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The two columns of gray T-shirted, sweat-drenched runners you may see hustling across the sand on a Town of Hempstead beach early next month will not be the Marines, but rather the town's rookie lifeguards, being drilled by Training Officer Andrew Rinn. For two weeks Rinn will beat the teenagers down and build them back up, in the ocean and out, weeding out quitters, building a team. He'll be the one in a lifeguard uniform, though looking, frankly, with his shoulder-length black hair, more like Russell Brand's athletic older brother than a beach captain.
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Jim Harmon
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6/23/10
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Seasonal Delights
Those Gold Coast DaysThe historic Falaise mansion, one of the few mansions left from Long Island’s Gold Coast era, is now once again open for tours. Falaise was built on a …
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6/23/10
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The Rockville Centre Board of Trustees recently passed a law banning residents from owning Rottweilers and pit bulls, giving local dog lovers two fewer breeds to adore.
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Alex Costello
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6/16/10
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The South Merrick Community Civic Association announced this week that it would meet in the near future with Freeport Village activist Pat Rowen to discuss Freeport's possible construction of a …
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Scott Brinton
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6/13/10
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Union protesters have set up a new addition to the front of Rockville Centre’s Village Hall — a large, inflatable rat— to protest the construction of the AvalonBay apartment complex.
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Alex Costello
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6/9/10
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The Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce was joined by village officials in welcoming two local businesses.
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6/9/10
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One hundred sixty seven congregants and guests, including the great, great granddaughter of the architect who designed the Church of the Ascension on N. Village Avenue, were present at its 125th anniversary celebration on May 23.
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Judy Rattner
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6/3/10
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When Rockville Centre Comptroller Michael Schussheim asked the Board of Trustees to approve his changes to the village's water rates for the upcoming year, everyone at the May 25 meeting seemed shocked. Some gasped. There was even applause.
Schussheim proposed lowering the rates by 5 percent. And the trustees agreed, although just barely, adopting Schussheim's recommendation in a 3-2 vote.
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Alex Costello
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6/3/10
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Rockville Centre commuters may have recently been handed a flier from the General Building Laborers’ union Local 66, alleging the construction at the AvalonBay site is unsafe, among other things.
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Alex Costello
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6/2/10
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Rockville Centre trustees unanimously approved an amendment to the village’s social host law that lowers the age of responsibility from 18 to 16.
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Alex Costello
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6/2/10
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