🌱 Driver Who Hit Nicki Minaj's Dad + Nordstrom Employee Bit

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, your host of the Merrick Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 43 Low: 26.

Here are the top four stories in Merrick today:

1. A Mineola man has been arraigned in connection with the hit-and-run death of rapper Nicki Minaj's father. Charles Polevich, 71, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident after he struck and killed 64-year-old Robert Mara on Roslyn Road last February. (Patch)
2. A Roosevelt Field Nordstrom worker was punched and bitten by a woman who tried to leave without paying for items on Thursday. Shatara Coney, 36, of Hempstead was then detained by the employee until police arrived. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Police are seeking information about a missing Long Island woman. Maureen Wolf, age 68, was last seen leaving her Farmingdale home on Fulton Street on Dec. 1. (Daily Voice)
4. The president of Nassau Community College resigned on Friday and will now move to Montgomery College in Maryland. Members of Nassau's faculty asked the board for Jermaine Williams to be removed. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Merrick:

• Merrick Community Choir Concert, free, Freeport Library, 9 a.m.
• Symphonic Pops of Long Island in Concert, Brookside School, North Merrick, 2 p.m.

From my notebook:

• An Elmont man is accused of pointing a gun at police on Friday at 5:30 a.m. on Hempstead Turnpike. Jose Rodriguez pointed a shotgun at officers from the window of a second-floor apartment and was eventually subdued with a Taser. (News 12)
• The Merrick Library Children's Department is offering two fun programs during school breal: Pepperoni Pizza Dip for New Year's Eve and Family Bingo. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Margaret Blvd: "Does anyone have recommendations for a local moving company and someone who does tag sales?" (Nextdoor)

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