With the 2010-11 budget season looming, Village of Rockville Centre officials are girding themselves for what is sure to rile a tax-weary public—a property tax rate increase that they have said could exceed 10 percent.
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Alex Costello
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12/2/09
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With a Dec. 30 deadline quickly approaching, the Village of Rockville Centre is searching for a replacement for retiring Police Commissioner Jack McKeon.
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Alex Costello
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11/25/09
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The smell of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner — turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy— filled the air at the Sandel Senior Center on Nov. 18 during the center’s annual Thanksgiving Feast.
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Alex Costello
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11/25/09
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Island Park residents gathered at a Civic Association meeting on Nov. 10 to discuss a new topic of concern in the community — safety at Shell Creek Park.
The IPCA brought together Inspector …
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ALEX COSTELLO
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11/25/09
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I was very lucky—I had a happy, wonderful life,” said Lily Burnstone on Nov. 3, at the celebration of her 107th birthday. “Maybe that’s why I’m here.”
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Alex Costello
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11/11/09
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The South Shore Symphony, under the musical direction of Scott Jackson Wiley and guest conductor Alex Guzman, will perform at South Side Middle School on Hillside Avenue this Saturday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. The 65-member orchestra will play Mendelssohn’s “Italian Symphony,” R. Strauss’s “Four Last Songs” and Wagner’s “Overture to Dei Meistersinger” and will feature soprano Michelle Pretto.
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11/11/09
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After much debate, the Rockville Centre village board shot down a $750,000 bond resolution at its meeting Monday night.
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by Alex Costello
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10/29/09
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The cloudless sky and beautiful autumn weather belied the reason that 30 or so people were gathered outside Oceanside High School on Oct. 6: to help raise awareness for suicide prevention by sending …
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by Alex Costello
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10/15/09
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Holding gold shovels wrapped with purple bows and wearing white hard hats emblazoned with the school’s logo, Molloy College dignitaries braved a biting wind on Sept. 30 at a ceremony to break ground on the college’s new Public Square.
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Alex Costello
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10/8/09
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As Barry Athletics celebrates its 75th anniversary, its owner, Joan Hoffman, remembers how the store came to be where it is in Rockville Centre.
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Alex Costello
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10/8/09
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