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The Rockville Centre School District’s Drug and Alcohol Task Force will sponsor “In Plain Sight,” a presentation for parents of students from kindergarten through twelfth grade, in an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse for their children
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3/16/11
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It has happened again, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Despite battling on the front lines of a continuing heroin epidemic and an unprecedented spate of drunken driving arrests on Long Island, …
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Judy Rattner
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2/16/11
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At a time when the use of opiate prescription drugs and strong, cheap, readily available heroin has created an epidemic of addiction on Long Island, people in need can turn to Confide Inc. for help. On any day of the week they will find Art Rosenthal, 66, the executive director and driving force behind the outpatient drug and alcohol counseling center, in its basement offices in the medical building at 30 Hempstead Ave.
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Judy Rattner
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12/29/10
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Another arrest was made on Dec. 15 just over the Rockville Centre border in Hempstead at a business that was selling alcohol to a minor.
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12/22/10
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Four clerks in four local stores were charged with the Sale of Alcohol to a Person Under the Age of 21 in a sting conducted by officers from the Rockville Centre Police Department and Nassau County’s First Precinct on Sept. 23.
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9/29/10
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The Confide Counseling Center honored officers from the Rockville Centre and Nassau County police departments at its ninth annual Criminal Justice Awards, a luncheon ceremony on Sept. 17 at the Maple Avenue firehouse.
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Tom Steinert
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9/22/10
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South Side Middle School students in grades six, seven and eight attended a panel discussion titled Challenge to Choose Wisely on Sept. 8, their second day of classes, focusing on the challenges that await them in their teenage years. The theme of the hour-long program, which was presented three times during the day and tailored to each grade level, was making safe and smart choices.
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Tom Steinert
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9/15/10
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Final part in a series.
Why does anyone -- let alone a young person full of life -- start snorting or shooting heroin, an opiate known to cause near-instant addiction and possibly a lifetime of suffering?
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Scott Brinton
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8/17/10
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Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey unveiled the county's latest weapon to combat drunken driving this past w
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7/8/10
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Four store clerks were arrested on June 18 at businesses in Hempstead for selling alcohol to minors.
The arrests were part of an ongoing undercover sting operation jointly conducted by the …
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6/30/10
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