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JCC honors leaders at luncheon By Tom cArrozzA tcarrozza@liherald.com
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STAcey SweeT AND Joe Ponte celebrated the Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC at the inaugural community awards ceremony.
Members of the Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC gathered for the inaugural Community Heroes Luncheon and Friedberg Friends Awards at the Sunny Atlantic Beach Club on July 28. The JCC honored several dedicated community members for their support of the center throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Members of the JCC, award winners and their guests congregated in the club’s open-air atrium overlooking the water
on a sunny July day. Former News 12 anchor Carol Silva was the keynote speaker for the inaugural event, celebrating the “doers and givers” of the pandemic. Silva lauded efforts like food delivery, online health seminars and youth clubs in the community. “You told the community, ‘You are never alone. We’ve got your back,’” Silva said, speaking of the JCC. “When life was its worst, you were your best.” State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, was also on Continued on page 12
Town of Hempstead sweeping up in the downtowns By KepherD DANiel kdaniel@liherald.com
A new effort to clean up Town of Hempstead streets was announced last week, when Supervisor Don Clavin and members of the Town Board gathered in front of Flowers by Mike in Oceanside to unveil Operation Clean Sweep, a new program that will send crews with brooms to rid downtowns of garbage. “We take pride in our downtowns,” Clavin said. “Years ago, they used to have street sweepers going around communities to help clean up the areas. We are implementing that program
again.” Among the goals of the Clean Sweep program is to aid local businesses after the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. “After this horrible pandemic, our poor business owners had the worst business years of their lives,” Town Clerk Kate Murray said, “and so it’s incumbent upon us, as local government, to assist our local business owners to every extent that we can.” The Civil Service Employees Association “workforce is second to none in doing their best to keep our streets and our sidewalks clean,” said Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, of
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Town of Hempstead supervisor Island Park, “and this is a step in the right direction. I’m glad to see it happening and starting right here in Oceanside, and I look forward to the results in all the communities throughout America’s largest town.”
Announcing the program in front of Flowers by Mike was intended to emphasize the town’s focus on helping local businesses, and store owner Mike Graham said he supported the new program. It’s “very needed,” he remarked. “It will make our businesses thrive even more in a time where we need it and continue the local shopping
in our area.” “It’s very frustrating for our residents when they see debris, and that’s a big focus for us,” Clavin said. “Coming up with different concepts, and not only street sweepers, not only local sweepers. We’re going to be expanding [the program] . . . You can see from the reaction from Continued on page 14