Bank Robber Sought + 9/11 Hero Street Renaming + Missing Teens

Hello, neighbors! Here with your Monday Five Towns Daily on this Labor Day.

Find out how Long Island synagogues are handling Rosh Hashanah with COVID-19 concerns looming. Police are looking for a bank robber who robbed a Carle Place Chase Bank. Nassau police are also searching for four missing teenagers, last seen in a Syosset youth facility. And a nearby street was named for 9/11 responder who died this year of COVID-19.

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First, today's weather:

Possible light rain in the morning. High: 80 Low: 66.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. Tom Carrozza reports that a street in Oceanside was renamed for a 9/11 hero. West Henrietta Ave. was dedicated in honor of late NYPD officer Steven Brandow, who died in February from Covid-19, last week. (LI Herald)
2. News 12 Long Island has the story on a bank robber in Carle Place that police are looking for. The robbery happened at Chase Bank on Old Country Road around 1 p.m. Saturday. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477. (News 12)
3. News 12 also has details on four missing teenagers in Nassau County. The four are missing from Syosset's Mercy First Facility: Kaiden Pettaway, 12, Antanajasha Alo, 15, Kelyshia Pearce, 15, and Markayla Gardner, 12, were last seen Saturday. (News 12)
4. Jerry Barmash tells us that the City of Long Beach has joined the Discover Long Island Downtown Deals Travel Pass which gives pass-holders exclusive discounts on local hotels, restaurants and beach-side rentals. (Patch)
5. Matthew Chayes looks at how synagogues are handling Rosh Hashanah services with COVID-19 still a concern. The Chabad of the Five Towns will continue to offer an outdoor service along with a smaller one inside. (Subscription: Newsday)

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library's normal hours return this Wednesday, September 8. (Facebook)

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