🌱 17 Years In Prison For Mangano Possible + New Hewlett Rabbi

Hey, Five Towns! Let's get this Tuesday started off right. Here's everything going on around Five Towns today.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 55 Low: 42.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, convicted in 2019 of accepting bribes and kickbacks, could be sentenced to up to 17 and a half years in federal prison. Mangano and his wife, Linda, are scheduled to be sentenced on April 14. (LI Herald)
2. Michel Schlesinger is the newest rabbi at the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre and last week Friday he hosted his first full in-person service. (LI Herald)
3. The Chocolate Expo will return to Garden City on Sunday, March 27. The event was canceled last year due to the pandemic. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Five Towns:

• Career Awareness Week, George W Hewlett High School.
• Superintendent's Roundtable, WEC, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 11 a.m.
• All District Jazz Night, George W Hewlett High School, 7:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Woodmere Middle School presents Roald Dahl's "Matilda the Musical Jr." Tickets are on sale now for the March 23, 25 and 26 shows. (Facebook)
• The G.W. Hewlett High School Class of 2022 Valedictorian has been announced: Elizabeth Zemlyansky. Benjamin Sherman earned salutatorian. (Facebook)
• Two Hewlett students received awards at the second round of the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair (LISEF), the regional competition of the International Science and Engineering Fair: Anneliese Baum and Ethan Abelev. (Facebook)

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— Jackie