🌱 Shoplifter Attacks Police + Lawrence School For Sale + Noose

Happy Friday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

A noose was found at a PSEG building in Hewlett and now there's a reward for information. Lawrence School District is trying to sell a school, and a man attacked officers after shoplifting at a Lawrence store.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 53 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. Alex Costello writes that a Queens man attacked officers after shoplifting at the Burlington Coat Factory in North Lawrence on Wednesday morning. (Patch)
2. Alex Costello reports that three men were arrested and charged with murder for the death of a Long Beach man in Freeport on Sept. 10: Corey Grier, of Freeport; Eric R. Baldwin, of Freeport; and Todd Brant, from Middle Island, were charged on Wednesday with the murder of James Diamond, 28, of Long Beach. (Patch)
3. Jeff Bessen explains that Lawrence Schools is once again looking to sell the Number Five School in Cedarhurst. The school, at 305 Cedarhurst Ave. in Cedarhurst, has been leased for the past seven years by the Shulamith School for Girls at a price of now $600,000. (LI Herald)
4. The Herald remembers Lawrence special education teacher and basketball coach Cleveland Woods who passed away on Oct. 29 at age 56. Woods made an impact on many in the community through charity and sports. (LI Herald)
5. Patch has details on a possible bias crime in Hewlett. A reward of $25,000 is now being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the case of a noose that was found at a PSEG building, located at 455 Mill Road on Sept. 10. (Patch)

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Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library opens registration Sunday for a new young adult, ages 18 to 25, landscape paint by numbers craft. (Facebook)
• The new convenience lockers are now available at Peninsula Library in Lawrence. (LI Herald)

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