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Rockville Centre events and activities - Jan. 7, 2010

On the board Planning Board Meeting Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Village Hall Zoning Board Meeting Jan. 20, 8 p.m., Village Hall Board of Trustees Briefing Jan. 21, 7 p.m., Village … more

1/6/10

Fit and smart

Peter Strong and Emma Kriss from the 2010 graduating class were chosen as South Side High School’s Outstanding Physical Education Students for the Nassau Zone of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. more

1/6/10

Lt. Charles Gennario officially became Rockville Centre’s new police commissioner when Mayor Mary Bossart administered the oath of office on Monday night. Deputy Mayor Chuck Joyce watched from the dais.

Pledging to serve

New Police Commissioner Charles Gennario officially took the reins of the Police Department at the village board meeting on Monday when he was sworn in by Mayor Mary Bossart. Immediately afterward, Gennario promoted five officers and swore in three new ones. more

1/6/10

This sliding gate with a door and a lock was installed over the weekend at the main entrance to Fireman's Field.

Mending fences?

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. more

Judy Rattner | 1/6/10

Starting early

Educators say literacy begins on the day you are born. With the objective to provide books to new mothers, as well as to expand the library in the Pediatric Division of South Nassau Communities Hospital, three eighth grade students at South Side MIddle School and Assistant Principal Rosemarie Cammarata held a book drive at the school. Each morning, they collected baby and children’s books. more

1/6/10

A room with a name

Village officials and well-wishers joined the management and staff of the Hampton Inn & Suites at Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway for the recent dedication of a new Meeting Room at the hotel that is … more

1/6/10

All-American

Trinity University Tiger Brianna Young has been selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III All-America Team First Team and the NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-America First Team. more

1/6/10

Mayor Mary Bossart, third from right, joined other Long Island village officials as NYCOM President Samuel Teresi outlined the recommendations of the NYCOM Task Force on Mandate and Property Tax Relief.

RVC Mayor Mary Bossart serves on NYCOM property tax relief panel

Rockville Centre Mayor Mary Bossart joined a delegation of mayors from across Long Island at a Dec. 16 news conference to respond to a recent report containing recommendations from the New York State … more

1/5/10

Jack McKeon

On Feb. 13, 1973, when, as Jack McKeon would say, “the Dead Sea was just sick,” he was sworn in as an officer in the Rockville Centre Police Department. This New Year’s Eve, almost 37 years later, McKeon was set to retire after 19 years as commissioner — the longest tenure ever for a head of the RVCPD. more

Alex Costello | 12/31/09

Jack McKeon

On Feb. 13, 1973, when, as Jack McKeon would say, “the Dead Sea was just sick,” he was sworn in as an officer in the Rockville Centre Police Department. This New Year’s Eve, almost 37 years later, McKeon was set to retire after 19 years as commissioner — the longest tenure ever for a head of the RVCPD. more

Alex Costello | 12/30/09