🌱Blakeman National Figure For Anti-Maskers + Fake Vaccine Buyers

Rise and shine, Five Towns! Let's get you all caught up to start this Monday, February 7 off on an informed note. These are the most important things going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Showers of rain and snow. High: 40 Low: 35.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is becoming a national leader of the conservative movement against COVID-19 mandates. His executive order directing Nassau school districts to decide on masks has caught the attention of GOP leaders. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. After two nurses and an employee at Amityville's Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare were charged for an alleged fake COVID-19 vaccination card, Suffolk County hasn't yet said if the thousands of people who bought the cards will be charged. Buying and possessing fraudulent vaccination cards is a crime. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Island Park native David Katz is the subject of a new documentary, along with radio DJ Elvis Duran, called “Worst to First,” about the rise of station Z100. It will air on On Demand Feb. 11. (LI Herald)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Board of Education Meeting, Lawrence UFSD, 8 p.m.

From my notebook:

• This Tuesday is the Hewlett-Woodmere Superintendent's Roundtable at the Hewlett Fire Department. (Hewlett-Woodmere schools)
• In Lawrence, teams of fifth to eighth grade Brandeis students participated in the school's first-ever chulent cook-off, the traditional Jewish stew, last week. (LI Herald)
• Woodmere Middle School PTA is hosting an ice skating night on Wednesday at Grant Park, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (Facebook)

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— Jackie