🌱 Nassau's Tornado + Pedestrian Killed + Drive-Thru Coffee Shop

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Police are looking into a shooting outside a Hicksville restaurant. Four LI tornadoes have been counted from Saturday and a new drive-thru specialty coffee shop is taking over a Dairy Barn nearby.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and windy. High: 51 Low: 36.

Here are the top stories today in Merrick:

1. Alex Costello has details on a shooting outside a restaurant in Nassau County. Nassau County police are searching for three men after an 18-year-old man got into an argument with three other men outside of Nelly's Tacqueria Y Cantina in Hicksville at 1:10 a.m. and one of the men shot at the teenager with a handgun. (Patch)
2. The Daily Voice reports that three men are facing charges for attempting to rob a man at knifepoint and fleeing from investigators on Dartmouth Avenue in Westbury shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday. (Daily Voice)
3. Patch previews a new independent drive-thru only coffee shop coming to a former North Bellmore Dairy Barn. Buzz'd Express Coffee will open in December at 1799 Bellmore Ave. (Patch)
4. A pedestrian was struck in North Bellmore. The 3:15 a.m. collision happened at Jerusalem Avenue and Newbridge Road. (Subscription: Newsday)
5. The National Weather Service confirmed that one of the four Saturday Long Island tornadoes was in Nassau County. An EF-0 tornado touched down in Woodmere before moving northeast towards Uniondale and Levittown. The tornado ripped off the roof of a two-story home in Uniondale. (News 12)

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Today in Merrick:

• Grades 1-4 Sports Night, Merrick UFSD.
• HDF Picture Retake Day, North Merrick UFSD.

Merrick Patch Notebook

• Nassau County Police Department shows us mug shots of wanted Nassau felony and misdemeanor criminal offenders. (Facebook)
• Nassau County Crime Stoppers is looking for information about a Nov. 10 homicide in Uniondale. (Facebook)
• North Merrick Public Library is accepting donations of new and unwrapped toys from now until Dec. 10. Drop off at the toy box near the front desk. (Facebook)

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