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Friday, June 5, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 23
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EDUCATION & CAMPS
PROM ON MAIN STREET
COUNTY COVID-19 CASES, DEATHS DECLINE AGAIN
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Outdoor dining on horizon Curran aims to aid downtowns BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is taking steps to revitalize village downtowns battered by the forced shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. On the first day of reopening last week, after 67 days of the New York On Pause quarantine, Curran announced new programs aimed at giving a lifeline to small businesses and restaurants: a plan to open main streets for outdoor dining and a program to deliver complete personal protective equipment kits to small businesses passed over by the federal program. Open Streets, Curran said, creates a fast track for municipalities to get approval from Nassau County to close county roads so restaurants can provide outdoor dining – still under the guidelines of curbside and take-out – so that restaurants can achieve a level of business to be viable. “The shutdown has come at a high cost for our county’s Continued on Page 37
PHOTO BY MELISSA SPITALNICK
Storefronts throughout The Americana in Manhasset were boarded up following incidents of looting in cities around the country in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing. See story on page 12.
Four candidates vie for school seats Incumbent Gilliar, returning Nadolne, newcomers Block, Epstein in running BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
ington Board of Education are being contested by four candidates in Tuesday’s election after Two seats on the Port Wash- Trustee Dave Kerpen announced he was not running for reelection. “At this point in time, I truly don’t have the bandwidth to serve on the board again,” Kerpen said in an interview with Blank Slate
Media. “My work in four companies I am building along with, most importantly, spending time with my family led me to this difficult decision to not run again.” Kerpen was first elected to the board three years ago along with the lone incumbent in this year’s race, Rachel Gilliar. Port Washington residents Adam Block, Julie Epstein and
former Trustee Christina Nadolne are all running as well. The election is being held with absentee ballots, and the top two finishers will win seats. Gilliar, a mother of four, received her undergraduate degree at Dartmouth before attending the University of Michigan law school. Gilliar’s work in Continued on Page 38
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