Walmart Attack + Hewlett Students Perform + Tennis Champ

Rise and shine Five Towns!

In today's Daily, find out about a Walmart shoplifting incident that turned violent in Valley Stream. A Hewlett tennis player reflects on being Nassau County champ, and a fundraising effort wants to bring a new, advanced mammogram machine to the Rockaways. Hewlett students are excelling in the arts and music.

First, today's weather: Rain in the morning, with a high of 78 degrees.

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Today's top news from the Five Towns:

1. Jerry Barmash has a story on four women who were arrested Sunday for stealing from the Green Acres Mall Walmart, before punching a security guard. The women were from Brooklyn, according to police. (Patch)

2. Jeff Bessen recaps the Hewlett-Woodmere Little League All-Star game held on Memorial Day. Players from second to eighth grade participated. (LI Herald)

3. John Sanchez looks at efforts to fundraise for a 3D mammogram machine for St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway. The machine will help screen women at the new Margaret O. Carpenter Women’s Health Center. (The Wave)

4. Gene Morris talks to Hewlett's Stephan Gershfeld, the Nassau County boys tennis champ. "It’s been my dream to win counties since seventh grade," the high school sophomore said. (Newsday)

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Five Towns Notebook:

• Woodmere Middle School students present their 2021 Musical Theatre Workshop: The Songs of Disney. The show is available to watch here.
• Four students from Hewlett High were selected to appear on the National Women's History Museum website as part of a contest for National History Day. Madeline Heyman, Madison Honig, Sydney Honig, and Michael Heyman created a performance called "You Can Disagree Without Being Disagreeable: The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Story" that can be viewed here.
• Hewlett senior Fletcher Goodman will join the wrestling team at Muhlenberg College and fellow graduate Isabella Santos committed to the cheerleading team at Davison College. (Facebook)
• Valley Stream South runner Tori Daniels won the 100 in 12.98 seconds and the 200 in 25.88 seconds at last week's Nassau Class A track and field championships. (Newsday)

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-Jackie

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