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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

During a virtual meeting, the Central High School District Board of Education passed two resolutions that will provide Covid-19 testing capabilities to students and staff should Bellmore-Merrick be designated as one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “micro-cluster” communities.

Bellmore-Merrick CHSD contracts health care vendors to conduct Covid-19 testing

At its first meeting of the new year, the Central High School District Board of Education passed two resolutions that will provide Covid-19 testing capabilities to students and staff should … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 1/7/21

The Town of Hempstead has approved a $123,350 grant for the North Bellmore Fire District to assist with unbudgeted expenses incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hempstead Town earmarks Covid relief grants for Bellmore, North Bellmore fire districts

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. The Bellmore and … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 1/5/21

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

By Alyssa Seidman | 1/5/21

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

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

North Merrick resident Stuart Schneiderman, who owns Steel Fitness on Grand Avenue in Bellmore, says the pandemic has cut the number of personal training sessions his staff conducts per week by more than half.

Small fitness studios feel the weight of the pandemic

Although gyms were allowed to reopen on Aug. 24 following a months-long shutdown, smaller facilities like fitness studios and boutique gyms are still feeling the weight of state-mandated restrictions … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 12/11/20

Bellmore residents Olivia and Athena Silver collected thousands of books over the last month to benefit the Book Fairies. The books will be distributed to schools throughout New York state.

Sisters from Bellmore share the gift of reading

Over the past month, the garage of the Silver family in Bellmore has been packed to the ceiling with cardboard boxes filled with thousands of books. On Tuesday, the books were set to be loaded into … more

By Andrew Garcia | 12/10/20

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

By Alyssa Seidman | 12/10/20

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