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Friday, October 16, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 42
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More than 40 virus cases in school districts Mineola with eight positive cases, E. Williston with one confirmed BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z More than 40 confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported in nine school districts on the North Shore of Nassau County, according to figures provided by the state. Public school districts that were analyzed included the Port Washington school district, Roslyn school district, Sewanhaka Central High School District, Mineola school district, East Williston school district, Floral Park-Bellerose school district, Manhasset school district, New Hyde ParkGarden City Park school district, Herricks school district and the Great Neck school district. Floral Park Memorial High School had the most confirmed cases of the virus in one school in these districts with five students as of Wednesday. All of those students were reportedly off-site, according to the state’s COVID-19 report card, which specifies whether a
student, teacher or staff member has tested positive for the virus and if the person was on school grounds or not. The district with the most total cases as of Wednesday was the Sewanhaka Central High School District with 11 confirmed cases, though nine students were off-site, according to state data. One on-site student and teacher or staff member also contracted the virus. “The Department of Health has also advised the district that our practice of maintaining six feet of social distance and requiring the wearing of masks is a best practice against the spread of the virus in our buildings,” Sewanhaka Superintendent James Grossane said in a letter to the community at the end of September. “We are extremely proud of our students throughout the district, and they have done an outstanding job with social distancing, hygiene, mask wearing, and acting in a responsible manner.” Continued on Page 33
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran attended a “topping off” event at the New York Islanders new stadium in Belmont on Friday. See story on page 2.
Whitey Ford dies at 91 in Lake Success home BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
his home in Lake Success last Thursday at the age of 91, according to multiple news rePerhaps the greatest pitch- ports. Ford, a former resident of er in the illustrious history of the New York Yankees, Edward Glen Cove, died with his wife, Charles “Whitey” Ford, died at Joan, of 69 years and his family
by his side while watching the Yankees play the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 4 of the American League Divisional Series, according to reports. “I grew up on Long Island, Continued on Page 34
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