🌱 Nassau Collecting Guns For Ukraine + Hewlett-Woodmere Budget

Happy Friday, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening locally today.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine and patchy clouds. High: 36 Low: 29.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced that Nassau County is accepting legal weapons to be sent to Ukraine. Rifles and shotguns can be dropped off at SP Firearms in Franklin Square, 804 Hempstead Turnpike. (Patch)
2. The proposed 2022-2023 Hewlett-Woodmere School District budget has an increase of almost $1.3 million, and the tax levy percentage, currently at 1.95 percent would go down to 1.02 percent. (LI Herald)
3. Rockville Centre's Laura Gillen talks about the issues important to her, like keeping Long Island affordable, keeping children safe and reinstating the full federal tax deduction for state and local taxes, in her run for Congress in the 4th District. (LI Herald)

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Today in Five Towns:

• NYSSMA Piano at NCC, Hewlett Woodmere School District.
• Spring Sports Physicals/Updates/Registrations Due, Hewlett Woodmere School District.

From my notebook:

• The Chabad of Hewlett's Rabbi and Hewlett Bar Mitzvah club teacher, Menachen Lessoff, is stuck in Ukraine, after he traveled there for his wedding. (LI Herald)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Inwood: "Looking for a three-bedroom, one-bath rental not through real estate. If you or someone you know is looking to rent out, please comment or message me."(Nextdoor)
• Hewlett's Emma Tsoglin is advancing to the National Merit Scholarship final round. (Facebook)

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— Jackie