🌱 Valley Stream Neighbor Harasser Sentenced + $1M Powerball Sold

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

First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 43 Low: 13.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. A Valley Stream man was sentenced to three years' probation after pleading guilty to criminal mischief. John McEneaney, 58, was accused by his neighbor, Jennifer McLeggan, of racially motivated harassment, like throwing dog feces and dead squirrels in her yard, caught on camera. (Patch)
2. A Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold at a Sunoco station at 655 Peninsula Blvd. in Hempstead for the Jan. 12 drawing. The ticket is worth $1 million. (Patch)
3. As the foreclosure moratorium comes to an end, 14,500 Long Islanders are currently at least 90 days behind on their mortgages. But with the strong local housing market, some are able to sell and avoid foreclosure. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Hewlett Elementary School Brotherhood/Sisterhood Assembly, Hewlett-Woodmere School District.

From my notebook:

• Nassau County's warming centers will be at the following locations: Cantiague Park Administration Office, 480 W John St., Hicksville; Wantagh Administration Building, 1 King Road, Wantagh; Mitchel Field Administration Building, 1 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Uniondale.
• Nassau County Police Department reminds residents that as temperatures are expected to drop, not to leave cars running with the keys in the ignition. Recent car thefts have happened that way recently on LI. (Facebook)
• Long Beach High School is the only Long Island school to have a school surfing team. The team competes against New Jersey districts and is hoping more LI schools add surfing as a school sport. (Patch)

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