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All South Side Middle School students attended the “Challenge to Choose Wisely” assembly on Sept. 7. The purpose of the presentation, in its second year, is to stress the importance of good decision making as well as the dangers of risky behavior.
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9/21/11
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Seven residents of Old Mill Court were among 14 suspected suppliers and dealers of heroin, crack cocaine, cocaine and prescription pills arrested by Rockville Centre police and federal agents in a …
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By Judy Rattner and Tom Steinert
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6/1/11
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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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Cardboard is a hot commodity for the Village of Malverne. Well, discarded cardboard.
The Board of Trustees has decided to start collecting cardboard for recycling after recognizing that it could …
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By Lee Landor
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3/9/11
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It’s happening again, and the timing couldn’t be worse. State funds earmarked for Nassau County substance abuse programs are being held up and the agencies awaiting them are fending off crises at an unprecedented rate. Battling stoically against an ongoing heroine epidemic as well as a shameful spate of drunk driving fiascoes, neighborhood drug counseling agencies in Baldwin, Rockville Centre, Franklin Square and other areas are still awaiting a “January advance” they say the county has received but has yet to distribute.
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By Judy Rattner and Chris Connolly
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2/23/11
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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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Rockville Centre police believe they have disrupted a major drug-dealing operation in the village with the arrest of a doctor who allegedly sold prescriptions for addictive, opiate-based painkillers like OxyContin, oxycodone and Roxicodone without performing medical exams.
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Judy Rattner
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12/21/10
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Students at Oceanside High School Castleton listened intently on Nov. 17 as Maureen McCormick, an assistant Nassau County district attorney, discussed the challenges and choices that await them as …
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TOM STEINERT
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11/24/10
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The Coalition for Youth in East Rockaway’s Education Task Force, led by Tara Gonzalez and Stephanie Johanson, held its first information session on Oct. 12 at the East Rockaway …
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Mary Malloy
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10/20/10
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