Rockville Centre Herald 12-03-2020

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Rockville Centre

CoMMuNITY uPDATE Infections as of Nov. 30

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Infections as of Nov. 23 613

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Rev. Duffy joins St. Agnes as rector

Wilson School hosts Turkey Trot

Drive-through testing site opens

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DECEMBER 3 - 9, 2020

Vol. 31 No. 49

Restrictions hurt businesses Restaurants and others with liquor licenses must close by 10 tions, including 39 patients in intensive care units and 25 who were intubated — the highest As Covid-19 rates rise again numbers since late May. in New York and Some businesses across the country, in Rockville Centre, Long Island’s restausuch as Maple rants, bowling cenLanes, will be noticeters and gyms are ably affected by the dealing with a new curfew, which also restriction put in includes a 5 a.m. p l a c e b y G o v. opening restriction Andrew Cuomo on that mostly impacts Nov. 12. gyms. The Maple Cuomo anAvenue bowling cennounced that those ter is now open from businesses, as well 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. as bars with state daily, a reduction of liquor licenses, must ThERESA two hours a day, said close every night by McCARThY co-owner Theresa 10 p.m. They were Co-owner, McCarthy, the cenidentified as potenter’s community outtial spreaders of the Maple Lanes reach director. virus. “It’s very detriNassau County mental,” McCarthy said. “We reported 59,700 positive cases on have several leagues that began Monday, with 238 hospitalizaContinued on page 16

By ToNY BEllISSIMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

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Courtesy Mike DeVito

DR. JAMES lENTINI, Molloy’s president, left, with honorees Wayne and Karen Lipton.

Molloy College hosts gala Virual event raises nearly $1.5 million By JIll NoSSA jnossa@liherald.com

There was no sit-down dinner, no live entertainment and no opportunity for mingling or networking, yet Molloy College offered quality entertainment during its virtual annual gala last Saturday, raising three times more than anticipated for scholarship funding. The 2020 Galathon, “Celebrating Success in Action,” which streamed on Nov. 28, honored Molloy alumni and community leaders who have been on the front lines of the fight against the coro-

navirus, and raised nearly $1.5 million in cash and pledges. The gala typically raises around $325,000. The opening was a medley of pop songs sung by students — with reworked, Molloy-related lyrics — filmed in various locations around the Rockville Centre campus and highlighting the college’s four schools: Arts & Sciences, Business, Education and Human Resources, and Nursing & Health Sciences. There were interv i ew s w i t h d e p a r t m e n t chairs as well as musical perfor mances throughout the two-hour event, and

viewers had the opportunity to call in and pledge donations. The college also announced a $1 million gift from the family of Barbara H. Hagan, establishing the Barbara H. Hagan Endowed Scholarship, to be awarded to students pursuing nursing degrees. The presentation was made by members of the Hagan family, who made the founding donation establishing the Barbara H. Hagan School of Nursing and Health Sciences in 2016. “The Hagan family continues to support Molloy Continued on page 3

e’re already operating at only 50 percent capacity, so it’s a big hit.

Our COvid-19 traCker With the Covid-19 test positivity rate rising across the country, the Herald is adding a weekly coronavirus tracker to the upper-left corner of our front page to help you gauge what’s happening in your area from week to week. the number is an aggregate of the communities that this newspaper covers. data is obtained from the nassau County Covid-19 dashboard, which provides the total number of cases reported in an area since the start of the pandemic, and is updated regularly.


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