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Assemblyman Brian Curran recognized five students from Rockville Centre — Nicolas Albarano, Kathleen Conlon, Morgan Harloff, Michael Muscerella and Ali Pullaro — for making a positive difference in their community on May 6 at the Lynbrook Public Library.

Joe Scarola, the American Legion commander of Nassau County, has been named grand marshal of the Rockville Centre Memorial Day Parade, which will take place on May 29, at 10 a.m.

Voters will cast their ballots on May 16 for one of two candidates seeking a three-year term on the RVC Public Library Board of Trustees.

Four candidates are running for two at-large seats on the Rockville Centre Board of Education in the May 16 election.

Rockville Centre school administrators continue to discuss ways to enhance school security in the wake of the shooting at a parochial school in Nashville, Tennessee, late last month.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the 1978 Eastern Regional championship team — the first squad on Long Island to reach the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. After winning 13 straight games, the team went up against the San Ramon Valley Little League from Danville, California, in the first round, and lost, 4-1, before a crowd of nearly 12,000.

The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America is still going as the longest-running veterans organization in the country. And it brought together members of Jewish War Veterans Post 652 — which includes members from all across Nassau County — to get back to basics and talk about hate.

Cowboys, vaqueros and bronco busters. Denver, Colo. 1905. Photo by Nebraska State Historical Society In a riveting article written by Katie Nodjimbadem for the Smithsonian Institute magazine, the story of the black cowboys of the Old West is told. Few images embody the spirit of the American West as well as the trailblazing, sharpshooting, horseback-riding