🌱 Winter Storm Warning + Village Hall Blue For NYPD Officers

Hey, Five Towns! Let's get you started this Saturday with everything you need to know going on in Five Towns today.

First, today's weather:

Snow, heavy early, 6-10". High: 23 Low: 14.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. Heavy snow and winds up to 55 mph will make travel very difficult to impossible Saturday on Long Island, according to the National Weather Service. Snow total estimates are now 10-15 inches across the island, with more on the East End. (Patch)
2. Valley Stream Village lit Village Hall blue to show support for law enforcement. The gesture was made after the recent Harlem shooting that killed New York Police Department officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora. (LI Herald)
3. A significant home in postwar architecture, the Marcel Breuer House, was demolished this mont in Lawrence, upsetting preservationists. (Subscription: The New York Times)

Today in Five Towns:

• New York Islanders vs. Seattle Kraken at UBS Arena

From my notebook:

• The Re-imagining Atlantic Beach Bridge Toll Plaza Citizens Committee had its first meeting this month to discuss how to spend $5 million for the overhaul of the 11-lane toll plaza. (LI Herald)
• Valley Stream screenwriter Ben Fiore, 62, has co-written the new Hollywood action-thriller feature film “Pursuit,” starring John Cusack and Emile Hirsch. (LI Herald)
• A Woodmere mother will run the Miami Marathon to raise money for her son's health condition. Rachel Hersko's son, 11-year-old Jacob, was born with necrotizing enterocolitis and must live on a feeding tube. (NY Metro Parents)

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— Jackie