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Five Towns Community Center aids residents through coronavirus pandemic
With rubber gloves on her hands and a facemask wrapped around her nose and mouth, Inwood resident Sasha Young handed out bleach, dish detergent and muffins to Five Towns residents, along with a diced pineapple snack cup, if they came with children, at the Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lawrence on March 27.
Woodmere owners of East Rockaway business aim to make ventilator parts
An East Rockaway-based business owned by two Woodmere residents is looking into the possibility of manufacturing ventilator parts to help with the current ventilator shortage because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Update: County reports 298 coronavirus cases in the Five Towns
Updated: March 27 at 2:30 p.m. According to the latest statistical updates from the county, the number of Five Towns coronavirus cases has reached 298. As of March 27, there are 170 cases in …
Governor Cuomo: School's out through April 15
Schools must remain closed and learning must continue to take place online, according to a new executive order issued by Governor Cuomo Friday to protect students and teachers against the spread of …
County panel surveying businesses how COVID-19 is hurting them
Nassau County’s Coronavirus Economic Advisory Council is asking business owners to fill out a confidential survey to gauge how the COVID-19 outbreak is hurting small, medium and big businesses …
Atlantic Beach boardwalk is closed
The half-mile long Atlantic Beach boardwalk is closed as of March 27, village Mayor George Pappas said. On March 26, Long Beach officials closed the city’s boardwalk.
Nassau County officials are asking for medical supply donations
County Executive Laura Curran, Police Commissioner of Police Patrick J. Ryder and Office of Emergency Managment …
Adjusting to the new norm during the coronavirus outbreak
Amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, staying inside for a majority of the day has quickly become the norm. Parents are working from home and children, who are out of school, are “distance learning” — doing schoolwork remotely.
Businesses working to get over the COVID-19 bump
This time of the year is a busy one for stores as shoppers prepare for holidays such as Passover and Easter.
Long Island Association offering business advice amid coronavirus outbreak
The Long Island Association, a regional business advocacy group, was supposed to host its spring luncheon Friday, featuring retired Yankee great Alex Rodriguez, but instead it held an hour-long …
Lawrence Elementary School students visit the 4th Precinct in Hewlett
Off the school bus they came, 40 third- and fifth-graders from Lawrence Elementary School marched into the 4th Precinct in Hewlett on March 11 delivering two boxes filled of goodies for the Nassau …
Lawrence-based Achiezer providing steady updates, food delivery plan
Lawrence-bassed Achiezer has been in high gear throughout the coronavirus crisis, providing information, coordination and support in countless areas.
Hewlett Happenings
Taking stock of what matters amid coronavirus
On March 16, the life of every student at Hewlett High School was drastically changed. That Monday was the first day of distance learning for students through a mandatory two-week closure period in …
Hewlett Fire Department adds to emergency response policies
Because of the coronavirus outbreak the Hewlett Fire Department has revised some its emergency procedures concerning medical services and responding to emergencies
Bonding and solving real-world problems with Hewlett High School robotics
The Hewlett High School robotics team Roboboogie meets every Friday for six hours to prepare and discuss its plans for the season. Divided into …
Feeding local heroes and friends on the South Shore
Support for restaurants in the Five Towns and other South Shore communities has blossomed in a brief time to hundreds of contributors paying for meals – breakfast, lunch and dinner – to be delivered to essential businesses and services, ranging from doctors’ offices to CVS, hospitals, and police precincts, amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Five Towns houses of worship continue to connect with congregants amid coronavirus outbreak
Temple Hillel Rabbi Steven Graber of the Conservative Jewish synagogue in North Woodmere is speaking to his congregants through a video on YouTube and conducting weekday evening services at 7:30 p.m., and Shabbat services at 6 p.m.
Handing out coronavirus on the street
Whether you are professional sanitation worker from Sanitary District 1 who is paid to pick up the trash in the Five Towns, a business owner trying to keep the space outside clean or a child who …
Triple meal deal at Lawrence schools
The van pulled into the area near a blue tent sent up over two tables at the Lawrence UPK at the Number Two School in Inwood on March 18 and Whitsons’ General Manager Beth Drayer and driver Paul O’Malley unloaded the packed with crates filled with breakfast and lunch for three days: Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Gourmet Glatt in Cedarhurst and Woodmere checking shoppers temperatures at entrances
With the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the Five Towns, Gourmet Glatt is taking extra safety precautions at their stores in Woodmere and Cedarhurst. Security guards stationed at the …
Cedarhurst JCC SHOP serves up a large helping of assistance
No stranger to helping through crises, whether it be the financial downturn in 2008 and 2009, Hurricane Sandy in 2012 or the day-to-day assistance it always provides, the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC and its Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Panty at the SHOP has been serving as a pickup and delivery service with food for older adults and those enduring hard times amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Cedarhurst suspends all metered parking and alternate side rule through March 28
Cedarhurst village suspended all meter enforcement and the alternate side parking rule through March 28. "All other laws and regulations, such as blocking a hydrant, double parking, parking in a crosswalk, bus stop, loading zone or handicapped spot, etc., will be enforced," Mayor Benjamin Weinstock said.
Far Rockaway's St. John's Episcopal Hospital battles coronavirus
For St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, the coronavirus outbreak is a matter of staff being prepared to care for patients, making sure the hospital has enough supplies, getting people to one of its three outpatient facilities, including the one in Lawrence, and providing the community with information on the coronavirus.
Nassau County to reopen its owned and operated golf courses
After closing its owned and operated golf courses on March 23, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said the courses and driving ranges will reopen on March 26.
Heralds seek 2020 summer interns
Herald Community Newspapers is seeking 2020 and summer interns for our 18 community-based publications that stretch across Nassau County’s South Shore, from Valley Stream to Seaford, and Long …