🌱 School Days Off For Eid + Proud Boys Rally Condemned

Happy Tuesday, Five Towns! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

Hewlett-Woodmere School District is weighing adding the Muslim holiday of Eid to the school's holiday calendar. Nassau officials reacted to the Proud Boys march in Rockville Centre. And police are looking for a boat seen near Sunday's mysterious explosion in the Great South Bay.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 44 Low: 39.

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Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. Maureen Mullarkey reports that police are looking for the operator of a boat who was seen leaving Fox Island in the Great South Bay off Lindenhurst after an unknown device detonated. The blast happened around 11 a.m. Sunday; and the boat has stripes. (Patch)
2. The Daily Voice has details on a single-vehicle crash that killed one person. At 1:15 p.m. on Sunday on the Southern State Parkway near exit 22 in Hempstead, a vehicle left the roadway and struck a pole. (Daily Voice)
3. News 12 shares what Nassau elected officials had to say about Saturday's Proud Boys rally in Rockville Centre. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky condemned the march on Twitter. (News 12)
4. Patch has the story on a Garden City Park man who was arrested Friday morning after police say he assaulted a woman and two officers. The officers responded a home on First Street at 11 a.m. and found that Jonathan Brooks, 29, had assaulted a woman. (Patch)
5. Lisa Margaria reports from the Nov. 17 Hewlett-Woodmere school board meeting where the issue of adding Eid to the district's holiday calendar was discussed. 100 members of the Eid Collective want two days off for the Muslim holy days. The board will revisit the issue in January. (LI Herald)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Hewlett Elementary School Book Fair, Hewlett Woodmere School District.
• Ogden Elementary School, Picture Retake Day, Hewlett Woodmere School District.

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• Woodmere Vol. Fire Department has safety tips for Hanukkah. (Facebook)

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