No Vax, No Service + Car Crashes Into Home + Shots In Inwood

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on locally today.

Some Nassau County businesses are beginning to make their own vaccination rules. A shooting in Inwood on Tuesday is being investigated. A car crashed into an Elmont home, killing the driver. And a local high school graduate got a nice surprise thanks to his academic, sports and community service excellence.

First, today's weather will be rain in the morning with a high of 79 and a low of 69 degrees.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. Jerry Barmash has the details on a car that slammed into an Elmont home. The 22-year-old driver had to be extricated from a 2008 Chevrolet, and died. The crash happened on Dutch Broadway near 238th Street. (Five Towns Patch)
2. News 12 looks at how one Mineola restaurant is responding to the rise new COVID-19 cases. The owner of Black Sheep Ale House says his establishment is now a "vaxxed-only" venue for the protection of his staff and customers. (News 12 Long Island)
3. Jeff Bessen reports that police are looking for information about a Tuesday shooting at the Bayview Gardens apartment complex at 385 Bayview Ave. in Inwood. At 1 p.m. the driver of a parked silver BMW with black tire-rims and no front license plate fired multiple shots at the two male passengers. (LI Herald)
4. News 12 reveals two of the recipients of the Bethpage Federal Credit Union and News 12 student athlete scholarships. Lawrence Woodmere Academy soccer MVP and basketball MVP Ian Geraghty was surprised in Atlantic Beach with an extra Bob Wolff Memorial Scholarship, receiving $3,000 in total. (News 12 Long Island)

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Today in Five Towns

• Work session and board meeting, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Village of East Rockaway, 376 Atlantic Avenue , East Rockaway

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• A mother got locked out of her house in Elmont by her toddler and police officers from the 5th Precinct came by to reunite the pair. (Facebook)
• Cedarhurst village officials presented Nassau Police Commissioner Ryder with an appreciation plaque for his service at National Night Out. (Facebook)
• Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department responded to a house fire after midnight Wednesday morning at 304 Madison Ave. in Cedarhurst. The fire was contained. (Facebook)

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