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Friday, February 5, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 6
VALENTINE’S DAY GUIDE
MINEOLA HITS 1,500 CASES
CUOMO HIT ON UNREPORTED COVID NURSING HOME DEATHS
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50 crashes in 12 hours after nor’easter
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13 inches of snow powders North Shore over two days BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Snow piled up throughout Nassau County beginning late Sunday night into Monday and Tuesday, resulting in a handful of North Shore areas receiving more than a foot of fresh powder. Dozens of car crashes were reported on slippery roads. East Williston received just over 13 inches of snow on Monday, with Port Washington not far behind at 13 inches. Garden City got 12.4 inches of snow, while Herricks received 11.5 inches. The snowfall was part of the first nor’easter in the calendar year, which remained stationary over the Atlantic Coast of southern New Jersey, weather experts said. Experts also said the snow was falling at a rate of almost three inches per hour in most of the region. Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked people throughout the state to stay off the roads as the snow fell
throughout the day on Monday. “This storm is no joke and the main concern right now is that the expected snowfall rate of two inches per hour creates an extremely dangerous situation on our roadways,” Cuomo said on Monday. “I want New Yorkers to hear me loud and clear — stay home and off the roads and if you must travel, get where you’re going before noon, and expect to remain home for some time.” While the snow remained prominent on roadways, sidewalks and driveways on Wednesday, the snowfall that begin late Sunday night into Monday morning caused 50 car crashes in a 12-hour span, according to a spokesperson from the Nassau County Police Department. The spokesperson said the number of crashes filed between midnight and noon on Monday was slightly higher than average for the county’s logs. The spokesContinued on Page 43
PHOTO COURTESY OF MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL
Three students graduated from Mineola High School’s Alternative Program School last week.
Mineola-based accountant stormed Capitol Hill: feds BY R O S E W E L D ON
fice for the Eastern District of New York said. Justin McAuliffe, a BellAn accountant whose practice is based in Mineola has more resident whose McAuliffe been arrested for allegedly par- CPA Enterprises is located at 34 ticipating in the Jan. 6 Capitol Willis Ave. in Mineola, was arHill riots, the U.S. attorney’s of- rested last Thursday morning
when it was found that he had posted pictures to his Facebook page and other accounts indicating that he had been inside the Capitol building during the riots, according to a statement Continued on Page 44
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