🌱 Firefighter Saves 2-Year-Old Boy From Highway + Safest Town

Up and at 'em, Merrick! It's Sunday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

An off-duty firefighter rescued a two-year-old boy from walking onto Sunrise Highway this weekend. One Nassau town received top rankings in a safety report. And COVID-19 numbers have been flat for Long Island except for one group.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 65 Low: 51.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. News 12 Long Island has a story on a harrowing rescue: An off-duty FDNY firefighter saved a 2-year-old who was walking near Sunrise Highway Friday night in Bellmore. He had left his house without his parents knowing and almost walked onto the road. (News 12)
2. Have you checked out Beit Zaytoon in West Hempstead? The Lebanese restaurant opened this summer at 468 Hempstead Turnpike. (LongIsland.com)
3. Nassau health commissioner explains how Long Island's COVID-19 numbers have been staying flat, except for cases in those under 18 years of age. Cases in minors now make up 30 percent of new cases in Nassau and Suffolk. (News 12)
4. The Daily Voice checks out what Long Island towns ranked as the safest communities in the country according to a new report. Malverne ranked 24th, the only Nassau County town to make the top 100 list. Malverne has a 0.2 violent crime rate per 1,000 residents and 1.2 property crime rate per 1,000 residents. (Daily Voice)

Merrick Patch Notebook

• Players from the Bellmore-Merrick Roller Hockey rink recently won the Long Island Alumni Series Hockey Tournament. (LI Herald)

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