🌱 Nassau Gas Sales Tax Suspended + Drunk Driver With Kids In Car

Get on up, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started off right. These are the most important things happening today in Five Towns.

First, today's weather:

Times of sun and clouds. High: 60 Low: 53.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. On Tuesday, Nassau County legislators unanimously adopted partial suspension of the county sales tax on gasoline to ease high gas prices. (News 12)
2. An East Meadow man was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated with young children in the car. Dave Edwards was driving on East Meadow Avenue Sunday and hit another car that was stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Jerusalem Road. Officers found his 3-year-old and 5-year-old daughters in the backseat. (News 12)
3. A Carle Place Episcopal church that closed will reopen in about a year with efforts to revitalize. The diocese will bring in a new priest to St. Mary's along with local parishioners from other churches. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Hewlett Elementary School Earth Day Assembly, Hewlett Woodmere School District.
• Ogden Elementary School Earth Day Celebration, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 1 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has a seed library for your backyard garden. (Facebook)
• Hewlett High School's baseball team has had a bumpy start to the season, losing the first five games. But coach Andrew DeBernardo is confident the Bulldogs can bounce back. (LI Herald)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cedarhurst: "I have some cookbooks to give away. Please let me know if you’re interested." (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie