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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

Franklin Square school district switches to remote learning, Elmont and Sewanhaka schools closed

All schools in the Franklin Square school district, as well as the Gotham Avenue School in the Elmont Union Free School District, will remain closed until Jan. 19, as the number of coronavirus cases … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/13/21

Pamela Greenfield, a longtime bus driver and transportation director for the Franklin Square Union Free School District, died of the coronavirus on Jan. 9.

Franklin Square bus driver, transportation director dies of Covid

A longtime bus driver ad transportation director for the Franklin Square school district died from complications of the coronavirus on Jan. 9, Superintendent Jared Bloom told community members that … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/12/21

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

Elmont Memorial High School closed Dec. 16 and 17

Elmont Memorial High School will be closed on Dec. 16 and 17, after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19, Sewanhaka Superintendent James Grossane announced on Dec. 15. All students and … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/15/20

Franklin Square schools to adopt hybrid program for the week

The Franklin Square School District will be offering a hybrid learning program for the remainder of the week, after a bus driver tested positive for Covid-19, Superintendent Jared Bloom announced on … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/14/20

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

Franklin Square schools closed as transportation staff quarantines

All students in the Franklin Square School District will be learning remotely tomorrow, as multiple transportation employees are being quarantined while they wait for the results of Covid tests, … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/13/20

The Alden Terrace School remained closed through Friday, after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.

Three Elmont, Franklin Square schools close for Covid cases

The Alden Terrace School in Elmont, as well as H. Frank Carey and Sewanhaka high schools will remain closed through Friday due to new coronavirus cases. In a letter to parents on Dec. 9, Elmont … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/10/20

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