In an effort to offset the nearly $68,000 yearly lease for the St. Agnes municipal parking field, the Rockville Centre village board voted on July 20 to install machines and charge individuals $4 a day to park in the lot. This new daily fee will be in addition to the village parking permit already required to use the lot.
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8/4/10
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After a one-year hiatus due to financial reasons, the Empire State Games made a triumphant return this summer with more than 4,500 athletes competing in the 32nd edition, held July 21-25 at various sites throughout Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Amherst.
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Tony Bellissimo
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8/4/10
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The Cole Bros. Circus, the last of the large traveling tent circuses, sets up in Oceanside next week.
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Karen Bloom
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7/28/10
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The circus is coming to town. Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars will be setting up its Big Top at Oceanside’s Firemen’s Memorial Field, Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 2-4 at 5 and 8 p.m.
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7/14/10
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Molloy College broke ground last September on its new Public Square and student recreation center — the first major construction project on its Rockville Centre campus since 1992.
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Jennifer Gundersen
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7/7/10
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At The Movies
Movies In The ParkWith summer upon us, it’s time to relax outdoors with a movie on the big screen at a 21st century version of a drive-in movie. Eisenhower Park’s …
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7/7/10
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With the sun burning down at midday, it was a hot one on June 24, well past the 90-degree mark. The parched infield at Merrick Road Park in Merrick turned into a mini-dust bowl whenever a play was made in the double-header between the Floral Park Knights and the Glen Cove Cobras.
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Scott Brinton
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6/28/10
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South Side's Lady Cyclones enjoyed another successful track and field campaign, finishing fourth in a stacked Division 3A while crowning three individual champions.
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Tony Bellissimo
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6/16/10
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South Side High School spring concertgoers had to find alternate parking or make other transportation arrangements on the evening of June 3, when the Rockville Centre Fire Department scheduled a propane burn off drill at Fireman’s Field, adjacent to the school.
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Judy Rattner
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6/9/10
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Nassau Class AA two-event winner Kyle O’Neil and two-time runner-up Chris Boss helped South Side amass 49 points—good enough for fourth place out of 17 schools—in the county track and field championships at Mitchel Athletic Complex.
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Tony Bellissimo
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6/9/10
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