🌱Three Men Arrested In Armed Store Robbery + First Snow Coming

Happy Thursday, Five Towns! These are the most important things happening in Five Towns today.

First, today's weather:

Breezy in the morning. High: 40 Low: 31.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. Three men were charged after police say they robbed a 7-Eleven at gunpoint on Dec. 31: Oscar Marcia, 27, of Levittown; Jose Antonis, 33, of Hempstead; and Victor Almandades-Zavala, 28, of Hempstead. They are accused of robbing the BP gas station at 1878 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow with a handgun. (Patch)
2. This Friday may be Long Island's first real snowfall of the season. The region could see two to five inches by midday. (Patch)
3. A Hicksville woman was one of many trapped for hours in Virginia after a snowstorm. While many were stuck on the interstate in cars, Claire Czeczil, 64, spent 24 hours on an Amtrak train. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Five Towns:

• Hewlett Elementary School Spelling Bee Grades 4 & 5, Hewlett-Woodmere School District.

From my notebook:

• All-County Division 1W Rehearsal is today, 4 to 7:30 p.m. at Herricks Middle School, Valley Stream School District. (Valley Stream CSD)
• The annual Snowflake Race is back in Long Beach, on Feb. 5. The preregistration fee for the four-mile run is $30. (Patch)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has Take & Make Diamond Painting crafts for adults. (Facebook)

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— Jackie