FIVE TOWNS DAILY: What's Happening Today (Thu, Oct 14)

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and warm. High: 77 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. Governor Hochul Announces 21 New #VaxtoSchool Pop-Up Sites (ny.gov)
2. Rangers assist sick kayaker on Cranberry Lake - - The Adirondack Almanack (Adirondack Almanack)
3. Data Erasure Solutions Market Poised to Expand at a Robust Pace by 2030 | TMR (EIN News)
4. Cleveland punks Heart and Lung releasing new LP this week (watch the “Watch You Suffer” video) (Brooklyn Vegan)
5. Five Canadian editorial cartoonists honored on Oct. 8 booklet of 10 (Linn's Stamp News)
6. The Wave's Weekly Fantasy Football Contest Week 6 | The Wave (Wave of Long Island)
7. Oil Depot Gasoline Vapor Collecting Systems Market Indicates Notable CAGR growth | Business Strategy & Forecast by 2031 (Digital Journal)
8. The electric car future is coming fast, but the power grid isn't ready. (The Washington Post)
9. Gabby Petito Died By Strangulation, Wyoming Coroner Finds (CBS New York)
10. FILING DEADLINE--Kuznicki Law (GuruFocus.com)
11. Jennifer Lawrence R-Rated Comedy ‘No Hard Feelings’ Lands at Sony Pictures (Variety)
12. Judge backs health care workers seeking religious exemption to vaccine mandate (Newsday)
13. MacKenzie Scott gifts help bolster nonprofit infrastructure (WWTI - InformNNY.com)
14. Laura Curran, Nassau County Executive (Newsday)
15. Online: Michelangelo and Raphael (Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library: "See what's new on our shelves at HWPL: *** http://wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?fb&p=3209-177 *** There are 56 new bestsellers, 39 new movies, 14 new audiobooks, five new music CDs, 76 new children's books, and 189 other new books, including 141 ..." (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library: "Caroline, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library's YA Librarian, reviews White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson" (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library: "See Intelligent Trees on our BIG SCREEN at HWPL" (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library: "Meditate tomorrow on hwpl.org" (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library: "Check out Brain Quest from HWPL's library of things! hwpl.org/lot" (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools: "REMINDER! MEETING TONIGHT! Wednesday, October 13th 6:30 PM - BOE Budget Meeting 7:30 PM - BOE Work Meeting Woodmere Education Center" (Facebook)

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— Celeste "Pirate Queen" Wetzel

About me: The original Pirate Queen and QA engineer for Patch. Did you know that this week I have worked at least two fourteen hour days? This sprint has been nuts and the engineering team has been keeping me hopping non-stop. I'm exhausted and very close to needing a vacation.

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