🌱 Five Towns Doctor Lights White House Menorah + Amazon Fresh

Happy Friday, people of Five Towns! Let's get this day started. Here's what's going on in town today.

A boy was approached by a man in an SUV in Oceanside and police are investigating. Three Amazon Fresh supermarkets are coming to Long Island and one is local. A doctor and rabbi from Woodmere helped light the menorah at the White House.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; breezy, cooler. High: 46 Low: 36.

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Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. An 11-year-old boy was approached by a man in a light-colored SUV on Wednesday afternoon in Oceanside. The boy was walking home from school near Arrow Street in Oceanside and the man said the boy's mother sent him to pick him up. The boy did not get into the vehicle and police are looking for any tips. (Patch)
2. Patch explains that one of three new Amazon Fresh supermarkets planned for LI will be in Oceanside. The store, at a former Waldbaum's, is waiting for a retail liquor license. (Patch)
3. Dr. Aaron Glatt, chair of the department of medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside and an associate rabbi at Young Israel of Woodmere, helped light the menorah at the White House on Wednesday. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. Jeff Bessen checks out players and coaches from the Five Towns that helped the Yeshiva University basketball team get a number one ranking in a poll of Division III basketball teams. (LI Herald)
5. Cedarhurst resident Fred Siciliano created a petition that has almost 30 signatures to turn Westminster Road into a one-way street to deal with traffic issues. Cedarhurst Village trustees will address the issue at next Wednesday's board meeting. (LI Herald)

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• Nassau County Police Department are looking for tips about a Hicksville hit-and-run that killed a woman on Stewart Avenue. (Facebook)

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