🌱 Hospital Embezzling + New Traffic Light In Woodmere

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

First, today's weather:

Not as cool, turning breezy. High: 60 Low: 46.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. Dr. Roxanne Garcia-France has been named superintendent of schools at Valley Stream Union Free School District 30. She previously held the district's assistant superintendent position and will start on July 1. (Patch)
2. The former payroll director of Nassau County Medical Center was indicted on charges of embezzling more than $120,000 from the hospital. Arlena Mann, 46, of Bay Shore, could face up to 15 years in prison. (Patch)
3. The intersection of Peninsula Boulevard and Edward Avenue in Woodmere has been the site of five fatal vehicular accidents in two years. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said that county will install a traffic signal, operational by spring. (LI Herald)

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Today in Five Towns:

• NYSSMA All-State, Rockville Centre, Hewlett Woodmere School District.
• Hewlett Elementary School Spirit Day, Hewlett Woodmere School District.
• Hewlett High School PTA Meeting, George W Hewlett High School, 9:30 a.m.
• Woodmere Middle School Musical, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Nassau County Police Officer Jennifer Akron was honored by the East Rockaway Kiwanis Club at its annual Police Appreciation Dinner. (Facebook)
• Two Hewlett High School students submitted 20-page manuals as part of the highly competitive Start-Up Business Plan Category for the NYS Competition of DECA. Max Berger earned first place and Naomi Golbin earned third place. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Franklin Elementary: "Does anybody know of a great and reasonable plumber? Water is leaking of an outdoor pipe of my house." (Nextdoor)

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