Conor Semple was known among friends and family as someone who brought people together. A lover of sports and large gatherings, the 2011 South Side High School graduate regularly organized some kind of social event. Last month, those friends and family came together to celebrate the life of Semple, who died unexpectedly on July 19, at age 27.
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By Jill Nossa
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8/6/20
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Catherine Pucciarelli, a former trustee and deputy mayor for the Village of Rockville Centre, died on March 27 at age 85. Elected to the Village Board of Trustees in 1975, she was the village’s first woman trustee.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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5/8/20
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Former Rockville Centre Police Commissioner John (Jack) McKeon died on April 24, 2020 after a battle with Agent Orange Parkinson’s disease and Covid-19. He was 68.
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By Jill Nossa
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5/1/20
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As the coronavirus spread across New York City and Long Island, Bill Mantell continued to commute from his East Meadow home to his pharmacy in Queens. Near the end of March, Mantell, formerly of Rockville Centre, developed a fever, which spiked and persisted for more than a week. He was admitted to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, where he died two weeks later, on April 17, of complications of Covid-19 and pneumonia. He was 68.
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By Jill Nossa
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4/28/20
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Rockville Centre resident and Nassau County Court Judge Donald Eberhard Belfi died on Feb. 26, after a long illness. Belfi, 84, presided over several high-profile cases during his tenure, is most well known for the 1995 trial of Long Island Rail Road massacre shooter Colin Ferguson. He died in Stuart, FL, surrounded by his family.
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By Jill Nossa
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3/5/20
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On Saturday, Jan. 25, Rockville Centre lost one of its most exceptional citizens – Ronald Townsend Carman.
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2/6/20
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John Sherry of Rockville Centre died on Jan. 12, 2020, at age 21.
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1/16/20
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The Village of Rockville Centre has lost a dedicated civil servant. Retired Village of Rockville Centre Trustee Edward Oppenheimer died on Sept. 19, at age 66.
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By Jill Nossa
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9/19/19
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Rockville Centre resident Raymond LaCasse was just 18 years old when Japanese fighter planes attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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By Nakeem Grant
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8/2/19
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Longtime West Hempstead resident Raymond LaCasse was just 18 years old when Japanese fighter planes attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The airstrike, which drew the United …
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By Nakeem Grant
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8/1/19
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