🌱 Funeral For Fifth Precinct Officer + Buying Homes In Inwood

Good morning, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right.

A longtime Nassau police officer was laid to rest Monday after a battle with COVID-19. A Far Rockaway man was arrested for an Inwood robbery. And Inwood is a popular real estate market for young house buyers and families.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 51 Low: 41.

Here are the top four stories today in Five Towns:

1. Hector Nunez worked as a Nassau police officer at the fifth precinct in Valley Stream for 16 years. A funeral was held Monday for the 42-year-old father of four, who died from COVID-19. (News 12)
2. A 22-year-old Far Rockaway man was arrested on Saturday and charged with robbing an Inwood business back in September. Yusef Britton is accused of robbing Fazieah Smoke Shop. (LI Herald)
3. Get a rundown of Inwood's current real estate market. The second largest of the Five Towns is attracting young buyers with its residential feel, walking paths on the bay and smaller homes that can be expanded. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. Two fires were reported at two different Nassau car dealerships on Sunday night, they were at Westbury Toyota on Old Country Road in Westbury and a Jeep dealership on Jericho Turnpike in Jericho. It's unclear if the two fires, at 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., were related. (News 12)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Winter Concert II, George W Hewlett High School, 8 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library reminds patrons that masks are required starting this week. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Hewlett Harbor: "Looking for cleaning service or person to clean my home, references a must." (Nextdoor)
• Ross tYudi, Neighbor: "Peninsula Boulevard runs east and west at Edward — bad area for accidents. Put in a crosswalk and cameras." (Patch)

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— Jackie