Hospital Employee Vaccine Refusers Dwindle + Motorcycle Crash

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The numbers of health care employees refusing the COVID vaccine are lessening, one hospital says. A crash sent a motorcyclist to the hospital. And one of Long Island’s oldest bakeries turned 90 years old.

First, today's weather:

Pleasant with clouds and sun. High: 77 Low: 67.

Here are the top stories today in Merrick:

1. Bart Jones reports that the number of employees who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 dropped in at Mount Sinai South Nassau. The figure declined from 68 on Monday to 27 by Friday, the hospital said. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. The Daily Voice has details on a serious motorcycle crash this week in Hicksville. A 58-year-old motorcyclist was hit by a car on West Country Road near the intersection of Newbridge Road and hospitalized with injuries. (Daily Voice)
3. A bakery nearby has been in business for 90 years. One of Long Island's oldest bakeries turns 90. The Bakery, at 282 Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead, was in Garden City for 60 years and is still owned by the Riesterer family who opened it in the 1930s. (Garden City News)

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