Late this week or early next week, contractors are expected to break ground on the renovation of Maple Avenue, a project that will last at least through next spring, village spokesman Jeff Kluewer says.
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By Aaron Axelson
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8/29/12
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For the past three months, the 27 Nigerian dwarf goats that call the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick home have been drinking water from a rainwater-collection barrel when they reach the top of “Mount Merrick,” the 100-foot-high, tree-covered hill in the center of the park that was once a landfill.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/16/12
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Kevin Coyle, 18, of Rockville Centre, has been arrested in connection with an incident on June 18 in which a group of five to eight youths allegedly beat up a 43-year-old man on Roxen Road, sending …
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By Judy Rattner
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7/17/12
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On June 18, two residents of our community, a husband and wife, had a violent exchange with a pack of teenagers who also live in our village.
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Guest Column: Mayor Francis Murray
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7/11/12
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****1/2Director/producer/screenwriter Wes Anderson possesses one of world cinema's most unique voices. For almost 20 years audiences have marvelled at the magic in his films, which display an …
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By James Delson
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5/31/12
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A town hall meeting on May 23, focusing on proposed upgrades to the village’s athletic fields and hosted by Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray, drew a standing-room-only crowd of residents of the village as well as Lynbrook and East Rockaway, who peppered officials with questions and voiced their concerns about traffic, parking, light pollution, water runoff and the potential impact of the project on the environment and wildlife.
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By Judy Rattner
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5/30/12
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Round the final bend as you’re headed south on the Loop Parkway into Lido Beach, and you suddenly spot it in the distance –– a more than 10-story, high-powered wind turbine, with its massive rotors spinning in the wind, generating electricity to power a hydrogen-fueling station at the Town of Hempstead’s Department of Conservation and Waterways.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/25/12
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Rockville Centre Mayor Fran Murray will conduct a “town hall”
meeting
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5/18/12
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After months of debate, review and modification, the Rockville Centre Board of Trustees passed the 2012-13 village budget on April 24, with a 3-2 vote.
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By Aaron Axelson
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4/26/12
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When Village Comptroller Michael Schussheim presented the Rockville Centre Board of Trustees with his tentative budget, which includes a plan to raise taxes by 6.97 percent, Trustee Ed Oppenheimer made it clear that he did not believe that enough had been done to cut costs.
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Aaron Axelson
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4/11/12
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