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June 25 - JuLY 1, 2020
Anchor’s aweigh for campers youngsters, adults and volunteer staff will be allowed to spend one day a week at the camp There James Davis, now 23, has will also be five weeks of online been attending Camp Anchor, in classroom activities for the Lido Beach, since he was 8. Each campers, including arts and year he counts down the days to crafts and daily videos. the start of camp, according to The camp, which has been his mother, Lisa closed since March, Davis, of Baldwin. will be open for sum“Any activity he mer activities begincan do with his ning July 13, and friends, he appreciwill be limited to ates,” his she said. about 120 campers But this year, as per week. Its pool the coronavirus panand spray pad are demic spread across closed, and it has not Long Island, sumyet been determined mer at Camp whether they will Anchor was an open this summer. unknown. The camp dr. daVid The effort to keep on the beach, owned neuBert campers safe is by the Tow n of being directed by Dr. Hempstead Town Hempstead, hosts David Neubert, the some 1,200 children Physician Hempstead town and adults throughphysician. “We are out the year, and following the guideabout 680 during the summer. lines of the governor, but we are Anchor is an acronym for going further,” Neubert said. Answering the Needs of Citizens “Every single person, campers, With Handicaps through Orga- staff, volunteers, will be physinized Recreation. cally screened and handed a James, who is autistic, questionnaire. Temperatures attends a day care program dur- must be 99.5 or less for admiting the winter but relishes his tance to the camp. summers outside at the camp. “I had reached out to the parHempstead Town Supervisor ents,” Neubert continued, “and Don Clavin said last week that Continued on page 3
By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com
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Lost and Found owner Alexis Trolf cautiously prepared for the third phase of opening. He has taken safety precautions to help bring in customers.
Indoor dining making a return Business owners hopeful in Phase 3 By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com
Alexis Trolf, owner of Lost And Found and Lost At Sea, both restaurants in Long Beach’s West End, said he looks forward to the Phase 3 reopening beginning June 24 — cautiously. “I think it’s a crap shoot for us,” Trolf said earlier this
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week. The trouble? Trolf ’s restaurants are small. Lost And Found seats about 20 people, and Lost At Sea about the same or fewer. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Phase Three reopening allows restaurants to serve people indoors, but at 50 percent capacity, as well as outdoors. Trolf is one owner who is not eager to pack diners into
small spaces, possibly violating social-distancing requirements. “Our places are very small and tightly packed,” Trolf said. He has a large table at the Lost And Found that can seat eight, but he is unsure if that would violate the guidelines. Phase Two allowed restauContinued on page 3
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