Cold but quiet Thanksgiving weather is followed by a significant weekend snowstorm and then a blast of arctic air next week.

After a 6-year-old boy vanished on his way to a school bus stop one morning in 1979, family members, friends and neighbors scoured the gritty, industrial back alleys and streets of Lower Manhattan for miles. “Since when is $8 a good price for 10 little nuggets, a hand full of fries and a drink?" one commenter said.