School Elections Results + Amazon Warehouse + New Smoothie Shop

Good morning Five Towns! Welcome to the first edition of the Five Towns Daily, a five-minute guide to what's happening in your area, delivered to your inbox daily.

About me: I am a lifelong Long Islander who has covered local news for over a decade. I'm a busy working mom who loves to share nearby news to inform, educate, inspire or just make your daily life a bit easier.

Patch is trying something a bit different with this daily newsletter: We want you to be able to catch up on all the top local news, announcements and events in one quick read.

In today's daily find out what smoothie shop finally opened in Hewlett, where the new Woodmere Amazon warehouse will be located, why Hewlett is considered one of Long Island's top real estate markets and where Nassau County is planting 39 trees. Results are in from Tuesdays's Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence school district elections and budget votes.

Today's weather is looking pleasant: clear all day with a high of 67 degrees.

Today's top news from the Five Towns:

1. Matthew Ferremi has the details on Hewlett-Woodmere's school vote: The budget passed, and the following candidates were elected to the Board of Education: Judy Menashe, Francois Tenenbaum and Jon Altus were elected to three-year terms. Shari Amitrano will serve two years and Debra Sheinin one. The library budget also passsed. (LI Herald)

2. Jeff Bessen reports on the results of Lawrence Schools Tuesday's vote: the budget passed, two incumbents were reelected, Heshy Blachorsky and Abel Feldhamer. Propositions 3,4 and 5 were approved. The last means the district can buy a residential property in Inwood to build a sport facility for Lawrence Primary School. (LI Herald)

3. Ann Donahue-Smukler of Newsday looks into why Hewlett's real estate market is booming right now. (Newsday)

4. Patch editor Jerry Barmash divulges the details on the new Amazon warehouse coming to Woodmere. (Patch)

5. Jeff Bessen shares the details of Nassau County's tree planting in Woodmere. (LI Herald)

6. Marianne Wilson looks at Target's newest expansion of "state-of-the-art" stores, one in Lawrence. (ChainStoreAge)

Five Towns Notebook

• Tropical Smoothie Cafe opened last week in Hewlett (Facebook)
• Chabad Five Towns in Cedarhurst has an everything you need for shavuout-at-home kit: "Everything but the ice cream."

From our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news!

Featured events

• May 12: The Dairy Restaurant Book & Author with Ben Katchor

Featured classifieds

• America’s VetDogs Support Military Personnel, First Responders

That's today's five minute must-know Five Towns recap. Check back tomorrow to keep updated and informed. If you know of something that should be included in the Five Towns Daily, drop us a note!

-Jackie