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NCPD: MS-13 threatens police officers
Commissioner: ‘We will answer that threat.'
Members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, have threatened Nassau County and Village of Hempstead police officers, according to County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. The threats follow the extradition from Maryland this week of Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, known on the street as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 kingpin who is the gang’s highest-ranking member on the East Coast.
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County, village give different accounts of alleged Rockville Centre stalking
As police continued searching on Monday for a man who allegedly stalked a 10-year-old girl in Rockville Centre last week as she walked to her bus stop, the village and the county police department released different accounts of the reported incident, sparking concern among local parents.
District closes $800,000 budget gap, adopts spending plan
Three weeks after the Board of Education and school administrators debated how to close an $800,000 gap in the 2018-19 budget, the district presented a plan Monday that was met with unofficial approval.
First female elected to lead Rockville Centre's junior firefighters
For the first time ever, a female leads the Rockville Centre Junior Fire Department. “I’ve been surrounded by it my whole life,” Captain Erika Brancato, 17, said of firefighting. She made …
Temporary anteroom built at Hewitt Elementary School as part of district's safety upgrades
Jennie E. Hewitt Elementary School now has a temporary room to contain guests, a measure introduced as part of a wave of security enhancements approved by the Rockville Centre Board of Education in February after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
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Holocaust survivor shares her story
“Seventy-two years ago, I marched out of Auschwitz,” Claire Heymann said to a roomful of guests last week at the Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David in Rockville Centre. Among the remaining …
Rockville Centre Board of Education election to be uncontested race
Liz Dion and Kelly Barry will run uncontested in this year’s school board election, Board of Education president John O’Shea announced during a budget meeting at South Side High School on Monday.
Rockville Centre Education Foundation hosts annual gala
The Rockville Centre Education Foundation held their 28th annual fundraising gala on April 14 where they honored three members of the community and raised money for classroom grants. The honorees …
RVC Blue Speaks loud and proud
Nonprofit organization RVC Blue Speaks held their second annual “Light It Up Blue” gala on Saturday, during which they raised about $65,000 for families affected by autism. “It was a huge …
Rockville Centre Village adopts budget
Rockville Centre’s Board of Trustees last week adopted the village’s 2018-19 budget, which stays under the New York state tax cap. The $45 million spending plan is $67,000 higher, less than …
Rockville Centre Lions name Dinner in the Dark honorees
The Rockville Centre Lions Club will hold its annual Dinner in the Dark event on May 4 at Rockville Links Club to help raise awareness to the challenges of those afflicted with blindness.
El Mariachi bids farewell to community after 41 years
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.
Rockville Centre attorney sentenced to a year in prison after stealing from client
A Rockville Centre attorney was sentenced to one year in prison last week after stealing $177,000 from a client in 2015.
Nearby things to do this week in Rockville Centre (4/19-4/25)
Flea market The Sandel Senior Center — at 50 S. Park Ave. is holding a flea market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 20. Come find hidden treasures, including collectibles, household items, adult …