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Frodo the pit bull pleaded his case for repeal of the dog ban outside the Recreation Center, where the July 20 village board meeting was held.
Village repeals dog ban
The Rockville Centre Board of Trustees threw dog fanciers a bone on July 20, voting unanimously to repeal Local Law 9, enacted on June 8, which banned pit bulls and Rottweilers in the village. more
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Rockville Centre repeals dog ban
The Rockville Centre Board of Trustees threw dog fanciers a bone last night, voting unanimously to repeal Local Law 9, enacted on June 8, which had banned pit bulls and Rottweilers in the village. more
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Donald Dubois, 39, of Flushing, came to express his opposition to the ban. "We hear about these laws that are put in place and they're incredibly unfair," he said of the breed-specific legislation.
Fighting for the dogs
Anger, outrage and a love of dogs brought more than 100 protesters from all over New York to Rockville Centre's Village Hall June 29. Armed with signs that read, "Ban the deed not the breed," they … more
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Union members protested in front of Rockville Centre's Village Hall on June 8.
Workers take grievance to Rockville Centre's Village Hall
Those who attended Rockville Centre's village board meeting on June 8 — or drove by Village Hall at around 8:15 p.m. — might have been startled to find union protesters marching around the block carrying coffins. more
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John O'Brien, an organizer for Local 66, said he and others will continue their protest in front of Village Hall.
Rockville Centre smells a rat
Union protesters have set up a new addition to the front of Rockville Centre’s Village Hall — a large, inflatable rat— to protest the construction of the AvalonBay apartment complex. more
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Local union vs. AvalonBay at Rockville Centre
Rockville Centre commuters may have recently been handed a flier from the General Building Laborers’ union Local 66, alleging the construction at the AvalonBay site is unsafe, among other things. more
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Four new members of Rockville Centre's finest were sworn in by Police Commissioner Charles Gennario as the first item of business during the village Board of Trustees meeting on Monday night.
New officers, new laws
The Rockville Centre village board swore in four new police officers, passed three local laws and signed cooperative agreements with the school district on Monday. more
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Members of last year's Rockville Centre St. Patrick's Parade's organizing committee attended Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral before the parade.
Rockville Centre St. Pat's parade set for Saturday
As it has for the last 13 years, the annual Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Parade will step off this Saturday, March 20 at noon from the corner of N. Long Beach Road and Maple Avenue. Over 110 different organizations will march this year, proceeding down Maple Avenue past Village Hall and ending at N. Village Avenue. more
Collected words of wisdom for the New Year
As we batted around ideas for this week’s editorial, we agreed that a new take on an old idea — New Year’s resolutions — was in order. Rather than offer our own ideas, we decided, we’d ask the experts. more
Elliott Hecht
The light of Israel bonds
Elliott Hecht of Rockville Centre was honored by the State of Israel Bonds during the annual luncheon of its Electrical Industries Division on Dec. 8 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Manhattan. Hecht is a business representative of Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a former member of the local’s executive board. more
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