Community Corner
Activist Accuses Curran + Massage Therapist Indicted
Read the latest edition of the Mineola Daily! Here's your five-minute guide to all things going on in the community.
Good morning Mineola! Welcome to the debut edition of Patch's Mineola Daily, a five-minute update on all the day's most important news, events, and general goings-on. I am your host Joanne Gallo and am so excited to represent the community!
Happy Tuesday, neighbors! These are the most important things going on around Mineola today.
First, today's weather:
Rain until evening. High: 78, low: 54.
Here are the top stories in Mineola today:
- A community activist from Hempstead accused Nassau County Executive Laura Curran for not having Latino representation in the county's Office of Minority Affairs. On the steps of the County Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, Melissa Figueroa and 30 activists demanded greater Latino representation in the Minority Affairs office. (Newsday)
- An unlicensed massage therapist was indicted in Mineola for inappropriately touching clients at a Garden City spa believed to be owned by his wife. The 60-year-old man from New Hyde Park faces charges including unauthorized practice of profession, two counts of forcible touching and two counts of sexual abuse in the third degree. (Press Release Desk)
- A 41-year-old volunteer paramedic for the Woodmere fire department was arrested and charged with second degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child after an incident with a 13-year-old boy. Michael Soshnick of Mineola is representing the defendant. (liherald)
- A memorial service has been announced for Lilia "Mimi" Gherardi Nash, born in Mineola, who passed away on Feb. 4, 2021 at age 92. (GoLocalProv)
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Today in Mineola:
- ME Fall Photo Day - Mineola Public Schools. (All Day)
- DAY THREE. CYCLE THREE. - Chaminade High School. (All Day)
- Chi Kung with Andrea, Week 2 CLASS IS FULL. (11:15 a.m.)
- Freshman Parents' Orientation. Meet the teachers. (6 p.m.)
- Freshman Parents Guidance Department Program. (7:30 p.m.)
Mineola Patch Notebook
- St. Aidan School - Williston Park: "Fifth Grade STEM challenge! Students were given a 12 x 9 inch piece of aluminum foil and a 12-inch piece of masking tape and were asked to build the tallest freestanding structure they could. They had to make a design plan with their team and build it in 15 minutes. The winning team came in at 21 inches tall!" (Facebook)
- Family & Children's Association: "FCA celebrated the official opening of its new Garden City headquarters and Treiber Family Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house reception today. The space was donated by longtime FCA board member Scott Treiber, whose family owns the office space." (Facebook)
- Long Island Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence: "Support LICADD's 41st Annual R. Brinkley Smithers Golf Invitational with a contribution!" (Facebook)
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