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Friday, June 19, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 25
GUIDE TO SUMMER
NASSAU COLISEUM SUOZZI FACES 2 CHALLENGERS IN PRIMARY SHUTTERED
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‘Phase Two’ boomlet
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NEWEST ALUMNAE
Residents shop in-person again BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z AND ROSE WELDON As the North Shore seeks normalcy in “phase two” of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, small-businesses owners are testing the waters and taking precautions while hoping for their customers’ return. In Nassau County, phase two, which took effect June 10, allowed for the reopening of facilities that included office-based work, real estate services, instore sales, vehicle sales, leases and rentals, repair and cleaning and commercial building management. Also counted in the plan are hair salons and barbershops, libraries and food delivery services, with some areas, including the Town of North Hempstead, accepting permits for outdoor dining. Businesses that reopen are expected to follow social distancing protocols and have employees wear gloves and masks. Nancy Sinoway, whose Port Continued on Page 36
PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSLYN SCHOOLS
Newly graduated students from Roslyn High School pose for a picture. The district conducted three separate commencements over the weekend.
Budgets pass, incumbents return Re-election for trustees in Roslyn, N. Shore, E. Williston, Herricks, Mineola districts BY R O S E W E L D ON
The budgets passed despite the uncertain status of state aid Incumbent school board for every district. Gov. Andrew trustees retained their seats and Cuomo said school districts budgets were roundly passed in across New York should brace districts serving the Roslyn area for up to 20 percent cuts to their on Tuesday during school elec- funding from the state. All district elections, which tions. had been delayed by state order due to the coronavirus, were conducted with absentee ballots. In Roslyn, school board President Meryl Waxman
Ben-Levy and Vice President Clifford Saffron each won a sixth three-year term. Ben-Levy received 2,054 votes, while Saffron received 1,992. The district’s proposed $115,860,057 budget for the 2020-21 school year and estimated tax levy rise, 2.96 percent, which is below the statemandated limit of 3.63 percent, also passed. Of the 2,486 voters who submitted ballots, 1,808 voted to approve the budget,
while 678 rejected it. Voters also passed two propositions to pay for school buses with a tax levy over a five-year period and to establish a capital reserve fund. The bus proposition passed with 73 percent of the vote, while the capital reserve proposition passed with 69 percent. In Mineola, incumbent Board of Education members Margaret Ballantyne-Mannion Continued on Page 11
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