After a year and a half of fighting the office of state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Rockville Centre Village Attorney A. Thomas Levin has been vindicated, as DiNapoli's decision to withhold his …
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Alex Costello
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4/7/10
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The days are getting longer and warmer weather has arrived. It’s time to venture outside and enjoy these early days of spring as Old Westbury Gardens and Old Bethpage Village open for the season.
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Karen Bloom
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4/7/10
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More than 100 residents of Freeport and neighboring communities like Merrick, Bellmore and Rockville Centre converged on Freeport Village Hall on Monday to protest Mayor Andrew Hardwick's reported proposal to build a $550 million waste-to-energy trash incinerator in south Freeport, near the Merrick border.
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Sari Zeidler and Scott Brinton
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4/6/10
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Village homeowners may see their tax rate rise by over 10 percent next year, mainly due to employee benefits and road repairs, according to RVC officials. If adopted by the board, this would mean a 16 percent increase in two years, bringing the average homeowner’s tax bill to $3,005 on a house assessed at $7,800.
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Alex Costello
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3/31/10
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On March 25, a year since the first hearings on the subject, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency accepted the application of developer AvalonBay Communities for a tax abatement for its proposed 349-unit apartment complex in Rockville Centre.
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Alex Costello
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3/31/10
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In advance of its March 25 budget meeting, the Village of Rockville Centre posted its tentative 2010-11 budget on its Web site over the weekend. The proposal contains a 10.53 percent tax rate increase.
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Alex Costello
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3/24/10
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"The parade was very orderly, and even the after-parade event at night in our downtown business district was orderly," said Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, who attributed the relative peace last Saturday to a heavy police presence that included 30 officers on foot and what he described as the "good cooperation" his department received from village bar owners.
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Judy Rattner
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3/24/10
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As it has for the last 13 years, the annual Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Parade will step off this Saturday, March 20 at noon from the corner of N. Long Beach Road and Maple Avenue. Over 110 different organizations will march this year, proceeding down Maple Avenue past Village Hall and ending at N. Village Avenue.
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3/17/10
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Hurricane-force winds buffeted Rockville Centre over the weekend, toppling hundreds of trees whose root structures were compromised by the rain-softened ground and cutting power for residents, making the village one of the hardest-hit areas on Long Island.
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Alex Costello and Judy Rattner
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3/17/10
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray — the first woman elected to lead the largest township in the country — was the guest of honor at the Women’s History Month Luncheon hosted by the Sandel Senior Center on March 10.
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Judy Rattner
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3/17/10
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