🌱 West Hempstead school checks bags after loaded gun discovery
West Hempstead, New York Patch AM: a 3 min readHello West Hempstead! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
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- West Hempstead school checks bags after loaded gun discovery
- West Hempstead gun arrest among Nassau’s weekly safety stories
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- Sunday: Turning cloudy and breezy, with a high of 51 and low of 38 degrees.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 52, low: 38.
- Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 55 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Four Weapons Arrests Raise School Safety Concerns on Long Island (southshorepress.com) — West Hempstead High School began checking students’ bags after police said they found a loaded gun in a 15-year-old’s bookbag inside his locker Nov. 9. Superintendent Daniel Rehman promised a review of district procedures. The arrest was one of four recent Long Island school weapons cases prompting questions about campus safety. 
• House Fire Leaves 1 With Burn Injury + Long Beach Bridge Scaffolding Collapse: Nassau Crime & Safety Roundup (patch.com) — A report of a loaded gun found in a West Hempstead student’s bag appears in this week’s Nassau County crime and safety roundup. Other coverage includes the deadly Long Beach bridge scaffolding collapse, house fires and an Elmont student’s arrest after police reported finding a switchblade.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call an angry carrot?" — A steamed vegetable (Thank you Kathy J. for sending it in!)
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