🌱 Construction Co. Owner Indicted For Child Death + Union Threat

Morning, Five Towns! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on today in Five Towns.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with periods of rain. High: 55 Low: 48.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. The owner of a Nassau County construction company, Nadeem Anwar, 46, of Valley Stream, was indicted today on manslaughter charges after a wall he built in Brooklyn collapsed in 2019 and killed a 5-year-old girl. Anwar and his company, City Wide Construction and Renovations, Inc., were both arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Tuesday. (Patch)
2. Workers at a Starbucks in Great Neck filed a complaint alleging that management of the store engaged in nine unfair labor practices, threatening disciplinary action, loss of promotion and loss of opportunities to work in different stores over employees' support of unionizing. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Rabbis from synagogues on Long Island, New York City and Westchester arrived in Poland last week with humanitarian aid for Ukrainians. Rabbis Shalom Axelrod from Young Israel of Woodmere, Ellie Weinstock from the Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach and Shmuel Ismach from Young Israel of Great Neck were among the group. (LI Herald)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Naviance Night, Hewlett High School, George W Hewlett High School, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Hewlett Lawrence Soccer Club spring intramural soccer starts April 2 and registration is open. (Facebook)
• Hewlett High School's RoboBoogie robotics team was the top squad at the FTC FIRST Long Island regional championship and will head to the FTC FIRST World Robotics competition in Houston April 19 to 23. (LI Herald)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Hewlett/Woodmere: "Does anyone have a working number for C Munoz landscaping? I have called the number on the invoice and emailed the address but have not received a response." (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie