After winning a contest set up by Cinch Wallet, a cashless payment web application founded last year that residents can use at dozens of the village’s businesses, Oceanside resident Dr. Bruce Gitt donated $1,200 to the Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition.
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By Ben Strack
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1/12/18
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Kevin McCarthy, relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, visited his old stomping grounds on Dec. 19 when he returned to Sportset Health and Fitness Club’s turf field in Rockville Centre.
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By Ben Strack
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1/5/18
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The Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Snowman Hunt began on Nov. 25 — Small Business Saturday — and will last through Dec. 23. More than 30 local businesses have placed a stuffed snowman in their shop, and children ages 12 and younger are encouraged to search for them.
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By Ben Strack
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11/30/17
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I am honored by the great responsibility I have been given to serve as Nassau’s next county executive and to pursue the goals I set out during the campaign . . .
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11/24/17
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So many of the small business owners who occupy storefronts in our downtowns give so much to their communities, volunteering their time, energy and dollars to . . .
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11/24/17
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The Rockville Centre Board of Education unanimously voted to terminate the school district’s contract with the Baumann Bus Company at a special meeting on Tuesday night, as bus drivers and matrons remained on strike for a second straight week.
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen and Ben Strack
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11/15/17
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The start-up economy has come to Rockville Centre, in the form of a new cashless payment app designed to support local businesses, save consumers money and help local charities. Cinch Wallet, a web application founded earlier this year, is changing the way village dwellers shop.
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By Ben Strack
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11/9/17
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An online video featuring Marc Morrone, owner of Parrots of the World, a pet store in Rockville Centre, and former host of several educational television programs about pet keeping, has recently gone …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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9/7/17
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New York’s Family Leave Act will take effect Jan. 1, giving employees one of the strongest family leave laws in the nation. That’s a good thing. All New Yorkers who work 20 hours or more . . .
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8/31/17
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Rockville Centre’s pear trees are under attack.
The culprit, known as trellis rust — caused by a fungus new to North America — has spread throughout the village, leaving many of the trees partially or fully bare, or with discolored or blotchy leaves.
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By Ben Strack
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8/30/17
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