🌱Pet Supplies Shortage + Wintry Weather Mix

Hey, people of Five Towns! I'm here with today's copy of the Five Towns Daily.

First, today's weather:

Not as cold, turning breezy. High: 34 Low: 32.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. Supply chain problems are affecting pet supplies. Long Islanders are reporting they can't find certain brands of cat food and dog food and other items. (News 12)
2. This weekend's weather could make for dangerous driving conditions. A mix of snow and rain is on the horizon Sunday night into Monday. (News 12)
3. In Atlantic Beach, public opinion is divided over whether the village should obtain two vacant parcels of land by eminent domain: 2025 Park St., would become a community center and Parcel Two, at 2035 Park, would be a community park. (LI Herald)

Today in Five Towns:

• "The Philadelphia SPHAs, The Life & Times of Basketball's Greatest Team" with author Douglas Stark, Jewish Sports Heritage Association and Temple Israel, Lawrence, 10:30 a.m.

From my notebook:

• A woman from Freeport was arrested for driving drunk and crashing into an ambulance. Kayla Curtis-Jackson, 21, was driving on Ponquogue Avenue at Good Ground Road in Hampton Bays when she crashed just before 2 a.m. into a Hampton Bays volunteer ambulance. (Subscription: Newsday)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has an introduction to scratch coding course for grades 3-5 on Zoom. (Facebook)
• Joseph from Nextdoor's Community Team, Nextdoor New York: "Blood donations are desperately needed...it's the worst blood shortage in over a decade." (Nextdoor)

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