Bathroom Spying + Long Island Fair Weekend + Priciest NY Towns

Happy Saturday, people of Five Towns! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

Can you guess the most expensive New York State zip codes? See what Five Towns areas make the top 50 list of the priciest places to buy a home. Fall festivals are starting and this weekend is a big one: the Long Island Fair at Old Bethpage. A Nassau man was busted for spying on women in the bathroom — find out where.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 77, low: 66.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. News 12 previews this weekend's Long Island Fair, which is back after a pandemic year off. The fair runs Saturday and Sunday and has animals, crafts, a dog show, magic, food and music at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (News 12)
2. Jeff Bessen has the details on a $150,000 state grant for fixed license plate readers cameras and portable LPR trailers that State Senator Todd Kaminsky secured for Cedarhurst, Hewlett, Lawrence and Woodmere. The cameras will help Nassau's 4th Precinct. (LI Herald)
3. Alex Costello has the story on an Elmont man who was arrested this week for spying on women in a bathroom at a Hicksville business. Shehzad Asif was recording women without their consent at Hunter Business School. (Patch)
4. Investment blog 24/7 Wall St. analyzed New York State towns to find the most expensive real estate markets. Long Island was well-represented and so was the Five Towns area: Hewlett Harbor ranked 48, Hewlett Neck 47 and Hewlett Bay Park 12. (24/7 Wall St.)

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Nassau County Police Officer Nathan O’Connell of the 3rd Precinct helped a woman who was on the way to visit her husband in the hospital when her car got stuck in flood water from Ida on Thursday. (Facebook)
• Check out some back to school pictures from East Rockaway's Centre Avenue Elementary, School 2 in Lawrence, and Wheeler Avenue School in Valley Stream. (Facebook)
• Public libraries like Hewlett-Woodmere and Henry Waldinger are closed this weekend for Labor Day.

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