Kids who couldn't vacation in the Caribbean were able to enjoy a tropical-themed party at the Rockville Centre Public Library on Feb. 18 that included this limbo dance.
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Kemi Awosika of South Side Middle School lent Evan Simley a hand while he attached legs to his robot during the library's "Loose Parts" activity.
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Liam O'Malley from Baldwin helped Aidan Stutzmann put the finishing touches on his robot, made of recycled materials, at the library on Feb. 16.
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Everyone was a winner at the annual pie eating competition. The contestants had their choice of apple or cherry pie — but no utensils were allowed.
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Ian Moran, a village kindergartner, got down to business at the Recreation Center's annual pie eating contest.
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Pie, pie everywhere and not a fork in sight. Catherine Hoeffner, a second grader from the village, was a proud — and colorful — competitor in the Recreation Center's annual pie-eating contest, one of many activities available to local children during the midwinter recess last week.
There was plenty of action around town as the village Recreation Center and the Rockville Centre Public Library provided a number of fun-filled activities for students who were off from school during the mid-winter recess last wee