🌱 New Year's Eve Stabbing + LI Schools Mostly Return In-Person

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Let's get this day started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 35 Low: 32.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. A 26-year-old man was stabbed in a Valley Stream home after midnight on New Year's Day. At a Melrose Street residence, Reyesun Watson, 18, of Brooklyn, had a verbal altercation with a victim that led to the stabbing. (Patch)
2. Most Long Island school districts returned to in-person learning on Monday after holiday breaks, but a few moved to remote learning. Freeport, Westbury, Hicksville and Wyandanch districts went remote on Monday, and Long Beach and Baldwin chose some schools to switch to virtual learning, as omicron continues to surge. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Valley Stream resident Maribel Padin-Canestro, 51, was voted LI Herald's Person of the Year for 2021 in Valley Stream. During the pandemic she worked with State Senator Todd Kaminsky and his staff to secure and schedule vaccine appointments for dozens of elderly and vulnerable residents in Valley Stream. (LI Herald)

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Today in Five Towns:

• N.M.E.A. All-County Division 1, Hewlett Woodmere School District.

From my notebook:

• Hewlett-Woodmere's BAB Meeting scheduled for Jan. 13 at the high school will be postponed until April 28 at 6:30 p.m. (Hewlett schools)
• Nassau County Police Department released Nassau County's Top 10 High Accident Volume Locations. South Oyster Bay Road in Syosset tops the list with 129 accidents. (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has storybooks in Russian for kids. (Facebook)

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— Jackie