Rockville Centre kids got a chance to meet some real heroes at the library last week.
Village police officers and fire fighters came to the library on Aug. 21 and brought some of their coolest …
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8/27/15
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It’s hard to see so many people in so much pain, especially when they’re mourning one of our neighbors. It’s even harder when they’re mourning the death of someone so young, who had his whole life ahead of him.
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5/14/15
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Blue ribbons have been tied around the village to honor New York City Police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were killed on Dec. 20. The village recognized Katherine Nadel of Mormile …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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1/7/15
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The story in Ferguson, Mo. is well-known by now: police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager.
The residents of Ferguson certainly never expected to be thrust into the spotlight in the way they were. It was a tragedy that could have happened in any small town in America, including Rockville Centre, which is one of the few municipalities in Nassau County to have its own police department.
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By Alex Costello
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12/3/14
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When Nassau County first announced that it would be installing speed cameras in every school district, it cited safety as the reason that tickets would start being issued. But there are many intersections in Rockville Centre that aren’t near schools that are far more dangerous.
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By Alex Costello
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12/3/14
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Intolerance seems like an uncomplicated issue: Most rational people would agree it has no place in civil society. Yet it persists . . .
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10/23/14
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The Town of Hempstead recently presented Police Officer Dominic Scicutella of the Rockville Centre Police Department with the Town of Hempstead Police Service Medal at the Town of Hempstead’s 2014 …
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10/15/14
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It’s time to drive a little more carefully around the village. The Rockville Centre Police Department has received a state grant that it will use to purchase two license plate readers and other equipment.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/15/14
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Nassau County has finally revealed that the Jennie E. Hewitt School will have a speed camera installed in front of it, though there was no word on when that would take place.
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By Alex Costello
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10/15/14
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Someone left pamphlets in support of the Ku Klux Klan on the lawns of a handful of Rockville Centre homes last week, prompting a police response.
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By Alex Costello
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9/24/14
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