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A large crowd packed the auditorium at South Side High School to hear Dr. Steven Dewey talk about the effects of drugs on the brain.
This is your brain on drugs
The auditorium at South Side High School was packed on March 2 for a special discussion of the effects of drugs on the brain. More than 800 people crowded in to hear Dr. Steven Dewey, a … more
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School district changing voting machines
The Rockville Centre School District will be using scanning-type voting machines for the first time for its budget vote in May. The machines, which voters should be familiar with from other … more
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Payroll and benefits make up more than three quarters of the proposed 2016-17 budget. The increase in payroll also accounts for the majority of the increase in spending.
Board of Ed needs to cut $1 million
Starting March 9, the Rockville Centre Board of Education will work to close a $1 million budget gap. The gap was revealed at a preliminary budget meeting on Feb. 24. According to Robert … more
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Anna LePetri, who uses the stage name Annabelle, is steadily climbing the charts with her music.
RVC performer is climbing the charts
Rockville Centre resident Anna LePetri has been steadily climbing the indie music charts. Now, she’s looking to make her big break. LePetri, 18, who goes by the stage name Annabelle, started … more
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As president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Peter Turkson helped Pope Francis write his encyclical “Laudato Si’,” which Turkson said was about social issues, not climate change.
Helping humanity and the earth
Last week, Molloy College welcomed Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, who gave a talk focusing on Pope Francis’s encyclical about the … more
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Mailet Lopez created IHadCancer.com to help those fighting the disease connect with those who had beaten it so they could help one another.
Overcoming the diagnosis
In 2008, when she was 33, Rockville Centre resident Mailet Lopez was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. While she was being treated, she met a woman named Rita, who was undergoing treatment … more
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Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky stood in front of Dean Skelos's former office to introduce a bill that would put more oversight over municipal contracts.
Kaminsky press conference interrupted by McGrath operative
Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky had a press conference about a bill that he was sponsoring in the Assembly interrupted by an operative from Christopher McGrath’s campaign. Kaminsky, a Democrat from … more
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Todd Kaminsky, right, with supporters outside of Dean Skelos’s former office in Rockville Centre, promised he would put forward legislation to ban outside income for legislators on his first day in the Senate.
Kaminsky pledges to ban outside income
Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky held the first press conference of his campaign in Rockville Centre on Feb. 11, promising that he would put forward legislation to ban outside income for Albany … more
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\Only certain species of mosquito that are native to South and Central America can spread the Zika virus, officials said.
Don’t panic over Zika
Though the World Health Organization recently declared the Zika virus a global health emergency, residents of Long Island don’t have much to worry about — unless they plan to travel to … more
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The changes to the policy will allow outside groups to use the field and the lights, but not increase the amount of time the lights are on.
BOE approves SSHS lighting changes
After months of discussion, and despite protests from residents near the school, the Board of Education approved changes to its lighting policy for South Side High School’s athletic field. The … more
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