🌱 7-Year-Old Girl Shot On Street + Church Closes After 96 Years

Happy Monday, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know to start today off on an informed note. Here's everything worth knowing around Five Towns today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 34 Low: 25.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Carle Place held the final service before it closed due to low attendance. The 96-year-old church was one of three Episcopal churches to close on Long Island. (News 12)
2. Police say a seven-year-old girl was shot Saturday while playing in the back yard of a home in Hempstead on Evans Avenue just before 3 p.m. She was treated at a hospital and released. (News 12)
3. Several advocacy groups are asking Governor Kathy Hochul to scrap five of 14 public transportation proposals to LaGuardia Airport, which might mean no rail connection will be available. The only public transportation option would be via bus. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Woodmere Middle School Spring sports begin, Hewlett Woodmere School District

From my notebook:

• Developers will begin work on the $95 million, 201-unit transit-oriented apartment complex at the former Mangrove Feather factory site in Lynbrook in mid-April. (LI Herald)
• La Bussola restaurant on School Street in Glen Cove will offer its original 1980 menu at 1980 prices every Monday in April. (Subscription: Newsday)
• Police Officer George Day retired from the Nassau County Police Department yesterday after 17 years. Two years ago he nearly lost his life after being hit while on motorcycle patrol. (Facebook)

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— Jackie