — more commonly known as the CARES Act. The Vaxmobile started making its rounds the same time some of the first vaccines designed to protect people inside the Town of Hempstead from the Covid-19 pandemic started to become available, making regular at businesses, organizations and

neighborhoods. More formerly known as Mount Sinai’s Covid-19 Vaccination Mobile Unit, the truck would travel regularly to community centers, public libraries, parks and other public venues on a rotating schedule to administer vaccines and test people for the virus in some of the town’s hardest-hit communities. Now, in addition to providing vaccines and tests, the vehicle will also provide PaxContinued on page 6

Steven Foster, who had served on the Island Park school board for 31 years and whose life was “all about the kids,” died on July 11. He was 77 years old. Foster, who was born on Oct. 17, 1944 and grew up in Island Park, always made it a point to give back to his community, his family said. “He reached 31 years on the board,” his daughter, Meghan Lordi, said. “He was getting ready to retire from teaching and also at STEVEN that point in time he felt it was time for him to step down from the board as well and get ready for the retirement days. “He was very well received by the district and community while he was serving,” his daughter added. “He was an advocate for the kids and always put them and their needs first. Even when somebody said ‘no,’

he didn’t let that get in his way. If he felt it was right, he would show you how it would make things better.” A fellow board member, Ann Goldman, said one of their biggest accomplishments while serving on the board together was the revitalization of the Island Park Public Library. “ We wo rke d very hard to create the new library,” Goldman said. “We had a very inadequate library in Island Park at the time and it has grown to be quite an asset to the community. If you go FoSTER in, you’ll see his name on the groundbreaking. The school board handled it because the school district owned the library at the time.” Foster was also instrumental in the installation of the helical piles under Francis X. Hegarty School, Goldman said. “We had to do that because it Continued on page 10


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