School Bus Cameras + Sink Hole Snafu

Hello, people of Five Towns! It's me again, Jacqueline Sweet, your host of the Five Towns Daily.

Drivers who pass a stopped school bus will soon face penalties thanks to school bus cameras in Nassau County. A woman in Elmont has a sink hole in her front yard and, she says, no help to fix it. People are pitching in to help the employees of the two Long Beach businesses destroyed in a May fire.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day with a high of 86 degrees.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. Nassau County has approved three measures to install school bus cameras to record drivers who pass stopped buses. After a warning period, fines for passing buses will be $250 for the first violation, and then $275 and $300 for second and third violations committed within 18 months of the first. (Patch)
2. News 12 talks to an Elmont resident who is dealing with a sinkhole in her front yard. The hole is five feet wide and eight feet deep. (News 12)
3. Keldy Ortiz reports on efforts to raise money for employees of two Long Beach businesses destroyed in a May fire. Sorrento's and Abyss Fine Art & Tattoo Studio were both destroyed and Monday's raffles raised funds for the small businesses' employees. (Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns

• Celestial Navigation - Rock Hall Museum, 10 a.m.

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Nassau County officers found and helped a pit bull in Inwood who needed water, shots, and surgery at a local shelter. (Facebook)
• Officers from the 4th Precinct also helped a local resident who locked his keys in his car at the Five Towns shopping center. (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Little League is still looking for enough girls to play softball to bring back the program this fall. (Facebook)
• Concerned about who your child is talking to online? Check out this seminar hosted by Saving Lives Five Towns Coalition.

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— Jackie

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