School Reopening Plans + 9/11 Hero Street + Missing Teen Girl

Rise and shine, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

Nassau Police are looking for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen in Woodmere and may be in Newark. A Valley Stream street got a new name to honor a 9/11 hero. Five Towns schools are waiting for guidance about COVID-19 and reopening. And meet a new local rabbi.

First, today's weather will be clear throughout the day with a high of 83 and a low of 71 degrees.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. RLS Media explains that a missing girl who was last seen in Woodmere may be in Newark. Nassau Police are looking for Makaylah Adams, 14, who was last seen on Aug. 1. She may be in Newark's Avon Avenue area. (RLS Media)
2. News 12 has the story on a North Valley Stream street that has been renamed in memory of Vincent DeMarino, NYPD deputy chief, who died of a 9/11-related illness in 2020. Park Drive South is now named in honor of DeMarino. (News 12 Long Island)
3. Jerry Barmash talks to a Nassau County mail carrier who's searching for a kidney. The 39-year-old talks about his struggles trying to find a donor. (Patch)
4. Jeff Bessen looks at how Five Towns school districts are preparing for reopening. The two public school districts along with local yeshivas are waiting for State Education Department guidelines as the coronavirus pandemic faces a new phase. (LI Herald)
5. Jeff Bessen also updates us on the Cedarhurst house fire this week. No one was hurt at the blaze at 304 Madison Ave., between 5th and 6th Avenues. (LI Herald)
6. The LI Herald introduces us to the new interim rabbi at Temple Israel of Lawrence. Rabbi Erik Uriarte, or Rabbi Erik, is from California, and has a military background. (LI Herald)

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Today in Five Towns

• A Summer Night Under The Stars, Cow Harbor Park, Freeport, 6 p.m. Outdoor dining, music and a showing at 8:30 p.m. of Johnson Family Vacation.
• Outdoor: Toddlers, Tots and Tykes, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Henry Waldinger Memorial Library

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Nassau County Police Department 4th Precinct officers stopped by Community Helper Day at South Shore Yeshiva. (Facebook)
• Check out Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools' Summer Art Program highlights video here. (Facebook)

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— Jackie

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