Teacher Tests Booster + Lido Beach Death

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

A Hewlett teacher was one of the first to volunteer for a clinical trial for organ transplant patients receiving the Moderna booster. An arrest has been made in relation to the body found in the summer on the Meadowbrook Parkway. A man who was released from prison after his conviction was overturned may face a murder trial, again. And tonight is a Board of Education meeting in Hewlett.

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First, today's weather:

Overcast throughout the day. High: 78, low: 69.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. Patch writes that an English teacher from Hewlett-Woodmere is one of the first organ transplant patients to receive a booster COVID-19 vaccine shot in a new clinical trial on Long Island. Darla Smyth has spent 28 years with a liver transplant. (Patch)
2. The Daily Voice has an update on the human remains found two months ago off the Meadowbrook Parkway. Uniondale resident Jeustin David Maldonado, age 22, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. (Daily Voice)
3. The Daily Voice has the story on a man who was found unresponsive off Lido Beach on Sunday. He was pronounced dead and police are investigating. (Daily Voice)
4. News 12 Long Island explains that Christopher Ellis, who was released from prison back in August after his murder conviction was overturned, could face a new trial for the 1990 killing of Hofstra football coach Joseph Healy. Nassau's District Attorney wants to retry him. (News 12)

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Today in Five Towns:

• CC PTA Meeting, WEC, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 9:30 a.m.
• New Employee Reception, George W Hewlett High School, 7 p.m.
• Board of Education Regular Meeting, George W Hewlett High school, 8 p.m.

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• On Saturday, the Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Foundation added Police Officer Matthew A. Perlungher to its 9/11 memorial at Farmingdale State College. The Valley Stream resident died of a 9/11 related illness and directed a lacrosse program for thousands of Long Island kids. (Facebook)
• Lawrece private school Rambam Mesivta was named a Blue Ribbon School, one of six on Long Island. (Subscription: Newsday)

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