🌱 No Confederate Flags At Fire Depts. + School 'Wellness' Room

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, your host of the Five Towns Daily.

The ban on hate symbols on public property in New York came about partly due to two incidents on Long Island. Some schools are creating wellness rooms for students and staff. And the LIRR is revamping old stations.

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First, today's weather:

Cloudy and breezy. High: 55 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. Patch dives into the history of the brand-new state legislation banning hate symbols on public property. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the law, partly inspired by the display of Confederate flags reportedly by members of two Long Island fire departments, in Brookhaven and Levittown. (Patch)
2. Newsday looks at how some Long Island school districts are adding spaces for mental wellness. In the Valley Stream 30 district, a classroom at Clear Stream Avenue elementary school was made into a "Wellness Room," with black-out curtains, dimmable lights, custom-cushioned furniture and aromatherapy. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. News 12 Long Island checks out the MTA's newest Long Island Rail Road station upgrades in Carle Place. Carle Place is the first station to be rebuilt as part of the $2.5 billion project that covers stations from Floral Park to Hicksville. (News 12)

Today in Five Towns:

• Hewlett High School Winter II sports physicals due

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Nassau County Police Department has a reminder that turning clocks back an hour today is a reminder to check the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. (Facebook)

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