🌱 Man Shot Parents Over Custody Fight + NYE Police Patrols

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

First, today's weather:

Patchy morning fog. High: 52 Low: 49.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. A personal trainer from Brooklyn was arraigned on Long Island on Wednesday on attempted murder charges, accused of shooting his parents on Christmas morning in Hewlett Harbor. Dino Tomassetti reportedly was angry about the custody of his infant son. (CBS New York)
2. Nassau County Police announced they will be stepping up road patrols on New Year's Eve. All officers will be out looking for impaired drivers. (CBS New York)
3. A man was killed after being hit by two cars in Freeport Wednesday night and one of the drivers fled. The 32-year-old man was crossing Henry Street at 6:20 p.m. when he was hit by an SUV. While he was lying in the street, he was hit by a sedan that was also heading south, and that driver fled and is being sought by police. (Patch)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Eleanor Kerrigan. Governor's Comedy Club, 90 Division Ave., Levittown, $35-$94.95, 7 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has been named one of the top libraries in the nation by Library Journal. (Facebook)
• Governor Kathy Hochul, State of New York: "We are using every tool at our disposal to get through this winter surge and protect New Yorkers. Thirteen new state testing sites are now open." (Nextdoor)
• Rockville Centre's Center for Science Teaching and Leaning has a new dinosaur exhibit called Road Trip: Close to Home with a paleontologist on site. (News 12)

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— Jackie