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Friday, January 29, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 5
N E W H Y D E PA R K
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY GUIDE PAGES 21-28
PROGRESS MADE ON NHP UNDERPASS PAGE 5
CURRAN EXTENDS GRIEVANCE DEADLINE PAGE 19
‘Play ball’: Nassau backs high-risk sports State, county officials authorize athletics to resume on February 1 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 deContinued on Page 35
PHOTO COURTESY OF PARK PLACE
Park Place Bar and Grill has officially moved into its new home, the site of the Olde Trading Post on Jericho Turnpike. See story on page 2.
Montreuil will not run for re-election as mayor March 16 village election. The positions at stake in the election are mayor, two trustees and village judge. Trustee Richard Coppolla New Hyde Park Mayor Lawrence Montreuil said he will also not seek re-election will not seek re-election in the but Trustee Richard Pallisco
BY TOM MCCARTHY
will run, Montreuil said at a meeting of the village Board of Trustees last Thursday. “Trustee Coppola and I will not be seeking re-election,” Montreuil said. “So keep that Continued on Page 36
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