🌱 Fake School Threat And 911 Call + Mask Mandate Confusion

Happy Wednesday, Five Towns! Let's get this day started off right. Here are the most important things going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine and very cold. High: 27, low: 15.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. A fake call to 911 sparked a police response at a Hempstead middle school on Monday. A call was made to 911 at 1:30 p.m. with a threat to the students and staff at Lawrence Road Middle School, part of Uniondale School District. The caller said they were being held hostage in a classroom by a man with a gun, according to police. (Patch)
2. New York State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker lifted the state's mask order on Monday, but Hewlett and Lawrence school districts continue to require mask wearing in their buildings. (LI Herald)
3. Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital has a new medical director, Dr. Hsiang-chi "Angel" Meng. She was the associate medical director, physician adviser and hospitalist at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Hewlett High School Regents/Midterm Exams, George W Hewlett High School.

From my notebook:

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has an online tutorial about how to use iOS devices on hwpl.org. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rockaway: "I am looking for a photographer to take some pictures at my home in Hewlett." (Nextdoor)
• Discover Long Island, an agency promoting tourism in the region, kicked off a six-week publicity blitz in Phoenix, a $100,000 campaign to highlight Long Island's shores, vineyards and historic sites. (Subscription: Newsday)

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— Jackie