🌱 Police Officer Murder For Hire Of Husband + HW Cutting Class

Hey, neighbors! I'm here with a fresh Halloween copy of the Five Towns Daily.

Hewlett-Woodmere School District is looking to trim costs, and eliminating one daily class period is on the table. A former NYPD police officer was sentenced in a murder-for-hire case of her estranged husband. And some local residents are still rebuilding, nine years after Sandy.

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First, today's weather:

Clearing, a shower. High: 64 Low: 52.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. Patch explains that former NYPD officer Valerie Cincinelli, from Oceanside, was sentenced to 48 months in prison on Friday for a murder-for-hire plot involving her estranged husband. (Patch)
2. News 12 talks to residents on the ninth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Island Park and Oceanside are two hamlets still rebuilding years later and still dealing with flooding. (News 12)
3. Lisa Margaria breaks down Hewlett-Woodmere School District's plans to cut costs. They include instituting the Princeton Plan, eliminating a period from the current 10-period day at Hewlett High School and revamping the administration. (LI Herald)
4. Nearby in Rockville Centre, parents dressed as witches And warlocks and "rode on brooms" around a school for an Annual Halloween Ride. (CBS New York)

Today in Five Towns:

• iMac.Beth, Zoom, "A madcap romp through the Scottish play with pit stops through pop culture," 9 a.m.

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• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library will open at 1 p.m. on Monday, November 1. (Facebook)

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