Heat Wave + Curran Vetoes Police Bill + Five Town Reacts To Cuomo

Happy Wednesday, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know going on locally today.

Five Towns residents and local politicians expressed their thoughts about Governor Cuomo's big announcement yesterday. A heat wave is coming to Long Island and Nassau County will set up cooling centers. A local film festival will take place this week. And County Executive Curran vetoed the controversial police-protester bill.

First, today's weather will be humid and partly cloudy throughout the day with a high of 86 and a low of 76 degrees.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. Alex Costello reports that Nassau County will be open three cooling center to help during a forecasted heat wave this week. The centers will be in Hicksville, Uniondale and Wantagh. (Patch)
2. News 12 Long Island has the story on Nassau County Executive Curran vetoing the bill letting police sue protesters who harass or injure them. Her decision came Tuesday and cited concerns about constitutionality. (News 12)
3. The LI Herald gets Five Town residents' reactions to Tuesday's announcement that Governor Cuomo would be stepping down amid sexual harassment charges. (LI Herald)
4. Patch also has the details on the Long Island Film Festival which kicked off Tuesday at Bellmore Movies. The festival runs from August 10 until the 15th. (Patch)

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Today in Five Towns

• Ms. K's Read-Aloud, 4 to 4:45 p.m., Henry Waldinger Memorial Library
• Virtual Pajama Storytime, 7 to 7:30 p.m., East Rockaway Public Library

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• A police dog named Shammy along with some Nassau County officers helped welcome back Wantagh native and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Silver Medalist Andrew Capobianco. (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library will host an online lecture about Rob Reiner and Mel Brooks at noon at hwpl.org. (Facebook)

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