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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is quarantining after a recent exposure to a person with Covid-19.

County executive quarantining after Covid-19 exposure

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran must quarantine for 10 days because of a recent exposure to a person who had tested positive for Covid-19. Curran's press office reported Thursday that the … more

1/14/21

While the West Hempstead Community Support Association could not hold its annual Holiday at Halls, as it did, above, in 2018, the group hung decorations in the hope of spreading holiday cheer.

West Hempstead civic members hang decorations despite pandemic

For the West Hempstead Community Support Association, keeping up the holiday spirit this year was a bit challenging. The group was forced to cancel its annual Holiday at Halls, a tree-lighting … more

By Nakeem Grant | 12/24/20

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

By Alyssa Seidman | 12/22/20

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

By Alyssa Seidman | 12/21/20

Mothers of Malverne President Sonia Bicocchi, right, shared a $200 donation with the Malverne Library on Dec. 4. Bicocchi was joined by, from left, Friends of the Malverne Library member Brian Callaghan, Children’s Librarian Antoinette Levine and Library Director Carol Lagos.

Mothers of Malverne partner with the Malverne Library

For more than 40 years, the Mothers of Malverne have helped connect local mothers in the village to share the experiences of motherhood. As the coronavirus pandemic has persisted, the MOMs sought to … more

By Nakeem Grant | 12/18/20

Barnes-Sorrentino Funeral Home owner Frederic Sorrentino, center, and his colleague John Telesca, to his immediate left, received a $5,000 check from HSBC Bank USA, which was donated on their behalf to the Disability Opportunity Fund of Rockville Centre. The two were joined by HSBC area manager Thomas Haggerty, far left, Franklin Square branch manager Zakia Benzoubeier and Senior Vice President Ralph Scannell Jr.

West Hempstead’s Barnes-Sorrentino Funeral Home is honored in HSBC’s Small Business Spotlight

Barnes-Sorrentino Funeral Home owner Frederic Sorrentino said that in the business’s 58-year history in West Hempstead, nothing was quite as “treacherous” as the months of March, … more

By Nakeem Grant | 12/18/20

Northwell Health nurse Sandra Lindsay, of Port Washington, became the first person in New York state to receive Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine on Monday.

Video: Covid-19 vaccine is on its way to Nassau

Nassau County hospital officials and elected leaders are moving fast to prepare for distribution of the first doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after federal emergency-use authorization for it was … more

By Caitlin O'Brien and Scott Brinton | 12/14/20

West Hempstead nurse Narda Martin-Haye said she was contemplating starting a GoFundMe page to support her children, Gregory and Maya.

West Hempstead nurse, brother-in-law recall nightmarish bouts with coronavirus

For the past nine months, West Hempstead resident Narda Martin-Haye says, she and her family have been living a nightmare. A registered nurse in Nassau County for 16 years, Martin-Haye, 38, said she … more

By Nakeem Grant | 12/3/20

Stop & Shop employees and Local 338 members gathered at a news conference on Nov. 6 at which officials announced that essential workers could receive free virus tests.

Lakeview Fire Department provides free coronavirus testing for first responders

For the next few weeks, essential workers can be tested for coronavirus for free, thanks to a new initiative launched by Town of Hempstead officials in collaboration with Northwell Health. The … more

By Bridget Downes and Nakeem Grant | 11/27/20

Former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato checked into the hospital Friday after feeling ill last week.

Former Sen. D’Amato said to be recovering from Covid at St. Francis Hospital

Former U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato, who rose from the Hempstead town council to become a U.S. senator from New York and one of the most powerful political figures in the country, has been … more

By James Bernstein | 11/23/20

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