Two of Rockville Centre’s most historic buildings are displaying holiday decorations with stories to tell this season.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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12/19/19
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All of the dolls tell stories. Carefully lifting the red-checkered skirt of one black doll, Freeporter April Marius, 62, exposed a double-ended half of a second white doll, with hips and legs conjoined to the lower waist of the black doll.
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By Nadya Nataly
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5/16/19
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In a defining moment for the preservation of Rockville Centre history in the late 1970s, the deteriorating house of Captain Samuel F. Phillips was relocated and restored to become what is now the Museum of the Village of Rockville Centre.
Four decades later, the museum celebrated its 40th anniversary as a beacon of culture, education and history in the village.
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Briana Bonfiglio
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11/8/18
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Antiques Roadshow appraiser and Lynbrook-based auctioneer Philip Weiss donated his time to the Phillips House as part of an annual appraisal fundraiser, which raised about $2,000 for the Rockville Centre museum.
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By Ben Strack
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5/3/18
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Did you know that founding Central Synagogue Rabbi Roland Gittlesohn served as a Marine Corps chaplain during the battle of Iwo Jima? He gave a sermon following the battle, titled “The Purest …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/1/17
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Exhibits and more...
AftermodernisM Spring 2014This exhibition illustrates a broad range of styles spanning non-objective abstraction. Featured artists include Michael Bevilacqua, James Busby and …
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4/30/14
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“Every time I used to come out by Lenox Avenue, I’d see that house, and I’d think, what a shame that it’s deteriorating.”
Marilyn Devlin, a longtime village resident and the archivist at …
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By John Maher
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2/5/14
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Nicholas Rossetti has seen many of his fellow Boy Scouts earn their Eagle ranks over the past few years. Watching these older scouts successfully attain the highest honor in scouting inspired him to do the same.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/13/13
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On Sept. 21, the Phillips House Museum will unveil an exhibit of the art of Charles Henry Miller, a late 19th and early 20th Century painter notable for his landscapes of Long Island.
Paintings …
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By John Maher
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9/4/13
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In the shady garden of the Museum of Rockville Centre at the Phillips House on July 13, two groups of children were entranced as adult volunteers shared stories with them and encouraged discussion.
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Judy Rattner
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7/20/11
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