After the tragic death of Lauren Daverin-Gresham on the Merrick Road footbridge on Aug. 22, many parents took to the Internet, saying how something needed to be done to keep teenagers safe and off …
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By Alex Costello
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9/4/13
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The Rockville Centre Guild for the Arts and the Youth Council teamed up to bring the community “Chalk Talk on the Walk” — an opportunity for people to decorate the sidewalk outside Village Hall …
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By Alex Costello
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7/10/13
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The RVC Youth Council’s “What could have been…?” exhibit, which featured artistic representations of celebrities who died of substance abuse, came to a close on July 11 during a reception at The Art Studio on North Long Beach Road.
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By Victoria Leistman and Catherine Kildunne
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7/18/12
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Artistic representations of dead celebrities like Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and Jackson Pollack will appear throughout the village in the coming months, intended to evoke a sense of loss and unfulfilled potential. The mannequins, part of the Rockville Centre Youth Council’s “What Could Have Been…?” project, will be deployed to raise awareness of the often fatal results when young, talented celebrities get caught up in substance abuse.
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By Aaron Axelson
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6/6/12
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The night started at 10 p.m. on a cold Friday in October. Pop hits of the eighties were blasting through the speakers and their music videos were projected over the bowling lanes.
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Catherine Kildunne
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11/9/11
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I was lucky enough to be in on the action as a member of the Rockville Centre Youth Council for its Battle of the Bands at the Recreation Center on Sept. 24.
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Catherine Kildunne
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10/5/11
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The Rockville Centre Youth Council’s annual Open House and Installation was a great success and a chance for the council to share its inner workings with the community. Held last month at the Recreation Center, incoming officers, liaisons and committee members were installed by Judge Anthony Paradiso.
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Catherine Kildunne
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7/13/11
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Once again the Rockville Centre Youth Council and local businesses teamed up to host a successful event for local teens — a Coffee House/Open Mic Night on April 29. More than 35 teens came together …
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Deana Davoudiasl
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5/11/11
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The Rockville Centre Youth Council had a special guest at its April 11 meeting — Paul Arden, an educator for 54 years, who travelled from Brooklyn with a generous donation.
Arden has kept …
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4/27/11
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More than 75 local teens packed Five Pennies Creamery on April 1 to enjoy free ice cream in an event hosted by the Rockville Centre Youth Council, in partnership with Dan Levine, the owner of the new sweet shop on N. Park Avenue.
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Judy Rattner
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4/13/11
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