🌱 Valley Stream Man Dies In Crash + Single-Family Zone Change

Good day, people of Five Towns! It's me again, your host of the Five Towns Daily.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with some sun. High: 54 Low: 31.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. A 31-year-old Valley Stream man who crashed into a school bus on Sound Avenue in Riverhead Thursday evening has died. John Caputo crossed into the opposite lane and struck a Riverhead Central School District bus. (Riverhead News Review)
2. Town of Hempstead and Nassau County officials and some residents met to protest the zoning proposal in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022-23 state budget. They gathered outside an East Meadow home last week voice their opposition to “Section AA” which would eliminate single-family zoning across the state, allowing single-family homes to be turned into Accessory Dwelling Units or apartments by converting basements, garages and attics into separate dwellings. (LI Herald)
3. At a special meeting last Thursday, the Valley Stream District 13 Board of Education voted to lift the district’s indoor masking requirements after the statewide mask mandate ends. (LI Herald)

Today in Five Towns:

• ACT In-District, Hewlett High School, Hewlett Woodmere School District, 8 a.m.
• Hewlett High School Hewlett Theater Company Winter Play, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• The Five Towns community helped raise $150,000 for a Woodmere 11 year old with a chronic illness. Jacob Hersko was pushed by friends in a wheelchair at the Miami Marathon. (Patch)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Franklin Elementary: "Looking for recommendations for drywall installation in two closets. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I’m in Woodmere." (Nextdoor)
• Nassau Coliseum hosted its first event 50 years ago yesterday. On Feb. 11, 1972, the Nets beat the Pittsburgh Condors, 129-121 in the first-ever event there. (Subscription: Newsday)

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