Condo Building Safety + Local Young Entrepreneur's Sport Drinks

Happy Wednesday, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started off right. Here's what's going on today in Five Towns.

Find out how local politicians want to check building safety after the Florida condo collapse. Read a heartwarming story about a Suffolk Police officer who helped a family during a traffic stop. Get business tips from a successful 27-year-old business founder.

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. Jerry Barmash reports that a local politician is calling for a new state law that would require engineers to inspect buildings after a condo collapsed in Surfside, Florida. State Senator Todd Kaminsky held a news conference to discuss the issue, and the age of many condo buildings in Long Beach and on Long Island. (Patch)
2. Daysi Calavia-Robertson profiles a young entrepreneur who makes what he says are healthier versions of sports drinks. Lamar Letts was an athlete at Hewlett High School and at only age 27 the Woodmere resident has a thriving company, called Hylux. (Newsday)
3. Newsday has this week's Long Island Water Quality Report, Stony Brook University's surveying of bays, harbors, rivers and inlets. Hewlett Bay received a "fair" rating, based on how clear the water is, oxygen levels, and the levels of algae or bacteria from human or animal waste. (Newsday)
4. John Asbury has the story about Suffolk County Police Officer Pete Zotos, who pulled over a car in Selden and saw a two-year-old boy who was in a too-small car seat. Zotos bought a bigger car seat for the boy after his father, Mario Romero, of Valley Stream said he couldn't afford one. (Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns

• New children's book explains Alzheimer's disease.
• Summer school, George W Hewlett High School
• Outdoor Alphabet Soup - T is for Turtle, 11 to 11:45 a.m., Henry Waldinger Memorial Library
• Cedarhurst Village Comedy In The Park show, 8 to 9 p.m. Free, Cedarhurst Park

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Plaza Theatricals, Nassau County's first professional theater company, announced a season of shows, starting with Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" in October. The shows will go on at Elmont Memorial Library. (Newsday)

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