Rite Aid Begins Final Sales

began liquidation sales this week in preparation to close the pharmacy's Syosset branch. The liquidation sale, which places all non-pharmaceutical items on sale at 50 percent off, will be the deciding factor on when the Jackson Avenue pharmacy closes for good.

disappointed residents.

"So depressing when another local 'go to' business closes," wrote Patch reader .

"I will miss Fran and May Belle and all the others at Rite Aid who made visiting and shopping there so much fun," wrote .

Some felt another pharmacy would be most fitting, but worried it would meet the same fate.

"It would be nice to see Walgreens or a local grocery market go in there but I fear it will lie vacant for years. I hope I am wrong," wrote .

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Prescriptions filled at Rite Aid will be shipped to the nearby on Cold Spring Road so residents will only have to travel up the street. Those with prescriptions at Rite Aid can also send their information to .

Neither Rite Aid nor Town of Oyster Bay spokespeople confirmed a replacement business for the property.