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Friday, January 29, 2021
Vol. 96, No. 5
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY GUIDE PAGES 21-28
YELLOW ZONE LIFTED IN G.N.
CURRAN EXTENDS GRIEVANCE DEADLINE
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‘Play ball’: Nassau backs high-risk sports
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State, county officials authorize athletics to resume on Monday BY R O S E W E L D ON Nassau County has announced that it will support the playing of high-risk high school sports in line with state guidance. The action came last Friday on the same day the state said that it would reauthorize the playing of such sports beginning Feb. 1. Guidelines from the New York Department of Health issued on Jan. 21 listed these sports as high risk: basketball, boys lacrosse, competitive cheerleading, football, ice hockey, volleyball and wrestling. Last month the New York State Public High School Athletic Association announced that high-risk sports across all seasons would be postponed until reauthorized by the state, delaying the scheduled start of the high-risk winter sports. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who had supported playing sports during the pandemic, said in a statement on Friday
that she had directed the county Health Department to work with school districts “to safely resume school sports according to [state] guidance.” “As Nassau County Executive, I’ve continued to advocate for the safe resumption of organized sports, as well as for keeping our businesses and schools open,” Curran said. “For many, school sports are a path to promising academic and career opportunities. I’m excited to get our kids back on the fields, courts, and ice rinks they love so much. Let’s play ball!” “Effective February 1, 2021, participants in higher-risk sports and recreation activities may partake in individual or distanced group training and organized no/ low-contact group training and, further, may partake in other types of play, including competitions and tournaments, only as permitted by the respective local health authorities (i.e., county health Continued on Page 35
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK PARK DISTRICT
Members of the Great Neck community participated in the park district’s Ferraro Brother’s Hockey Clinic founded by twin brothers and former NHL players Chris and Peter Ferraro.
Best Market in Great Neck Plaza to close BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The Best Market in Great Neck Plaza will close its doors in February, leaving peninsula residents with fewer local op-
tions to purchase their groceries. Jay Corn, vice president of the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District, confirmed that the Best Market in The Gardens at Great Neck
Plaza at 40 Great Neck Road will close in mid-February. Corn called the closing of the store “a big hole to fill” and said no one to his knowledge was lined up to replace the groContinued on Page 36
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