Nearly a year after Melvin Wells, 40, was found mortally wounded in front of his Hempstead home, and 10 months after a Rockville Centre man and a Hempstead woman were arrested and charged with the murder, a third suspect — Bryant Daniels, 27, of 16C Meehan Lane — was arrested on Oct. 20 in connection with the incident.
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Judy Rattner
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10/24/11
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Nearly 200 students, parents and educators joined local officials and members of the law enforcement community last Sunday morning for the annual Substance Use Awareness Walk at the Skelos Sports Complex. South Side High School social worker Naomi Bisk, the event coordinator, offered an introduction that made its message clear: Make healthy choices — stay alcohol-, drug- and cigarette-free.
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Judy Rattner
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10/5/11
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Police are looking for two or more men who pulled off two robberies — one at gunpoint — in Rockville Centre within an hour of each other early on Sept. 23.
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Judy Rattner
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9/28/11
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Many in the record crowd that took part in the 24th annual Mayor’s Golf & Tennis Classic at the Seawane Country Club in Hewlett Harbor on Monday stayed for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and dinner, rubbing elbows with elected officials and guests with ties to the village during an evening of charity and praise for former Village Justice Robert Williams.
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Judy Rattner
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9/28/11
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An old proposal found new life on Monday, as members of the RVC Athletic Council announced plans to gift approximately $350,000 to the Rockville Centre school district for new athletic lighting at South Side High School.
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Judy Rattner
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9/21/11
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Village of Rockville Centre hosted a brief commemoration last Sunday — the second of the week — at the site of New York Remembers, a state-sponsored exhibit on display at the Recreation Center through the end of September.
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Judy Rattner and Aaron Axelson
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9/14/11
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Many Rockville Centre residents were in the dark again Wednesday night as a power outage hit numbers of homes and businesses in the village at 8:45. Power wasn't completely restored until 9:24 p.m.
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Judy Rattner
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9/8/11
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He might have been dubbed the “Cinderella bandit” because his lost shoe may have helped police dogs track his scent to a hiding place behind a Marion Place garage last Friday morning.
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Judy Rattner
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9/7/11
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Police apprehended a bank robbery suspect in a Marion Place backyard shortly after 10:40 Friday morning after he allegedly robbed TD Bank on Merrick Road and lost a shoe as he was fleeing.
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Judy Rattner
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9/2/11
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Thanks to hours of preparation, Rockville Centre’s response to Hurricane Irene was described as a nearly seamless interdepartmental effort.
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Judy Rattner
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8/31/11
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