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By MElISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
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At the Women’s Health Fair on May 14, officials from Episcopal Health Services and the office of State Sen. James Sanders Jr. announced that $1 million of the new state budget would be allocated to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital.
A push for maternal health at St. John’s in Far Rockaway By BRIAN NoRMAN bnorman@liherald.com
Mothers from across Far Rockaway came to the Episcopal Health Services Women’s Health Fair May 14 at the EHS Clinical Learning Center, where they received free products, took part in educational workshops and joined in community discussions. Dozens of booths, organized by the hospital, offered women informational packets on hospital services as well as free diapers and menstrual products distributed by St. John’s ICARE Foundation. “This is really a monumental event for us all at EHS, as we have a very strong commitment to the women our community,” Donald
T. Morrish, Episcopal Health Services’ CEO and an obstetrician, said. “As we know, women are really the anchor of everything in our families, and taking care of them is our responsibility from every aspect: the way that we make sure that they get access to good, high-quality health care here at EHS, all of their needs are met, from making sure the nutrition is appropriate, behavioral health services to support them, to have all of our doulas here walk through all their aspects of their pregnancy.” The event featured programs and services for local mothers, including women’s health services, the doula program, health screenings, on-the-spot provider appointments, ContinuEd on pAgE 7
The Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence school district 2025-26 budgets both passed on Tuesday night. In a contested race for two Lawrence trustee seats, Tova Rosenfeld was elected for the first-time, with 1,399 votes, and David Sussman was re-elected to a three-year term, with 1,996. Running unopposed, Tova Plaut was re-elected to her fifth term with 2,143 votes. Rosenfeld aims to address concerns about various issues affecting the district. “I am running to help address concerns and find solutions that benefit the community, issues like the delay in restarting pre-K busing, the seawall project and the purchase of a house next to the primary
school for $625k have raised questions about transparency and fiscal responsibility,” Rosenfeld wrote in an email. The $104.5 million school budget for the Lawrence school district passed with 1,698 votes. The 2025-26 budget includes a 2.55 percent spending increase from the current $101.99 million fiscal plan. In Hewlett-Woodmere, incumbent Trustees Debbi Sheinin and Chana Jeter ran unopposed for new three-year terms, and won 1,206 and 1,383 votes, respectively. The $143.1 million school budget for Hewlett-Woodmere passed with 1,148 votes. There is a 1.75 percent tax levy increase over the current fiscal plan and spending will increase by just under $4.6 million, a 3.31 percent increase over the current budget.
School budget results for Hewlett-Woodmere school district
√ PASSED 1,148 VoTES
For more school election results information, go to liherald.com/FiveTowns