1) Some local residents will be be making appearances on national television today.Wantagh resident Cara Thompson will be competing for a prestigious executive chef position at a Chicago restaraunt on the Food Network reality show "Chef Hunters" at 10 p.m. Girl Scouts Anne McKenna of Wantagh and Marissa Bucaro of Seaford will be making guest appearances on Hallmark Channel’s “Emeril’s Table” airing at 11 a.m. 

2) We've been previewing each of the local basketball team's seasons all week. Today, you can see the Division girls preview at 9 a.m. You can also check out our Wantagh boys, Wantagh girls, MacArthur boys and Island Trees girls previews.

3) Save Seaford Sports, an  organization dedicated to raising the necessary $141,000 needed to restore Seaford Middle School athletic teams cut from the budget, is holding a fundraiser today where families can have holiday portraits taken. Photographer Ira Finkelstein from Great Exposures Studio will be at Seaford Middle School from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the fundraiser. For further information, contact Annmarie Lynch at 516-459-1675.

4) Live in the seventh precinct? Your weekly crime report will be up on the Wantagh-Seaford Patch site at 8 a.m. 

5) There will be no rain tomorrow, but there will be some wind. According to the National Weather Service, tomorrow's high will be 46 degrees with sunny skies and a west wind of 10 to 18 miles per hour.