Rockville Centre Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, right, swore in new officer John Siraco, Jr. Siraco came to Rockville Center after spending 10 years in the NYPD, earning a Combat Cross — the NYPD’s second-highest departmental award. Siraco is completing his training and will begin work in the village in a few days.
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The board of the Enchanted Winterland presented Mayor Francis Murray with a check for the money that was raised at the Margaritaville fundraiser on Feb. 1. The highly successful evening raised $17,646 for the Rockville Centre Community Fund, which gives money to residents in need. President Joan MacNaughton, center, also announced that next year’s Enchanted Winterland will be Margaritaville 2.
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The Village Board honored Officer Dominic Scicutella as the Cop of the Month. On Feb. 19, Scicutella responded to a call for a disturbance and followed one of the suspects that attempted to leave the scene and arrested him, recovering not only narcotics but a loaded handgun. The man that Scicutella arrested was a Bloods gang member, and it was learned that the handgun was reported stolen from an earlier burglary.
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The Board of Trustees recognized a group of student artists from South Side High School. Their photography work merged old pictures of the village with new ones the students took. The series, called “Know Where You Stand,” will be on display in Village Hall.
The Rockville Centre Village Board had a busy night at its meeting on Monday, March 3.
The Mayor and the Board of Trustees honored and thanked many different residents and village employees. Residents raised money and created works of art, longtime employees left the village, and new ones joined.
