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A Few Clouds BREAKING NEWS: Voters approve $129M school budget in Rockville Centre, Downing unseats O'Shea on school board
Molloy Lions capture baseball title
The Molloy College baseball team defeated the Queens College Knights, 6-5 and 12-10, last Saturday at Mitchel Athletic Complex to capture its second consecutive East Coast Conference title.
Rockville Centre School Board candidates answer important questions
The school budget and board vote is May 17
Rockville Centre School District parents heading to the polls next Tuesday will find two names on the Board of Education trustee ballot. Current board President John O’Shea, who has served on the board for 12 years, will be challenged by Donna Downing to represent the residents of a divided district. The election and budget vote will take place on May 17, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., at South Side High School.
Hispanic Brotherhood returns to Temple Avodah
Oceanside High School counselor, Mercy Hospital Cardiologist honored
The Rockville Centre-based nonprofit Hispanic Brotherhood returned to Temple Avodah on May 5 for its first scholarship dinner since 2019.
Rockville Centre school officials propose $129M school budget
Vote set for Tuesday
Polls will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at South Side High School as Rockville Centre School District residents will have the opportunity to vote on the $129 million budget proposal for 2022-23.
Rockville Centre resident running for State Senate
Michael Pernick seeks to succeed Todd Kaminsky
After spending years advocating for others as an attorney focused on voting rights, Michael Pernick is seeking to succeed Todd Kaminsky in the State Senate this November.
Man receives life-saving treatment at Rockville Centre's Mercy Hospital
“Follow your heart” is now Southold resident Curtis Winkler’s mantra.
Star Wars Day was 'A New Hope' for professor at Molloy College in Rockville Centre
Molloy College professor Brian Cogan said he can still remember going to the movies in 1977 to see “Star Wars” with his parents as a 10 year old kid.
South Side rolling at 14-2
Two teams this season know how it feels to win a baseball game against South Side. That same pair of ballclubs – Division and Valley Stream North – can attest to the fact that glory is …
Obituary
South Side High School class of 1960 graduate Paul Heyman dies
South Side High School alum Paul Alex Heyman died on May 3, 2022. He was 79.
Crime watch: Rockville Centre
Here is the latest crime report courtesy the Rockville Centre Police Department.
Letters to the Rockville Centre Herald Editor (May 12-18)
This week's letters to the Editor focus on the upcoming school and library board elections.
Editorial
School board candidates should know the facts
After a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 school boards in Nassau County, the people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views.
Op-Ed
Stephen Breyer retired. Why not Kagan and Sotomayor?
Last week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade . . .
Op-Ed
Elections are coming — make democracy work
Who’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel?
Randi Kreiss
Threat to choice has women on the march
Thirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life.