🌱 Hospital Worker Saves Life + Murder Charges For RVC MD Reduced

Rise and shine, Five Towns! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and windy. High: 60 Low: 44.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. A Valley Stream man praised a hospital worker at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream for saving his life. Hellene Ballesteros, 29, of Garden City South, an emergency room admitting representative, was able get Charles Davenport immediate treatment in December for appendicitis. (Patch)
2. A former Rockville Centre physician who was accused of prescribing large amounts of opioids that led to the deaths of five patients had five counts of murder reduced to manslaughter by a judge on Thursday. (LI Herald)
3. An 80-year-old woman has been arrested in a hit-and-run that injured a bicyclist in Jericho. Lena Saban, of Glen Head, struck a male bicyclist at the intersection of Jericho Turnpike and Cedar Swamp Road and left the scene. (Patch)

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Today in Five Towns:

• NYSSMA Non All-State, Lynbrook, Hewlett Woodmere School District.

From my notebook:

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public School's Class of 2022 are selling engraved bricks. Proceeds will go to supporting this year's Senior Night. (Facebook)
• Nassau County Police Department commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. "We remember the six million Jewish men, women, and children who were murdered in the Holocaust. Let us stand together against antisemitism and all forms of hatred, bigotry, and intolerance." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Franklin Elementary: "I need my deck pressure washed, sanded sealed and stained. Any suggestions on a reliable company who is also economical?" (Nextdoor)

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• National Football Foundation Honors Suffolk County Players (Details)
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That's it for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.

— Jackie

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