🌱 Blakeman Says No Vax Mandate For County Workers + Hit And Run

Good morning, people of Five Towns! I'm here with the latest copy of the Five Towns Daily.

Bruce Blakeman says he won't force Nassau County employees to get vaccinated. Three teens are charged with armed robbery. And a woman was hit by an SUV, and the driver didn't stop.

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First, today's weather:

Sunny. High: 62 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. News 12 Long Island reports that Bruce Blakeman, the Republican who announced victory in the Nassau County executive race, says he will not enforce a vaccine mandate for police and other county workers. (News 12)
2. The Daily Voice reports that three teenagers are facing charges after police said they robbed a group of people at gunpoint in East Garden City at 8:10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5. A 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy approached a group of five young people, who were exiting a cat in a Roosevelt Field Mall parking lot. (Daily Voice)
3. The Long Island Coalition Against Bullying held its first-ever 5K walk/ run to raise money for resources that help prevent bullying in Eisenhower Park Sunday morning. (News 12)
4. News 12 Long Island explains that a 54-year-old woman was hit by an SUV on Jerusalem Ave. in Uniondale when she was hit by its side mirror. The driver kept going. (News 12)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Senior Make-Ups/Retakes, Back Pool Lobby, Hewlett High, 7:30 a.m.

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• The Hewlett High School Robotics club is getting ready to build task-completing robots, a six-week process before the annual, regional-qualifier competition against nearly 35 other teams on Long Island. The club welcomes any student, freshman through senior, to join after school in room 234 every Friday. (LI Herald)

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