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Asking for forgiveness instead of permission?

Q. The pandemic caused prices to go up, and we really need to work on our home. We know you’d tell us we need a permit, but we have to save everywhere we can. I want to know whether we can . . . more

By Monte Leeper | 5/15/21

Baldwin High School students Cassandra Roger and Jayland Coward walked in Baldwin park and shared their thoughts about the Covid-19 vaccines.

As spring returns, locals reflect on pandemic in Baldwin Park

It’s been a difficult year. For much of it, many people have been stuck inside, awaiting the end of the coronavirus pandemic, which, to … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 4/15/21

The pandemic of 1918 was pushed off the front pages

My husband’s father was 14 and living in New York during the pandemic of 1918, sometimes known as the Spanish flu. He must have had memories of the time; surely he knew people who died in Brooklyn, where he lived. more

4/15/21

Herald Inside LI held a live webinar called, “Staying Local for College,” on April 8 at 7 p.m.

Herald Inside LI hosts College webinar on upcoming fall semester

As a result of the pandemic, colleges everywhere have had no choice but to make social and academic changes to their school settings. Students, faculty and staff have adapted to our new … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 4/12/21

Saint Christopher’s School in Baldwin will close for good in June.

St. Christopher School in Baldwin set to close for good

Citing financial struggles caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, church officials announced last week that St. Christopher’s School, a Catholic parochial school in Baldwin, would close at the end of … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 4/3/21

Reflections on a pandemic year

How strange the past 12 months have been, for us all. Personally, I’ve been holed up for most of it at my desk in my bedroom, papers stacked up around me . . . more

3/11/21

A year later, lessons learned from the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc. more

2/25/21

Resident Myrna De Silva traveled to GoHealth Pediatric Urgent Care in Hewlett for her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. She secured an appointment with the help of volunteers from Congregation Ohav Sholom, who recently started an initiative to get seniors vaccinated.

Volunteers from Ohav Sholom in Merrick help seniors get vaccinated

“I would go on the computer and be in a sweat,” recalled Lettie Werbel. Last month, Werbel’s husband, Steve, 82, spent six days in the hospital after contracting Covid-19. The … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 2/12/21

Sadly, we’re in this pandemic for the long haul

Some 100,000 New Yorkers may face debilitating long-term health effects after falling ill to Covid-19, according to “What If You Never Get Better?” in the most recent issue of The New York Times Magazine. more

1/28/21

Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé dropped off masks with the Rev. Nicholas Zientarski, of St. Christopher’s Church in Baldwin, whose food pantry serves the food insecure.

‘We must remain vigilant’

At the end of 2020, Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé, of Freeport, joined the student group Long Island Laboring Against Covid-19 to donate 15,000 masks and other personal protective … more

By Ronny Reyes and Bridget Downes | 1/21/21

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