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Salaries and Benefits make up the largest portion of the library’s proposed $3.3 million budget.

The Rockville Centre Public Library recently proposed its 2015-16 budget — a 1.99 percent increase over the current spending plan that would increase taxes about $13 for the average household. more

By Alex Costello | 5/6/15

School district hires new auditors

In the wake of the mistake that overpaid a handful of teachers hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Rockville Centre Board of Education voted last week to terminate its contracts with its former auditors and hired new ones. more

By Alex Costello | 4/29/15

Hundreds opt-out of math exams

Rockville Centre students joined the second round of opt-outs last week, with 59 percent of students declining the state math exam. more

By Alex Costello | 4/29/15

Work continues at SSHS, but slow approvals from the state are putting other projects around the district on indefinite hold.

School A/C plan in limbo

Because of long delays from the State Education Department, the Rockville Centre Board of Education must decide whether to move forward with the installation of air conditioners at district schools without department approval — and possibly forgo hundreds of thousands of dollars in state aid. more

By Alex Costello | 4/29/15

Hundreds more Rockville Centre students opted out this year than last year, bringing the total to 1,036.

RVC students ‘opt out’ in record numbers

More than 1,000 Rockville Centre students — 62 percent of third- through eighth-graders — refused to take the state English Language Arts assessments last week, far surpassing the number of “opt-outs” the district had last year. more

By Alex Costello | 4/22/15

The New York Times is reporting that Dean Skelos, second from right, and his son Adam, left, are the subject of a federal investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Skelos and his son are pictured here at Skelos's swearing-in on Jan. 7, along with Skelos's wife, Gail, and his brother, Peter Skelos, himself a New York Supreme Court Judge

Skelos, son focus of federal inquiry

Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, are the targets of a federal criminal inquiry, according to sources cited by the New York Times. more

By Alex Costello | 4/22/15

Dr. Carol Burris spoke at a Common Core Education Forum last month. On April 13, she announced that she would be retiring early to focus all of her energies on fighting Common Core and the APPR.

Dr. Carol Burris to retire as SSHS principal

Dr. Carol Burris, the nationally recognized and award-winning principal of South Side High School for 15 years, announced last week that she would be retiring early to focus all of her time on … more

By Alex Costello | 4/20/15

More than 1,000 students — 60 percent of those testable — opted out of the state ELA test this year.

RVC opts out in record numbers

More than 1,000 Rockville Centre students — 60 percent of the testable school population — opted out of the New York State ELA test this week, shattering the record that the district had set last … more

By Alex Costello | 4/16/15

NY Times claims Skelos is focus of federal investigation

Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, are the sources of a federal criminal inquiry, according to sources cited by the New York Times. According to the Times, which published an article late Wednesday … more

By Alex Costello | 4/15/15

Due to limited inventory, houses in Rockville Centre, like this Colonial managed by Coach Realtors, are going fast and getting great prices for sellers.

Rockville Centre home market heats up

After a long, hard winter, spring is finally here to thaw things out — including the local real estate market. Home sales in Rockville Centre are increasing, more buyers are appearing and home values seem to be on the rise. more

By Alex Costello | 4/15/15

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