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For nearly half a century, Ellen First touched the lives and minds of students at East Meadow High School. The popular English teacher died June 20, after an almost three-year battle with leukemia. … more

By Mallory Wilson | 7/7/22

RVC St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshall Ellen White’s grandson Gavin White chases down one of the Irish bands marching down Maple Avenue.

St. Patrick's Parade returns to much fanfare

The “Parade that Shares and Cares” returned this past Saturday to Rockville Centre’s streets, drawing several hundred onlookers for the first time since 2019. Firefighters, police, local businesses, schools and organizations took to Maple Avenue hopefully ringing in the return of normal festivities like this one again. more

By Tom Carrozza | 3/24/22

Parade board members, from left, Pat McGuire and Ann Travers, Grand Marshal Ellen White, Secretary Ashley Brennan, President Jackie Kerr, board member Kieran Conlon and Secretary Kevin Lombardi at the tree lighting at Village Hall on March 10.

Rockville Centre St. Patrick's Parade returns for first time in three years

For the first time in three years, “the Parade that Shares and Cares” is set to return to the streets of Rockville Centre. In the lead up to the long-awaited return of the St. Patrick’s Parade this Saturday, the Parade Committee spent the first couple of weeks of March getting reacquainted with the community through several fundraisers in the village. The last event before the parade is Friday night’s Grand Marshal Dinner. more

By Tom Carrozza | 3/17/22

Martin Brull, fourth from left, celebrated the return of the in-person fundraiser for the Tommy Brull Foundation, in honor of his late brother, who died in 1999.

Rockville Centre fundraiser returns in person

The Tommy Brull Foundation has continued its mission to help those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities through the pandemic. At its 14th annual fundraiser at the St. Agnes Parish Center on Nov. 13, the foundation made donations to 13 groups and individuals, including the Backyard Players & Friends and South Side High School student Will Ryan, who was the foundation’s 2021 Courage and Resilience Award winner. more

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com | 11/24/21

The winning strategy? GOP grass-roots campaigning.

If Election Day 2021 proved anything, it’s that Long Island voters shouldn’t be taken for granted. more

By Ronald J. Rosenberg | 11/11/21

RVC Youth Coalition member Liz Boylan lauded the board of trustees’ decision to prohibit retail cannabis dispensaries in the village.

RVC officially opts out on weed

After listening to public comments by several residents in a regular board meeting outside Village Hall on Sept. 13, the village board of trustees unanimously voted to prohibit the retail sale of cannabis and the operation of dispensaries in the village. more

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com | 9/23/21

Backyard Players Co-founders Ryan Delaney, Cristina Daly and Ellen White in front of their new building, which will enable them to bring art and theater programs to students in the Special Education Department.

Backyard Players open new storefront

Late last month, a new sign on Long Beach Road sparked curiosity among some Rockville Centre residents. In welcoming blue letters on a white backdrop, it reads, “The Backyard” with “An Inclusive Community” beneath it. Though it’s a new storefront, the group that will open it in early September is a community mainstay: the Backyard Players and Friends. more

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com | 8/19/21

Students and their families and friends took in Centre Stage’s 2021 production premiere at Veterans’ Park.

South Side High School Centre Stage production hosts inaugural premiere

As with many things during the coronavirus pandemic, South Side High School’s Centre Stage production looked a little bit different this year. The usual live stage play of skits turned into a movie premiere, where the stars got a red carpet entrance in front of a crowd many on the John A. Anderson Recreation Centre lawn on June 10. more

By Tom Carrozza | 6/17/21

Rockville Centre resident Ellen Sullivan dies at 96

Rockville Centre resident Ellen J. Sullivan died on March 28 at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was 96. more

4/15/21

Courtesy Glen Cove City School District Former Glen Cove City School District educator Mary Ellen Cuomo donated books to the district featuring voices of Black and Indigenous people and other people of color. English Language Arts Coordinator Bryce Klatsky said the books would help students identify and learn from the authors and their characters.

Seeking more diversity in school reading

As the Black Lives Matter movement grew over the summer, Sea Cliff resident and former Glen Cove City School District special education teacher Mary Ellen Cuomo said, she felt helpless in the battle … more

By Jennifer Corr | 11/30/20

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