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Schools plan to reopen Parents, teachers to be consulted Masks will be mandated, and students will be required to have one with them at all times. jbessen@liherald.com, kbloom@liherald.com, “We are giving flexibility to mferremi@liherald.com the school districts,” Cuomo School administrators public said. Similar to the state’s and private are now working on phased-in economic reopening, exactly what to do after Gov. he added, “There was no oneAndrew Cuomo gave school dis- size-fits-all” approach then, nor tricts in Nassau and Suffolk is there now. counties, along with Lawrence School rest of the state, perDistrict Superintenmission to reopen. dent Dr. Ann PederT h e g o ve r n o r sen said the district said he based his was prepared to folAug. 7 decision on low its 76-page low infection rates reopening plan, but recorded in every was unclear on the region. “Everywhere length of the upcomin the state, every ing school year. “We region is below the have been planning threshold that we with health and safeestablished,” he said ty and education as in a conference call ARI SoloMoN the guiding princiwith reporters. “If p l e s, ” s h e s a i d . there’s a spike in the Executive director, “What we still HAFTR infection rate, if haven’t any guidthere’s a matter of ance on is the 180concern in the infection rate, we day rule. There are a certain can revisit.” amount of hours required, and The State Education Depart- that remains confusing.” Lawment is leaving the specifics of rence plans to begin school on how to reopen New York’s 749 Sept. 8. school districts to the districts Pedersen said that the disthemselves. They are empow- trict’s plan was developed collabered to make decisions about oratively, and includes directions what in-person learning will for full remote learning, in-perlook like, how much remote son instruction and a hybrid. At learning will be offered and how next Monday’s Board of Educato implement safety protocols. Continued on page 10
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KISS ANd MAKE Up employee Stephanie Andujar showed the beauty items offered at the Central Avenue InsideWalk Sale on Aug. 5.
Offering a ‘sense of normalcy’ Cedarhurst holds InsideWalk Sale By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
Instead of sidewalks filled with people shopping for the best deals at their favorite shops, the annual Cedarhurst Summer Sidewalk Sale was reduced to an indoor event because of the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 75 Cedarhurst
merchants took part in what was billed as the Central Avenue InsideWalk Sale. It began on Aug. 5 and continued on Aug. 6, 7 and 9, as participating shops opened at 10 a.m. on those days. The summer sale, which has taken place for more than 30 years, was created to generate business during a slow time of the year by attracting
customers to stores with larger-than-usual discounts. More than 80 businesses took part last year. The Cedarhurst Business Improvement Districts collects a portion of the village tax on commercial property. In conjunction with the village, the money is used for improvements and promoContinued on page 10