🌱 Patch AM: Which New Hyde Park retailer has already shut its doors?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which New Hyde Park retailer has already shut its doors?

Also on today's calendar: 🎁 Turn those "not-quite-right" gifts into a win for For Our Friends Animal Rescue.

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Very windy; colder, with a high of 34 and low of 27 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy; morning flurries, temps: high: 36, low: 25.
• Thursday: Cold with periods of sun, with a high of 30 and low of 20 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Multiple NY Retailers Planning 2026 Closures: See List (patch.com) — A Macy’s store in New Hyde Park is among several Long Island locations already closed as big national chains streamline for 2026, and more New York stores could follow. While most brands haven’t named specific local sites yet, the trend toward e-commerce and downsizing could affect where New Hyde Park residents shop next year and beyond.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Hyde Park

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Wednesday December 31

• Village Hall Closed
  Village Hall , 50 Superior Rd , Floral Park

Saturday January 3

• 🎁 Turn those "not-quite-right" gifts into a win for For Our Friends Animal Rescue
  232-15 Seward Ave
  10:00 am
• Save the Date - Be Bowled over For Our Friends Fundraiser - AMF Garden City Lanes - Jan 17th @ 1 pm
  987 Stewart Ave , Garden City
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Architectural Design Review Board Meeting - CANCELLED
  Garden City, NY Calendar , 351 Stewart Avenue , Garden City
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Village Hall Closed
  Village Hall , 50 Superior Rd , Floral Park
• New Year's Eve - Village Hall Offices Close at Noon
  Garden City, NY Calendar Garden City, NY 11530
  12:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Schools Closed-Holiday Recess
  Valley Stream 24 UFSD Valley Stream, NY 11581
• Holiday
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar , 1 Washington Street , Hempstead
• SNAP Application Help English
  Nassau County, NY Calendar
• SNAP Application Help Spanish
  Nassau County, NY Calendar
• CLOSED – New Years Day
  Village of Old Brookville , 201 McCouns Ln , Glen Head
• New Years Day - Village Closed
  Village of Williston Park , 494 Willis Ave , Williston Park

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making New Hyde Park PatchAM possible:

• Long Island Swim School — (516) 378-8467
  Learn the Skills, Love the Sport, Swim for Life!
• Dogtopia of Garden City Park — (475) 338-3501
  Dogtopia – Dog Daycare, Boarding, Spa & Wellness
• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi — (516) 506-7659
  Mind Body Health Promoting Wellness 50% Off Trial class!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for a portable basement heater.
  Anyone use any that they would recommend? I’m not looking for anything that’s gonna be a full-time use, but just looking for something to take the… (Nextdoor Town of NHP)
• A dryer is blamed for a house fire in Valley Stream that firefighters quickly extinguished.
  5:21AM on Dec 29: A dryer is blamed for a fire at a Valley Stream home on Paige Road, which occurred around 9:30 p.m. according to fire officials. (Nextdoor )

• Bango Bowls posted a job opening for Shift Manager in New Hyde Park. Apply here.
• QSAC posted a job opening for Maintenance Worker- Janitorial in Garden City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Hyde Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Floral Park

• Sax appeal: WWII vet, 104, plays national anthem on saxophone before NHL game (wsbtv.com)
• Four Village Studio brings home regional awards (longislandpress.com)
• Dishonest lawyers keep stealing clients' escrow money. An NYS fund is paying fewer back. (newsday.com)

Garden City

• Elmont man fatally stabbed in home on Long Island; resident charged with murder (abc7ny.com)
• The ONE Group Hospitality Provides Development Update (businesswire.com)

Hempstead

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I hear they’re giving him a really tough sentence.
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