On Monday, Nov. 9, the Rockville Centre School District will be hosting a Narcan training seminar to teach people how to administer the drug that can stop an opioid overdose.
Narcan is a special …
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By Alex Costello
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9/30/15
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On March 30, Rockville Centre’s Drug, Alcohol and Violence Prevention Task Force hosted the Don’t Press Send Campaign to address the need for parent and child dialogue as social media becomes a bigger aspect of everyday life.
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By Kelly Jahn
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4/22/15
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One of Long Island’s largest nonprofit substance-abuse treatment agencies received three grants this winter that officials said will help them teach young people about the dire consequences of …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/21/15
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School-aged children can use someone to talk to. Someone they can share their thoughts, goals and fears with who genuinely cares and wants what’s best for them.
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1/15/15
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The Long Beach Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking received a $27,500 grant to mentor the Rockville Centre Youth Council. The grant came from the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.
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9/24/14
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The Rockville Centre Youth Council is offering a distracted and drunken driving education program for students as part of the annual Walkathon and Family Fun Fitness Fair organized by the RVC Drug, Alcohol and Violence Task Force.
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9/3/14
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I can’t explain precisely how I determined which college I would attend. The process was more art than science.
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8/6/14
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Jeffrey Reynolds, the executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, said he will be resigning from the organization at the end of June to become the president and chief executive officer of the Family and Children’s Association, a move that Reynolds said was “the most difficult decision I’ve made in my life.”
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By David Weingrad
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5/28/14
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With heroin claiming the lives of hundreds in Nassau and Suffolk counties over the past two years, police are stepping up enforcement measures. In February, nine were arrested in the so-called …
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By Anishaa Kumar
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3/27/14
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A Rockville Centre resident was arrested after an accident on North Centre Avenue killed a woman.
Police said that Asya Ulmer, 21, of Clinton Avenue in Rockville Centre, was driving a 2000 BMW …
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By Alex Costello
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9/16/13
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