The St. Agnes CYO basketball program had several teams in Christmas tournaments throughout Long Island this holiday season and did so with great success.
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1/27/10
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In a bid to get illegal guns off the street, this Saturday, Jan. 30, between 9 a.m. and noon, the Nassau County DA’s office and county police department, in conjunction with the Village of Rockville Centre and its police department, will hold a gun buyback program at Shiloh Baptist Church, 96 N. Centre Ave. Gun owners who want to surrender their illegal, operable handguns will be able to, anonymously and with no questions asked, and will receive $200.
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1/27/10
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When Kollner’s Prime Meats opened in Rockville Centre in 1930, it was just another in a chain of Kollner’s butchers. But after Max Kollner died and William Breidenbach took over control of the franchise, it started to become a Rockville Centre institution.
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Alex Costello
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1/27/10
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Rockville Centre resident Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Greenwald retired with the highest military honors from the New York Air National Guard, United States Air Force. Services were held at the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y. on Jan. 9. He is pictured at the ceremony with his wife, Bernadette Nicchia Greenwald and children Jack, 9, and Delaney, 7.
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1/27/10
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South Side High School seniors Alyssa Ehrlich and Lori Ying are best friends, and do nearly everything together. So it’s no surprise that they were on a field trip together earlier this month. The pair were at Queens College, on a tour of the various science labs there.
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Alex Costello
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1/27/10
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Fix it now
To the Editor:
The 2,000-pound gorilla in the room is our health care system. Without a comprehensive, honest and effective fix, any short-term help for Main Street and jobs will …
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1/24/10
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Students at Hewitt Elementary School spent the Friday before their three-day weekend learning about the reason they had Monday off— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—and his impact on the world. In …
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1/20/10
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On the board
Board of Trustees Briefing
Jan. 21, 7 p.m., Village Hall
Board of Trustees Meeting
Jan. 26, 8:15 p.m., Village Hall
Community Events
Help for Haiti
The Rockville …
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1/20/10
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A survey conducted by the state Environmental Conservation and Health departments of the former Darby Drug/Signature Place site in Rockville Centre has determined that contaminants there pose a significant health threat.
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Alex Costello
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1/20/10
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Tim Schmidt, the owner of Village Book Shoppe on N. Village Avenue was recently honored with the “Friends of the Long Island Writers’ Guild Award” by the organization of the same name.
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1/20/10
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