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Former Rockville Centre Mayor Eugene Murray, center, received the 2012 Honoree Award from his son, Mayor Francis Murray, at the Mayor’s Golf & Tennis Classic & Dinner on Monday. At right is Deputy Mayor Nancy Howard.

Celebrating as a family in Rockville Centre

Villagers packed the Rockville Links Country Club on Monday night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Rockville Centre Community Fund at the annual Mayor’s Golf & Tennis Classic & Dinner. more

By Judy Rattner | 10/4/12

Art Rosenthal, Confide Counseling’s executive director, thanked his supporters, staff and judicial and law enforcement partners, including Nassau County D.A. Kathleen Rice, at left.

Rockville Centre's Confide Counseling says ‘thanks’

The venue for Confide Counseling’s 11th annual Criminal Justice Awards Luncheon may have been new this year, but its message was very much the same. more

By Judy Rattner | 9/19/12

County Executive Ed Mangano announced extra patrols and a new security initiative at a press conference on Sept. 14 at Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David, where he was joined by local rabbis Dr. Barry Dov Schwartz, speaking, Anchelle Perl, Levi Gurkov and Howard Diamond, as well as top county police brass and Assemblyman David McDonough.

Nassau County launches security campaign

Two days before the start of the Jewish High Holy Days, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano came to Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David to unveil the county’s new “See Something, Say Something” campaign. more

By Judy Rattner | 9/19/12

Work on Fireman’s Field, the subject of lengthy and often contentious negotiations, is set to start this week.

Construction at Fireman’s Field to begin in Rockville Centre

As the Herald went to press on Tuesday, work on the parking project at Fireman’s Field, adjacent to South Side High School — the topic of lengthy and sometimes contentious negotiations among the village, the school district and the Fire Department, was set to begin later this week. more

By Judy Rattner | 9/12/12

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Construction at Fireman’s Field in Rockville Centre to begin this week

As the Herald went to press on Tuesday, work on the parking project at Fireman’s Field, adjacent to South Side High School — the topic of lengthy and sometimes contentious negotiations among the village, the school district and the Fire Department, was set to begin later this week. more

By Judy Rattner | 9/11/12

Its building sold, Reconstructionist Synagogue Beth Emeth will lease space from Central Synagogue of Nassau County.

Beth Emeth Synagogue relocates to Rockville Centre

Beth Emeth, the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the South Shore of Long Island, has sold its building in Hewlett and is now located at 430 DeMott Ave., where it is leasing space from Central Synagogue of Nassau County, a Reform congregation that like Beth Emeth, is affiliated with The Union for Reform Judaism. more

JEFF BESSEN and JUDY RATTNER | 8/1/12

The Diocese of Rockville Centre’s newest auxiliary bishops, Robert Brennan, left, and Nelson Perez, the diocese’s first of Latino descent.

Two priests become auxiliary bishops in St. Agnes ordination

In a joyous ceremony before a crowd that filled St. Agnes Cathedral on July 25, the Most Rev. William Murphy, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, installed the Rev. Monsignor Robert J. Brennan, 50, and the Rev. Monsignor Nelson J. Perez, 51, as auxiliary bishops at a Mass of Episcopal Ordination. The two were selected by Pope Benedict XVI. more

By Judy Rattner | 8/1/12

In the graph above, the far-left column in each category represents the average Rockville Centre assessment scores in 2010. The middle column represents 2011, and the right column represents this year’s average district scores.

Rockville Centre students’ test scores rise

Students in the Rockville Centre school district showed marked improvement in this year’s state English Language Arts and math assessments. more

By Aaron Axelson | 7/25/12

Police Commissioner Charles Gennario was among speakers at the Tuesday village board meeting who urged parents to take responsibility for their children.

Third arrest in Roxen Road gang assault; residents speak out at Rockville Centre board meeting

Kevin Coyle, 18, of Rockville Centre, has been arrested in connection with an incident on June 18 in which a group of five to eight youths allegedly beat up a 43-year-old man on Roxen Road, sending … more

By Judy Rattner | 7/17/12

Rockville Centre gang members get 75 years to life

Two local men who police describe as gang members, convicted last March in the fatal shooting of a Yonkers woman, were sentenced on June 28 to 75 years to life in prison. more

Judy Rattner and Aaron Axelson | 7/4/12