🌱 Long Beach ER Reopens + Holiday House Raises Money For Kids

Morning, neighbors! I'm here with your Saturday edition of the Five Towns Daily.

The Long Beach emergency room that closed due to lack of vaccinated staff reopened Friday. And a holiday house in Rockaway continues to raise money for juvenile diabetes.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and windy. High: 42 Low: 33.

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Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. Mt. Sinai's Long Beach hospital emergency room reopened Friday. It was forced to close due to vaccinated staff shortages. (NBC New York)
2. Nov. 15 was the official opening of the West Pond Loop in Broad Channel’s Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. In 2012, the path was severely damaged during Superstorm Sandy. (Wave of Long Island)
3. The Little North Pole holiday house in Rockaway Beach is back for another holiday season. The local favorite decorated house has raised over $2 million for juvenile diabetes research over the last two decades. (Wave of Long Island)
4. Traveling this Sunday after Thanksgiving? There could be a minor snow and ice event late on Sunday on Long Island. (Patch)

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