🌱 LI Man Kidnaps Teen Girl + N. Bellmore Fire

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Let's get this day started off right. These are the most important things happening today in Merrick.

A house fire in North Bellmore hurt one person and damaged a home. A Farmingdale man is charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and cooler. High: 42 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. Alex Costello reports that police are investigating a murder in Uniondale that happened Sunday. Officers responded to a call at 3:52 a.m. and found a 24-year-old man on the sidewalk in front of Fuego Picante Restaurante y Bar on 913 Front St. with multiple stab wounds. (Patch)
2. Arcadia Retro Eats opened at 2890 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown, with a retro arcade with vintage games like Donkey Kong that patrons can play before or after eating. (Patch)
3. A Farmingdale man is accused of traveling to New Jersey to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he met online. Floiran Langumas-Montero, 24, is charged with kidnapping and sexual assault. (Patch)
4. Jerry Barmash writes about a fire on Herkimer Street in North Bellmore that injured one person on Saturday night. A GoFundMe has been set up for the residents, the Napier family. (Patch)

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Today in Merrick:

• Board of Education Meeting, 7:15 p.m., Merrick UFSD.

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• WEBINAR: Deconstructing Leg Pain (December 8)
• Long Island Gay Men's Chorus — Home for the Holiday Special (N. Bellmore) (December 10)
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— Jackie

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