Two Injured In House Fire + Guyanese Food + Abortion Rights Rally

Happy Monday, people of Five Towns! Here's what's going on today in Five Towns.

A new restaurant opened nearby, serving a hard-find-cuisine on Long Island. A house fire critically injured two people. A man was charged with driving drunk with a two-year-old in the car.

First, today's weather:

Humid with a few showers. High: 75 Low: 64.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. Jerry Barmash reports that a teenager and an 82-year-old man were critically injured in a Nassau house fire. The home was on Marshall Street in Elmont and the Elmont Fire Department also rescued a 14-year-old girl from the second floor and a 75-year-old woman was saved from a window. (Patch)
2. Erica Marcus checks out a new restaurant in Valley Stream serving Guyanese food. Flavor N’ Spice opened this summer on Dutch Broadway in Valley Stream. (Subscription:Newsday)
3. David Olson covers a rally for abortion rights that saw about 300 people come to the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola. The rally was one of several across Long Island and the country on Saturday. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. Bloomberg remembers Tobias Levkovich, who was the chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup Inc. He died from injuries he suffered on Sept. 1 when he was struck by a car while crossing a road in Woodmere at age 60. (Bloomberg)
5. The Daily Voice writes that 32-year-old Jose Urquia Dominguez of Roosevelt, was charged after police said he drove a vehicle while drunk with a 2-year-old passenger in the back seat.
   It happened in Island Park early Sunday morning. (Daily Voice)

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Today in Five Towns:

• SHS Picture Day, South High School, Valley Stream
• SHS Parent’s Club 7:15 p.m., South High School, Valley Stream
• HHS Financial Aid Night, HHS Auditorium, 7 p.m., George W Hewlett High School

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• The Kids 4 Kops and Project Thank A Cop programs ran an apple cider and bake sale as a fundraiser for their upcoming programs. (Facebook)

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