What if the Hindenburg had never exploded over Lakehurst, N.J.? If President Lincoln had been unable to deliver the Gettysburg Address, would the Confederacy have won the Civil War? How might history …
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JOSEPH KELLARD
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3/4/10
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At the Rockville Centre Village Board meeting on Feb. 9, Mayor Mary Bossart discussed details of a new proposal the village says it presented to the school district in an effort to solve the problem of parking at Fireman’s Field, adjacent to South Side High School.
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Alex Costello
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2/17/10
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After 30 years, with a concerted effort over the last three, the Phillips House Museum on Hempstead Avenue, more formally known as the Museum of the Village of Rockville Centre, has received an absolute charter from the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, replacing its provisional charter.
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Judy Rattner
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1/27/10
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To the surprise of both village and school officials, a work crew has installed a gate and several new posts, presumably for a second gate, between the South Side High School campus and Fireman’s Field, adjacent to the school. The work on the gate at the main entrance to the field, which began on Dec. 30, was completed last weekend.
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Judy Rattner
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1/6/10
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By a margin of 59 to 41 percent, residents of the Rockville Centre Union Free School District defeated a proposed $31.8 million bond in a Dec. 17 vote. The measure would have financed renovations to South Side High School.
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by Judy Rattner
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12/23/09
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As the holiday season falls upon the Village of Rockville Centre, local businesses are feeling the sting of the poor economy and are turning to residents to help them through.
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Alex Costello
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12/16/09
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Discussions between Rockville Centre village and school district representatives have so far failed to produce progress on the renewal of a longstanding agreement to share expenses and avoid duplication of services, and school officials expressed their frustration and disappointment at the Dec. 9 Board of Education meeting.
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Judy Rattner
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12/16/09
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School bond
At the Nov. 17 Board of Education meeting, residents had another opportunity to comment on the proposed $ 31.8 million bond for renovations to South Side High School, scheduled for a …
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11/25/09
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Rockville Centre's five school board trustees voted unanimously to accept a State Environmental Quality Review Act study that concluded that the proposed renovations of South Side High School would have “no significant adverse environmental impact.”
The vote paved the way for the board to authorize, also unanimously, a special district meeting on Thursday, Dec. 17, for the public to vote on the proposed $31.8 million bond issue referendum. Ballots will be cast that day, in the South Side High School gym, between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.
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by Judy Rattner
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10/29/09
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