Bomb Threat + School Threat + Man Dead In Hotel + Hit By Train

Welcome back, Merrick! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on today in Merrick.

A bomb threat briefly shut down a hospital and a school in Valley Stream, while a threatening phone call brought police to monitor Wantagh Middle and High schools. A motorcyclist was hurt in Merrick, and a man was found dead in a Massapequa hotel room. Be careful speeding in work zones like Sunrise Highway's Bay Park Conveyance project; Nassau is cracking down.

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First, today's weather:

Possible light rain until evening. High: 78, low: 69.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. John Valenti reports that police investigated a bomb threat at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital on Wednesday afternoon. James A. Dever Elementary School in Valley Stream was briefly placed on lockdown, as a precaution. No evacuations were ordered. The call occurred at 1:17 p.m. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Kate Nalepinski reports that police were at Wantagh Middle and High schools after a "threatening" voicemail. The contents of the threat were not specified. (LI Herald)
3. Jerry Barmash writes that a motorcyclist was seriously injured after crashing into a car. The accident occurred at 9 p.m. Tuesday night at Merrick and Jerusaleum avenues. (Patch)
4. The Herald has details on someone being fatally struck by a train near the Wantagh LIRR station around 5 p.m. Tuesday night, triggering delays along the Babylon line. (LI Herald)
5. The Daily Voice explains that a man was found dead at a motel in Massapequa on Tuesday afternoon. A 40-year-old was found inside a room at the Budget Inn at 400 Carman Mill Road. (Daily Voice)
6. Nassau Executive Laura Curran says there will be a crackdown on reckless driving in work zones after a series of recent accidents near the Bay Park Conveyance project on Sunrise Highway. (LongIsland.com)

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