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🌱 Home Burglaries + Suing For Potholes + HS Donates To Veterans

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Good morning, Mineola! Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 56, low: 54.

Here are the top stories in Mineola today:

  1. Two homes were burglarized in the Village of Garden City on Nov. 11, prompting the Garden City Police Department to warn local residents and advise on how to best protect your home. The pattern of burglaries follows that of a string of recent residential robberies on the North Shore. (Garden City Patch)
  2. Long Island is known, unfortunately, for numerous potholes on its roads, and politicians now want drivers who damage their vehicles on them to be able to recover damages all year long. Senator Alexis Weik, who represents New York Senate District 3 in Suffolk, is calling for New York State to be liable year-round for damages cars sustain on state highways. Motorists can currently sue the state to be reimbursed for repairs from May 16 to Nov. 14; Weik's bill would extend that to the other half of the year. (CBS New York)
  3. Mineola High School students sold dozens of American flags in honor of U.S. service members and donated the proceeds to a Long Island veteran organization. The school made an outdoor display of these flags on Armstrong Road called the Veteran Flag Field of Honor. The money raised was donated to Cooking for Long Island Veterans, a Stony Brook-based organization that delivers home-cooked meals to local veterans. (Mineola Patch)

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Today in Mineola:

  • JA Scholastic Book Fair — Mineola Public Schools. (All Day)
  • DAY FIVE. CYCLE EIGHT. — Chaminade High School. (All Day)
  • Make a Mini Book Necklace — Mineola Memorial Library. (4:30 p.m.)
  • HA/ME PTA Meeting — Mineola Public Schools. (7 p.m.)

Mineola Patch Notebook

  • Nassau County Police Department: "As temperatures continue drop, please remember it is never a good idea to leave your car running unattended. Don't become a victim to a preventable crime. Do not leave key fobs in your vehicles." (Facebook)
  • St. Aidan School - Williston Park: "In addition to the Art bi-weekly Google Meet meetings, some of the DRVC Art teachers met in-person for an evening of creativity and collaboration. Art teachers from St Mary's Elementary School, St. Agnes Cathedral School - Rockville Centre and St. Joseph School - Garden City gathered together at St. Aidan School to create a neurographic artwork that they will in turn be able to teach to their own students." (Facebook)
  • Island Harvest: "Join us at Roosevelt Field this Saturday for the Stuff-a-Truck Food Collection Event from noon to 6 p.m. Help families in need this holiday season, as we collect non-perishable food donations. Can't make it on the 20th? You can bring your non-perishable food donations to the Santa Set in North Court of Roosevelt Field from Nov. 15 - 19." (Facebook)
  • Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW - Mineola: "Today is the deadline to file for the Child Tax Credit! Eligible families could receive up to $300 a month per child under age 6, and up to $250 per month per child ages 6 to 17. This is an excellent opportunity for working families — read more here: https://www.getctc.org/en" (Facebook)
  • Family & Children's Association - Garden City: "FCA would like to congratulate Lisa Burch, FCA chief operating officer, and all of the other 2021 Nassau County Women of Distinction recognized by Blank Slate Media. Your hard work and dedication inspires us and continuously makes Long Island a better place for all to live." (Facebook)


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— Joanne Gallo

About me: Joanne Gallo is a lifelong resident of Long Island and a writer/editor for 30+ years. After earning a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in Writing from NYU, Joanne edited and produced engaging, quality content for a diverse array of consumer publications, from the Johns Hopkins White Papers to Soap Opera Weekly. Raised in the nearby town of Roslyn, Joanne is happy to call Mineola her home for the past 7 years. She loves the arts, dining, gardening and all the natural beauty that Long Island has to offer.

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