🌱 Rescued From Car Stuck On Train Track + Digging Out

Happy Monday, people of Five Towns! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Sunny to partly cloudy. High: 31 Low: 26.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. A couple was rescued from an SUV right before it was hit by a train in Farmingdale on Saturday morning. Around 10 a.m. at the railroad crossing on South Front Street, the couple's car stuck in the snow and a good Samaritan helped them escape. (News 12)
2. On Sunday the Five Towns continued digging out from Saturday's snowstorm. Almost a foot of snow fell, and Lawrence Village officials request that residents shovel snow to the side of a street and not into the road. (LI Herald)
3. COVID-19 cases are down 86 percent in the last three weeks in New York. Governor Hochul also reported that hospitalizations dropped about 39 percent in just two and a half weeks. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Quarter 3 Begins, George W Hewlett High School
• Hewlett Elementary School Grade 5 Family Life Game Night, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 6:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Inwood: "Snow removal in the Five Towns: Call Jose and get on his list." (Nextdoor)
• Joseph from Nextdoor's Community Team, Nextdoor New York: "While snowstorms are exciting for many of us, for neighbors who are elder, injured, or have a disability (especially those with fixed incomes), snowstorms can cause a great deal of anxiety." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cedarhurst: "Need man with plow or snowblower, located in Cedarhurst." (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie