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Elizabeth McEntee, the emergency room nurse manager at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, received her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from nurse Christine Yau.
Bellmore-Merrick residents roll up their sleeves for Covid-19 vaccine
As the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines roll out across the country, Bellmore and Merrick residents are among the thousands of New Yorkers who have already received their first doses of … more
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The Town of Hempstead has approved a $12,000 grant for Merrick Fire Department’s Friendship Engine & Hose Co. 2 to assist with unbudgeted expenses incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hempstead Town earmarks $12k Covid relief grant for Merrick Fire Department company
Last month, the Town of Hempstead authorized more than $300,000 in relief grants to help local fire departments pay for coronavirus-related expenses incurred during the pandemic. Merrick Fire … more
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Donald Clavin, at lectern, and other town officials on Monday announced an initiative to help reimburse local school districts that have incurred unbudgeted expenses during the coronavirus pandemic. The $5.5 million, made possible by funding through the federal CARES Act, will provide $150,000 to each of the town’s 36 school districts and Nassau BOCES.
Hempstead Town earmarks $5.5M in CARES funds for schools
Town of Hempstead officials on Monday announced that each of the 36 school districts within the town and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services would receive a $150,000 grant to help pay for … more
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Members of the Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club helped stock the Bellmore-Merrick Community Cupboard earlier this year.
Local Rotarians do their part during the pandemic
For more than 75 years, the Freeport-Merrick Rotary has lived by one motto: “Service above self.” And although the pandemic has hindered the club’s usual fundraising efforts, … more
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Lost and found in the pandemic
I think sometime around the end of October, my husband and I ran out of things to say. Sitting across the dinner table from each other over plates of Costco soup and a homemade Greek salad with wimpy lettuce, our eyes met and . . . more
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education met on Zoom on Dec. 2 to discuss acquiring Covid-19 testing capabilities should the community be designated as a yellow zone by the state.
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District preps for second Covid-19 wave
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education met virtually on Dec. 2 for an update from Superintendent John DeTommaso on where the district stands as the coronavirus pandemic … more
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‘So much for trying to do the right thing’
Q. We were told to file a permit to rent our house next door, which an inspector came and looked at and said it was a “simple” permit. more
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UPDATED: Mepham High School to reopen Dec. 4 following Covid-19 contact tracing
In an email sent to Wellington C. Mepham High School families Thursday afternoon, Principal Eric Gomez said the school would reopen for in-person instruction on Dec. 4 after officials completed contact tracing for an unknown number of positive Covid-19 cases that were reported by parents overnight. more
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Senior TJ Rogers, the starting wide receiver for Sanford H. Calhoun High School’s football team, leapt to complete a pass during a flag football tournament benefiting the Bellmore-Merrick Community Cupboard on Nov. 24.
Flag football tournament benefits Bellmore-Merrick Community Cupboard
Flags were flying on the field of Sanford H. Calhoun High School before Thanksgiving break on Nov. 24, as student-athletes took part in a flag football tournament to benefit the Bellmore-Merrick … more
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John O'Connell
Give thanks the election is over, and put the knives away
Besides the sad deaths of a quarter-million Americans, the pandemic claimed another victim this month: the re-election of President Trump. Had the election been held in February . . . more
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