🌱 Shake A Paw Banned + ERs Ban Visitors Due To Omicron

Good morning, neighbors! I'm here with your Thursday Five Towns Daily.

First, today's weather:

Breezy in the morning. High: 40 Low: 37.

Here are the top four stories today in Five Towns:

1. Shake a Paw, a Long Island pet store with locations in Lynbrook and Hicksville, is now banned from selling puppies. Last week the state attorney general sued the store for allegedly selling sick puppies to customers and hiding it. (News 12)
2. Due to the rise of omicron-variant coronavirus cases, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital is stopping visits to the emergency departments in Oceanside and Long Beach and its infusion center and limiting hours in other areas. One healthy adult parent or caregiver will be allowed to accompany a pediatric patient in the emergency departments. (LI Herald)
3. The name of the 30-year-old woman who died in a Sunday's crash in Old Westbury has been released. Karla Maricela Donaire-Florez of Glen Head and an 18-year-old driver collided on Jericho Turnpike. (Daily Voice)
4. On Tuesday the Town of Hempstead gave its approval to build a garage to fix the parking issues in Elmont due to the UBS Arena. (Patch)

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Today in Five Towns:

• FR Winter Wonderland, Forest Road School, Valley Stream.

From my notebook:

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library will show "Shang-Chi" on Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cedarhurst: "Anyone missing a big white rabbit? Hopping around Pacific Avenue in Lawrence." (Nextdoor)
• Outgoing Nassau County Executive Laura Curran tells CBS New York she's confident she made a positive impact during her time in office and that "fear and anger" over bail reform led to her ousting. (CBS New York)

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— Jackie