Summer Solstice Timed to Heat Wave

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, has arrived (officially at 7:09 p.m.) and with it coincidentally comes a blast of hot steamy weather.

TODAY's 5:

1. Today's temperatures should approach 90, and high temperatures combined with dew points will combine make it feel near 100 degrees outside. A heat advisory will be in effect from noon Wednesday until 8 p.m. Thursday.

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2. The approved an on Tuesday that will offer financial incentives for eligible employees.

3. Read about the poignent end to a regional Catholic school that Plainview and Bethpage students have been attending for two decades.

4. There was a serious auto crash on Tuesday evening. See dramatic photos of the Plainview Fire Department'shere.

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