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Tara Hackett, front, was all smiles after learning that she was elected to the Board of Education Tuesday night.

The Rockville Centre School District budget passed by 74 percent of the vote Tuesday night, while Susan McNulty and Tara Hackett were elected to next year's Board of Education. The budget passed … more

By Brian Kacharaba | 5/16/17

Don Schluter joined Woodland Engine 4 in 1969 and was a Rockville Centre mail carrier for 37 years.

Don Schluter, longtime firefighter and mailman, dies at 66

Don Schluter, who served the Rockville Centre community as a longtime firefighter and mailman, passed away on Jan. 28 at age 66. Schluter, who had been battling cancer since May, joined Woodland … more

By Brian Kacharaba | 2/8/17

Plastic bags: throwaway culture par excellence

Pulling the frayed plastic bag from the muck revealed a killing field. A dozen or more fiddler crabs lay dead beneath the bag . . . more

10/27/16

‘The Father’ and ‘Head of Passes’

Some people avoid “heavy” theater. They prefer lighter fare - laughs and music. However, if they skip two of the newer plays this season, they will miss two superb performances. The … more

4/22/16

Kerry O’Keefe Sr. started a new Malverne chapter of the support group GRASP, which helps people cope with the addiction-related death of a loved one.

‘Everyone in our groups has lost someone to addiction’

After the death of Kerry O’Keefe’s son, Kerry Jr., due to drug addiction in 2006, O’Keefe started going to a Manhattan-based bereavement group to cope with the loss. But it didn’t help. “You’d hear stories of some kids that got hit by a car, others that had cancer, but they were treated differently,” he recalled. “There’s a stigma that comes with a drug death that comes up all the time.” more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 1/20/16

Gina Dimare cast her ballot in the bond referendum.

Rockville Centre bond referendum passes

By Alex Costello and John Maher rvceditor@liherald.com The Rockville Centre School District’s $45.9 million bond proposal passed by a comfortable margin on Tuesday, with almost 60 percent of … more

By Alex Costello and John Maher | 3/19/13

School bond needs to pass

Next Tuesday, Rockville Centre residents will make an important decision about the future of their schools: Do they want to improve them, and make sure they remain award-winning places of learning, … more

3/13/13

Rockville Centre voters say yes to school, library budgets

Voters in the Rockville Centre school district have approved the 2010-11 school budget of $93.4 million. In unofficial results Tuesday night, the spending plan passed with 2,483 votes, 55 percent of the votes cast, while 2,027 residents voted against it. Despite periods of heavy rain during the day, district officials said the voter turnout was the heaviest since 2006. more

Judy Rattner | 5/18/10

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