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A day to remember The village hosted its Memorial Day parade on Monday to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving the country. The Rockville Centre Fire Department took part in the festivities. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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Three vie for two seats on Rockville Centre village board By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
On June 15, Rockville Centre residents will elect two candidates for the village’s board of trustees to four-year ter ms. Katie Conlon, Mark Albarano and incumbent Trustee Emilio Grillo will vie for the seats. Grillo was elected in 2013 and again in 2017. He has been a resident of the village since 1999. During his college years at the University of Connecticut and St. John’s University Law School, he worked on Capitol Hill for South Carolina Sen. Fritz Hollings, and spent a semester working as a legisla-
tive aid in the Connecticut Assembly. “To me, public service — giving back to and being involved in the community — is of paramount importance,” Grillo said. He was the village prosecutor from 2004 to 2013, and first ran for trustee in 2006. He is now a partner at the law firm Goldberg Segalla. With revenue shortfall over the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Grillo said that finding alter native revenue streams is an important shortand long-term goal for the village, at a time when fewer people are commuting and using village parking.
Grillo touted the village board’s upgrading of infrastructure, like the roads and the water and electrical systems. He added that maintaining those resources was one of his immediate goals. Conlon was born and raised in Rockville Centre, and is now raising her three children in the village. When she moved back to the area 12 years ago, she left her job as a nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Since then she has immersed herself in local organizations, and has been president of the Hewitt PTA, a member of the Mercy League and a coach for the
Rockville Centre Soccer Club. “Being home for the past 12 years, it provided me a unique lens to view the village,” Conlon said. As a mother whose children all attend local schools, she said, she believes she can represent wide segments of the population. “I plan to be here in RVC for the long haul,” she said. “I have
the time, the energy and the work ethic to devote myself to working with the mayor, the trustees, other departments and the community to make fiscally responsible and sound decisions and maintain the quality and the charm of this village.” Conlon noted that maintainCONTINUED ON PAGE 3