Despite facing steep increases in its mandated retirement fund contributions, the Rockville Centre Public Library proposed a 2010-11 budget that trims many expenses and keeps increases low.
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Alex Costello
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4/28/10
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After guiding Lawrence to three Nassau County football championships and one Long Island title in 10 years, Lou Andre has retired as head coach of the Golden Tornadoes.
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Tony Bellissimo
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4/2/10
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Actor Paul Giamatti, an Academy Award nominee for his role in “Sideways,” and an Emmy winner for his portrayal of President John Adams in the TV miniseries of the same name, spent two days in Rockville Centre last week. He was filming “Win Win,” director Tom McCarthy’s comedic exploration of allegiances and bonds among unlikely characters, due out in 2011.
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Judy Rattner
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3/31/10
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Peter Fusaro, chairman of Global Change Associates, and a New York Times best-selling author, was the featured speaker at a special conference hosted by Molloy College and its Sustainability Institute on March 12.
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3/24/10
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray — the first woman elected to lead the largest township in the country — was the guest of honor at the Women’s History Month Luncheon hosted by the Sandel Senior Center on March 10.
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Judy Rattner
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3/17/10
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"I'm devastated over the whole thing," an Oceanside parishioner said of the Rockville Centre Diocese's plan to offer buyout packages to 1,800 of its 6,000 employees in an effort to cut expenses. The voluntary separation package includes money and a few months of continued health insurance coverage. If enough employees decline the offer, the diocese has told them it will resort to more traditional measures — including layoffs.
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Judy Rattner
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2/24/10
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Part 2 in a series.
“I died on my kitchen floor,” said Joe, a recovering heroin addict who overdosed trying to rid himself of the 50-bag-a-day habit he had developed. “I woke up in the …
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by Judy Rattner
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2/11/10
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Heroin had coursed through Joe's veins for more than 12 months when he arrived at the St. John's University training camp as a freshman attacker on the powerhouse Red Storm lacrosse team.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/3/10
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In a little over two years, the Sandel Senior Center’s Without Walls program has become remarkably successful for Rockville Centre’s older adults. It is specifically designed to bring important social work services out of the Sandel Center and into the community.
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11/19/09
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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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