The Long Island Rail Road is reporting that the Gibson train station, along with tracks going in both directions, will be closed all day on Nov. 10 for the replacement of the station’s pedestrian …
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11/8/18
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Standing three stories tall on the main stretch of Rockaway Avenue in Valley Stream, the gray, neoclassical façade of what is now the Chase Bank in Valley Stream has been a village fixture for 90 …
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By Peter Belfiore
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10/30/18
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The Rockville Centre Public Library will be having its roof replaced this week. Due to safety concerns, it will be closed to the public and staff starting on Oct. 24. The library plans to reopen on Wednesday, Oct. 31, but the work schedule is dependent on the weather.
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10/25/18
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Since news broke that longtime gift and furniture store, Accent on the Home, would be closing its doors once its inventory had been sold off, shoppers have flocked downtown to bid the establishment …
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By Samantha Barry
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8/9/18
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El Mariachi, a family-owned Mexican eatery on Sunrise Highway, last week announced it would close its doors after serving Rockville Centre patrons for 41 years.
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By Ben Strack
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4/12/18
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For the fourth time in March, a nor’easter swept into the Long Island region on Wednesday. Bellmore and Merrick schools remained closed on Thursday as light snow continued to fall and road conditions remained dicey.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/20/18
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The Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts have announced that because of hazardous road conditions, schools in both districts will be closed on Friday, Jan. 5.
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1/4/18
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In Rockville Centre, the NWS was reporting areas of blowing snow, with a high temperature of 27 and wind chill reaching between 5 and 10 degrees. Chance of snow was 100 percent, and accumulation of 5 to 9 inches was possible, with wind gusts to reach as high as 43 miles per hour.
All seven schools in the Rockville Centre School District are closed on Thursday due to the bad weather, the district announced on its website.
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By Ben Strack and Scott Brinton
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1/4/18
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Following President Donald Trump’s response to the violence that broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, during rally of white supremacists, neo-Nazis and members of the alt-right earlier this month, all 16 members of the president’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities resigned, including Long Beach resident and artist Chuck Close.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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9/7/17
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The Rockville Centre bus depot has officially closed.
The Banks Avenue station, which had been on the chopping block by the Nassau Inter-County Express bus company since December, locked its doors …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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4/13/17
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