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Friday, March 13, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 11
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Mineola goes to the polls Elections take place Wednesday BY E M M A J ON ES Incumbents Paul Pereira and Paul Cusato are running unopposed for Mineola village trustee in Wednesday’s elections. The lone contested election in Mineola is the village justice race. Acting village Justice Steven Barnwell and former village Trustee Scott Fairgrieve are vying for the seat. Pereira has served on the board PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWELL HEALTH since 2008. He has taught in the Mineola schools since 1993, and is From left, New York State Commissioner of Health Howard Zucker and Gov. Andrew Cuomo tour Northwell Health’s laboa member of the Lions Club and the ratory with President and CEO Michael Dowling (far right). Mineola Portuguese Center. Pereira has three children. Cusato was first elected to the board in 2004. He is a 52-year member of the Mineola Fire Department. A father of four and grandfather of four, he is also a former Little League president and head of the Mineola Athletic Association. than a week after the first case Town of North Hempstead and den City, Curran did not give any BY Both Pereira and Cusato attwo in the Town of Oyster Bay. details about those who were was reported in the county. R O S E W E L D O N A N D tended Mineola High School. They The announcement came The other 21 were reported in infected. ROBERT PELAEZ have lived in Mineola for more than Some local school districts, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo de- the Town of Hempstead. Ten a combined 100 years. Nassau County has 25 con- clared a state of emergency in tests for the virus are pending. while avoiding closing schools The elections will be held on Wednesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at firmed cases of novel corona- New York, some local colleges Six of the patients with con- altogether, said some families with students have had contact the Village Hall Community Center virus, County Executive Laura canceled classes and Northwell firmed cases were hospitalized. with confirmed coronavirus paOne hundred fi fty-three NasHealth stepped up its ability to Curran said Wednesday, less at 155 Washington Ave. test for the COVID-19 virus, sau residents are under manda- tients. THE FIRST CASE which has spread around tory quarantine, while 79 are An unnamed 42-year-old the world since originating under precautionary quarantine. At a news conference at the man who lives in Uniondale and in China. In Nassau County, two Theodore Roosevelt Executive works at Mercy Medical Center cases were reported in the and Legislative Building in GarContinued on Page 50
Nassau coronavirus cases hit 25 Northwell Health begins semi-automatic COVID-19 testing at Lake Success facility
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