School administrators public and private are now working on exactly what to do after Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties, along with rest of the state, permission …
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By Jeff Bessen and Karen Bloom and Matthew Ferremi
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8/13/20
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School districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties, along with the rest of the state, will be allowed to reopen, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this morning. He said he based his decision on low infection rates recorded in every region.
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By Karen Bloom and Peter Belfiore
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8/10/20
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School districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties, along with the rest of the state, will be allowed to reopen, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this morning. He said he based his decision on low infection rates recorded in every region.
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By Karen Bloom
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8/7/20
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Though it’s still summer, school — and particularly how it will reopen in September — is on the minds of many, months after the mid-March statewide pandemic shutdown. The July 31 deadline for schools and school districts to submit reopening plans to the State Education Department was extended to Aug. 7.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/30/20
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A trio of restaurant owners in the Five Towns are to a man excited that they will once again be able to serve their customers in-house as Long Island moves into Phase Three of reopening the economy …
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/23/20
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Hewlett High School will be giving their class of 2020 a proper final sendoff with multiple in-person graduation ceremonies set to take place across two days.
In a letter to students and parents …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/22/20
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Nassau County wound down a whirlwind week of Black Lives Matter protests through local neighborhoods last week that were, with one exception, peaceful and uplifting. Tens of thousands marched . . .
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6/12/20
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered some clarity on when summer camps can open in the state.
In a June 2 news conference, he announced that summer day camps across the state can open June 29. There have …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/12/20
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As Long Island moved into Week Two of the state’s Phase One reopening, business owners who had not been operating since the coronavirus pandemic business closures began in March started to mobilize manpower and materials for the restart.
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By Jeff Bessen and Scott Brinton
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6/4/20
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School district voting on proposed budgets, board trustees and propositions will have a completely different feel as there is no in-person voting this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. All voting will be done by mail-in ballot as mandated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/30/20
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