🌱 Boosters For Omicron + Toys For Kids In Hewlett

Happy Monday, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything happening today in town.

Long Islanders lined up this weekend for COVID-19 vaccines and boosters as Omicron spreads. The New York National Guard is sending medical staff to understaffed nursing homes. And in Hewlett 100 kids got to choose holiday presents.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a shower; breezy. High: 59 Low: 37.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. In Hewlett on Saturday 100 kids got to pick their own presents with "Project Thank a Cop." (WABC-TV)
2. News 12 Long Island stopped by Nassau Community College Saturday where 500 Long Islanders were lining up to get vaccinated or get a booster COVID-19 shot. There are now eight active cases of the omicron variant in the state and the seven-day positivity rate on Long Island is 5.9%. (News 12)
3. New York state is sending 10 medical staff from the National Guard to the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care facility in Uniondale next week, part of a bigger effort to send National Guard medical staff to nursing homes and long-term care facilities in New York that are short-staffed due to the pandemic. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. A person was struck by a train Saturday morning near East Rockaway, closing the tracks for about 90 minutes. No information about the person's name or condition was disclosed. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Junior High Winter Concert I, 7 p.m., South High School, Valley Stream

From my notebook:

• Nassau police and the Nassau police foundation Toys of Hope provided over 3000 gifts to deserving students in Uniondale, Freeport and Roosevelt. (Facebook)

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