🌱 Helping Baby Of Slain Nassau Woman + New Private School Rules

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, your host of the Five Towns Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 56 Low: 43.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. Friends and family of Irene Maiolica-Spantopanagos started a fundraiser to help her 18-month-old daughter Alessia, after her mother was murdered in Massapequa on March 12. (Patch)
2. New proposed regulations would require private schools, including Jewish yeshivas, to demonstrate they meet state academic requirements, according to accrediting agencies. The new proposed rules were introduced this week at a meeting of the state Board of Regents. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Long Island area codes with majority Black and Latino populations had higher than average hospitalization rates during the omicron COVID-19 surge. Inwood's rate was 5.38 per 1,000, and Valley Stream's was 5.21. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Day of Theater Showcases, George W Hewlett High School.
• Career Awareness Week, George W Hewlett High School.
• CC PTA Meeting, WEC, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 9:30 a.m.
• Board of Education Regular Meeting, WEC, 8 p.m. Hewlett Woodmere School District.

From my notebook:

• Zorn's of Bellmore, a popular chicken take-out spot, will close on March 27 after being in business since the 1990s. (Patch)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Hewlett Harbor: "Does anyone have a recommendation for an attorney or advocate experienced in handling NY Rising claims? I’m a transactional real estate attorney." (Nextdoor)
• Long Island's Catholic Health network is donating more than $300,000 in medical supplies and pharmaceuticals to the U.S. Ukraine Foundation to help Ukrainians. (Patch)

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— Jackie