🌱 LI Housing Market Starts To Cool + New Nassau Area Code

Up and at 'em, Five Towns! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today.

Nassau residents will be getting a new area code in 2022. A new gym is opening nearby. And the first signs of a cooling Long Island real estate market are emerging.

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First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 74 Low: 65.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. The LI Herald previews East Rockaway's Homecoming festivities. East Rockaway will host its pep rally and parade on Oct. 15. The rally will be at 7 p.m. at Memorial Park and student athletes and coaches will also march from the high school to the park near Village Hall at 6:30 p.m. (LI Herald)
2. Patch looks at the latest Long Island real estate report that shows the first signs of a cooling market for over a year. The median sales price in Nassau County is down from a high of $670,000 in August to $665,000. (Patch)
3. A Suffolk County gym is opening a nearby location. Energy Fitness has personal trainer-oriented programs and is taking over the former Lucille Robert site at 298 Sunrise Hwy. The gym is slated to open in December. (Patch)
4. Alex Costello explains how Nassau County may be getting a new area code in 2022. 516 has run out of numbers but what the new area code will be is still a mystery. (Patch)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Sports Teams Photos, bleachers, George W Hewlett High School, 3 p.m.

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• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has free passes to The Jewish Museum. Book online. (Facebook)
• Nassau County District Attorney and other leaders are calling for jury duty stipend pay to increase to $15 per hour to eliminate financial hardships associated with serving. (Press Release Desk)

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