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Doris Hicks, president of the Lakeview branch of the NAACP, received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream on Feb. 23. Such sites are intended to reach communities that might otherwise be overlooked in the vaccination effort.

Valley Stream pop-up vaccine site inoculates 250

State officials joined community representatives to host a pop-up coronavirus vaccine site at the Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream on Feb. 23. According to state officials, 250 people ages … more

By Peter Belfiore | 3/4/21

Christy Calderon, a registered nurse with Northwell Health, doled out Covid vaccines at Elmont Memorial High School on Feb. 27.

Pop-up vaccine site serves Elmont community members in need

Cynthia Hamilton had been trying to get a Covid vaccine since January, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo first announced that health aides like herself would be eligible to receive the shot, but everywhere she … more

By Melissa Koenig and Peter Belfiore | 2/27/21

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced on Wednesday that Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School will serve as a pop-up coronavirus vaccination site on Saturday.

County announces pop-up vaccination site at Elmont Memorial

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced Wednesday morning that on Saturday, Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School will serve as a pop-up coronavirus vaccination site, where roughly 1,000 … more

By Peter Belfiore | 2/24/21

White New Yorkers are getting the Covid vaccine at higher rates than non-White New Yorkers, data shows.

Legislator Solages calls for increased vaccine supply

Although majority-minority communities have had consistently higher Covid-19 infection rates than majority white areas throughout the pandemic, state data shows that residents of those communities … more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/11/21

Sewanhaka adopts new Covid reporting system

The Sewanhaka Central High School District is changing the way parents and guardians can report positive Covid cases to the district. Officials previously asked parents and guardians to report … more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/9/21

There are many empty storefronts in Franklin Square and Elmont.

Dozens of businesses closed in Franklin Square and Elmont

In the year since a group of Franklin Square residents met at the local library to share their thoughts on revitalizing the community’s downtown, empty storefronts have only become more common, … more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/4/21

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

The Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence is one of two places that County Legislator Carrie Solages thinks should be a vaccination distribution center.

Stumping for vaccination centers in Lawrence and Elmont

With the need to inoculate a large number of people to help ensure herd immunity from the Covid-19 virus and now a variant strain, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D-Elmont), who also represents Inwood is advocating for vaccination distribution centers at the Five Towns Community Center and Belmont Park. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/6/21

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