🌱 Fatal Pedestrian Accident + Cow Meadow Park Overhaul

Good day, neighbors! I'm here with a fresh issue of the Five Towns Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and milder. High: 48 Low: 39.

Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today:

1. In Hicksville, a 81-year-old man was fatally struck by a car on Saturday night. He was trying to walk across Jerusalem Avenue at Parc Lane just after 7 p.m. when a 20-year-old man driving a Honda Civic hit him. (News 12)
2. Four-term Congresswoman Kathleen Rice announced she will not be run for a fifth two-year term. Rice is a Democrat who represents the 4th Congressional District. (LI Herald)
3. Nassau County transferred control of Cow Meadow Park to the Village of Freeport. The village plans to spend $2.5 million on upgrading it, with plans for a playground, spray park, dog park, athletic fields, and the improving he beach and marina, closed since Superstorm Sandy. (Subscription: Newsday)

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From my notebook:

• The Hewlett High School Girls Winter Track and Field Team was named Conference Champions and County Champion Runners Up, Coach Honerkamps 50th championship at Hewlett. (Facebook)
• Nassau County Police Department Commissioner Ryder welcomed Police Officer Liam Ryder into the force: Liam Ryder is his own son. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Inwood: "Hi, my name is Sarah the owner of BeYou Notary Services. I provide advices in Queens and the Long Island areas. I travel to you, so you do not have to leave your home or workplace." (Nextdoor)

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