🌱 Debating Bail Reform + Best Local Burger + Armed Robbery

Get on up, Merrick! Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started off right.

The Nassau district attorney candidates are debating bail reform. Find out their positions. Looking for a place to go line dancing or an old-fashioned burger? Check out some recommendations. And two men were arrested for an armed robbery attempt in Bethpage.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 71 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. Patch reports that on Monday, two Bronx men were arrested on robbery charges for robbing a man and threatening to use a firearm in the Bethpage King Kullen parking lot. (Patch)
2. Looking for a place to go line dancing and hear country music? Newsday has a list of where to go, including Mulcahy's in Wantagh and The Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Freeport village is suing Freeport school district in dispute over land so it can sell it to Amazon for a warehouse. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. The Daily Voice checks out a local favorite: All American Hamburger Drive-In at 4286 Merrick Road in Massapequa is still getting rave reviews from diners. (Daily Voice)
5. Get deep into the Nassau County district attorney candidates Donnelly and Kaminsky. Bail reform is a major issue of their campaigns. (Subscription: Newsday)

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