Football Team Quarantine + First Female Touchdown + Fire Damage

Good morning, Five Towns! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Five Towns today.

Businesses and residents reel from a damaging weekend fire in Lakeview, and fundraisers have been created for those affected. The Hewlett football team had to forfeit a game due to COVID-19 exposure and a female football player made Long Island history. A cat, lost for weeks on the JFK runway, was found and reunited with its owner.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 77 Low: 69.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. Jerry Barmash tells us that a milestone has been achieved on Long Island: the first female football has scored a touchdown. Bellmore's Sofia LaSpina is a junior at Mepham High School and scored on Saturday in a victory over Roslyn. (Patch)
2. Patch looks at how neighbors are raising money for families and businesses affected by Sunday's fire in Lakeview. 30 people were displaced from their homes. (Patch)
3. Jeff Bessen reports that Lawrence High School's varsity football team had to forfeit a Sept. 18 game against Friends Academy because the team, except for vaccinated members, had to quarantine due to a positive Covid-19 case. (LI Herald)
4. A cat missing from a flight at JFK was found after three weeks thanks to some local volunteers. The cat escaped from his carrier and was found on the tarmac. (Patch)

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Today in Five Towns:

• PTA Meeting, George W Hewlett High School. 9:30 a.m.
• Dever Chairperson/ Class Parent Meeting, 7:30 p.m, James a. Dever Elementary School

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Nassau County Police Department will give cash if you turn in firearms on Saturday, October 2, 9 a.m. to noon, 886 Jerusalem Ave, Uniondale. It's anonymous. (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library opened Baby Sign Language online registration this week. (Facebook)

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