🌱 1 Hurt In Freeport Crash + Rockville Centre Motorcycle Crash

Hey, Five Towns! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on today in Five Towns.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 57 Low: 39.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. A 49-year-old man is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Freeport. A 66-year-old driver was traveling west on Sunrise Highway near South Main Street around 8 p.m. when he hit the pedestrian, who suffered multiple injuries and was rushed to a hospital. (News 12)
2. One man is dead, and another is in serious condition after a motorcycle crash in Rockville Centre Sunday night. A 36-year-old man was driving a 2020 BMW motorcycle east on Merrick Road when he hit a 42-year-old man crossing the street near North Forest Avenue. The driver was thrown from his motorcycle. (Patch)
3. A new ramen shop has opened in Lynbrook. Ni Ramen is at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Merrick Road, where Burger Bandit closed. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Hewlett Elementary School PTA meeting, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 9:30 a.m.
• Public Budget Forum, WEC, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 7:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• A man entered a woman's home in Hicksville Sunday night and "began inappropriately grabbing and forcibly touched" her, according to Nassau County Police. Carlos Villeda, 58, of Hicksville, was charged with burglary and forcible touching. (Subscription: Newsday)
• The Sands Atlantic Beach is hiring now for summer staff. (Facebook)
• Sunday, April 3 is "Buzz of the Beekeeper" at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, for kids three and older, 1 or 3 p.m. (Facebook)

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— Jackie