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Friday, Feburary 26, 2021
Vol. 96, No. 9
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY GUIDE PAGES 19-23
G.N. MAN ARRESTED IN GLEN HEAD
COVID-19 VARIANT FOUND IN GLEN HEAD
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G.N. residents promote local shops online
YEAR OF THE OX
Campaign underway to use social media platforms for business district BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Community efforts to revitalize the business district of the Great Neck peninsula have sprouted in the form of social media platforms. Janet Esagoff, the principal attorney and founder of Esagoff Law Group, sent an email to members of the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce last week about the social media initiatives she and more than a dozen other community stakeholders began to revitalize the peninsula’s business district. Esagoff said in an interview that the news of the Best Market in Great Neck Plaza being closed was one of the main reasons she wanted to start these efforts. “That was kind of a wake-up call for me to head up all of these initiatives,” Esagoff said. “Our group of concerned residents is focused on the issue of how to improve the business district of Great
Neck. We are exchanging solutions and hope to be a liaison with local governments to fill up vacant stores.” Esagoff and her group created two social media platforms to help spread the message. The first is a private Facebook group exclusively for residents of the Great Neck peninsula called “Destination: Great Neck,” which had more than 300 members as of Tuesday. The other is an Instagram account called @GreatNeckBiz, a public account which has close to 300 followers and highlights businesses throughout the peninsula. Esagoff, who is also a board member at large for the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce, said plans including a safe, COVIDfriendly karaoke night and retail hops to promote residents to shop locally have been pitched, and the group is still trying to make connections through its growing social Continued on Page 28
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK SCHOOL DISTRICT
Students at the Lakeville School welcomed the Year of the Ox with a Lunar New Year celebration.
Temple Israel enhances security for virtual events BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
disrupting a Temple Beth-El virtual Torah study on Feb. 13. Temple Israel President Temple Israel of Great Burton Weston confirmed he Neck has increased its security heard of the incident at Temple protocols for Zoom events in Beth-El and officials took a light of anti-Semitic intruders comprehensive look at the se-
curity protocols for the temple’s virtual events and sessions. “In order to heighten the security of our Temple Israel zoom programs and religious services, we request that evContinued on Page 28
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