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RVC residents address trustee candidates village. Grillo, 55, a trial attorney, a partner at Goldberg Segalla and a trustee since Three candidates vying for 2013, said that the village had the Rockville Centre board of lost about $935,000 in Recretr ustees fielded residents’ ation Center fees, $500,000 in questions and discussed the parking per mit income and issues at a community forum $450,000 in parking meter fees on June 3 at the Sandel Senior because of the pandemic. Center. “We’ve already started comNewcomers Katie Conlon ing up with alternative parkand Mark Albaraing per mits and n o, a n d i n c u m opening up our bent Emilio Grilp a rk i n g l o t s t o Residents can vote lo, who are conresidents outside from 7 a.m. to testing two seats, the village,” Griloffered their lo said. 9 p.m. at the thoughts on conConlon, 48, a John A. Anderson tinuing to for mer nurse Recreation Center improve the vilpractitioner at l a g e a n d Memorial Sloan on Tuesday, explained where Kettering Cancer June 15. they stand on key C e n t e r, w h o i s issues. par t of Grillo’s A couple of RVC Family Party, dozen socially distanced resi- stressed the need to diversify dents arrived early to submit revenue streams to avoid tax questions. Nine questions increases. She also advocated were selected by the modera- continuing the board’s efforts tor, Jeffery Brown, a retired to apply for state and federal N a s s a u C o u n t y S u p r e m e grants to support local small Court judge. The candidates businesses. had two minutes to respond. “We are lucky to have such All three agreed that mak- a v i b r a n t d ow n t ow n , a n d ing up for the revenue short- many of our businesses have fall brought on by coronavirus taken a hit and suffered,” Conpandemic shutdowns is the lon said. “It helps to bring most crucial challenge for the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
Courtesy St. Mark’s Nursery School
A garden for Gabi Students, parents, staff and administrators gathered at St. Mark’s Nursery School for the unveiling of a garden in honor of Gabi Pellicani, who died at age 5 in 2018 of brain cancer.
‘He’s a fixture here’
Part of N. Park Ave. is renamed for beloved barber By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
After 53 years of serving the Rockville Centre community, Jose Dominguez, 84, was honored on June 5, when a section of North Park Avenue was named for him at a ceremony at his business, Pioneer Hair Design. Chamber of Commerce President Brian Croutier and ESPN personality Kevin Con-
nors, who grew up in the village, worked together with the board of tr ustees and M ayo r F r a n c i s M u r r ay t o make the street renaming happen. Connors’s parents recently moved away from Rockville Centre, which got the ESPN anchor thinking about people who make the village a place h e i s p ro u d o f. “ H e ’s t h e American dream,” Connors said of Dominguez. “He’s the
kindest, sweetest person that I know. He’s a fixture here in Rockville Centre, and we need to do something to honor that.” After Connors contacted Mur ray and Croutier, they decided to dedicate the street where Dominguez has worked for decades in his honor. Just after noon on Saturday, a crowd gathered in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3