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Paula Picow with items that were donated by Rockville Centre knitters.

Rockville Centre knitters donate to a worthy cause

Paula Picow, the knitting and crocheting instructor at the Rockville Centre Public Library, showed items knitted for Pulmonary Hypertension’s 7th annual New York Fun Walk at the Nassau Coliseum on Dec. 10. more

12/14/11

This skylight in the Rockville Centre Public Library will be replaced during lighting and ceiling renovations that will cause the library to close for a week or two at the end of August.

Rockville Centre Public Library to close for renovations

The Rockville Centre Public Library will be closed for what officials said would be a week or two at the end of August while it undergoes renovations of its ceilings and lighting. more

Aaron Axelson | 7/27/11

Rockville Centre school, library budget vote set for Tuesday

Residents of the Rockville Centre school district will go to the polls on Tuesday to vote on proposed school and library budgets as well as candidates for the school and library boards, who are all … more

Judy Rattner | 5/11/11

New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian discussed the inspiration for his two most recent novels at the Rockville Centre library endowment lecture on May 5.

A 'medieval monk' visits Rockville Centre

Whether it’s to celebrate a retirement, a birthday or a communion, the Rockville Centre Library Endowment Fund receives financial donations. Anyone from the local community can contribute, and for as much as he or she wishes. Each contribution allows the library board to invite famous writers, as it has since 1971, who speak at its endowment lecture that is open to the public. more

Tom Steinert | 5/11/11

David Kidera, director of the N.Y. Authority Budget Office, second from left, was joined by Joseph Galante, far left, and Michael Caplice, far right, from the Office of the State Comptroller, at an April 14 forum on fiscal reform at the RVC Public Library, hosted by Herald guest columnist Hal Peterson, second from right.

RVC villager takes on Albany's waste

Months of research for 13 Herald columns focusing on fiscal reform culminated on April 14 when their author, Hal Peterson of Rockville Centre, was joined by experts charged with the oversight of New … more

Judy Rattner | 4/27/11

Linda Krisch taught the group about composting and the environment during an Eco Crafting class at the library.

Rockville Centre's Earth Day project

Village students marked Earth Day with an April 21 class at the Rockville Centre Public Library that included the creation of an “Eco Craft” from photographs clipped out of old magazines. … more

4/27/11

Defense attorney Kimberly Lerner, left, advised teens on what to do if a police officer pulled them over under suspicion of driving with alcohol. With her were Deputy County Attorney Julia D’Agostino, center, and Nassau County District Court Judge Rhonda Fischer. Nassau County Family Court Judge Ellen Greenberg is not pictured.

Play it safe — and smart in Rockville Centre

Teens and parents were invited to attend “The Legal Perspective,” a presentation at the Rockville Centre Public Library on April 14 during which four legal experts and Police Commissioner Charles … more

Tom Steinert | 4/20/11

Vern L. Jinks, RVC/Lakeview EOC program director, was the emcee of the Black History Month Celebration on Feb. 17 at the library.

Rockville Centre celebrates past and present

To commemorate Black History Month, the Rockville Centre/Lakeview Economic Opportunity Council — along with the Rockville Centre Youth Council, Senior Youth Council and Headstart Program — hosted … more

Tom Steinert | 2/23/11

The Rockville Centre Library's Board of Trustees came out to thank two recently retired librarians — Anita LaSpina, fourth from left, and Ruth Black, to her left, at a Jan. 28 dinner at the Oceanside Knights of Columbus Hall. From left are trustees Bill Murray, Eileen Burke Bucaria, April Wexler, LaSpina, Black, Vito Iacobellis, and board President Charlie Kelleher.

Two from Rockville Centre library honored

Family, friends and co-workers of two recently retired Rockville Centre librarians — Anita LaSpina, the head of Children’s Services and Ruth Black, the principal Library Clerk — honored them at a dinner on Jan. 28 at the Oceanside Knights of Columbus Hall. more

Judy Rattner | 2/9/11

Retired educator Marie Spiwak assists Bejewel Muckle, a fourth grader from St. Agnes Cathedral Elementary School during an afterschool Homework Helpers session in the Rockville Centre Public Library.

The rewards of service in Rockville Centre

Members of the Sandel Senior Center’s Service Corps have added to their good deeds around the village — they now staff an intergenerational organization called Homework Helpers, which meets Mondays through Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the children’s room at the Rockville Centre Public Library. True to its name, the club pairs former school teachers who are members of the center with elementary, middle school and English as a Second Language students who need help with their school work, particularly in reading and math. more

Tom Steinert | 11/17/10

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