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Customers shocked by electric bills RVC utility costs create a buzz By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
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RoCkVIllE CENTRE RESIdENT Elizabeth Arnott discussed her electricity bill with the village board of trustees.
Rockville Centre residents expressed their frustration with a recent hike in their electricity bills at a village board meeting last week. Mayor Francis Murray and the trustees discussed the jump in the cost of electricity at a session on Oct. 11. Several community members said they were concerned, and confused, about how much their bills have risen over the past couple of months, and the board explained why that is happening and touched on possible solutions. “Most of the village’s power Continued on page 4
Carnegie Fabrics staff assembles gift bicycles for children By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
The staff of Carnegie Fabrics built 10 bikes last week, and donated them to children selected by the Rockville Centre Martin Luther King Jr. Center. Kids and their families gathered at the Carnegie Fabrics building on Central Ave in Rockville Centre on Oct. 13, after employees of the longtime village business worked all morning and afternoon on the new bikes. Its CFO, Adam Weiss, has a continuing interest in making charitable contributions to those in need. “Carnegie has been here for
71 years, and giving back to the community has been a big part of what we’ve done,” Weiss said of the company, which tries to give back to the less fortunate whenever they can. Carnegie is a Certified B Corporation, a designation awarded to companies that prioritize environmental and social awareness as well as charitable efforts. Those values were on display at last Thursday’s event, which put smiles on the faces of not only the MLK Center children, but also the Carnegie Fabrics staff. The company is not in the bike-building business, but along with bike riding, its employees value being environmentally
friendly. Carnegie sells plantbased, bio-based, and sustainable textiles. Learning how to build the bikes brought the staff closer together. Weiss said he believed that assembling the bikes was a good team-building exercise for him and his colleagues. “So to be able to do this in Rockville Centre and see the kids come in, and build the bikes for them, that reenergizes the team,” he said. “I think that’s what it’s all about.” Patrick Morris, the MLK Center’s director, expressed his gratitude to Weiss and his co-workers. “Thank you, everyone, for your generosity of building bikes and to make a difference in
the lives of children,” Morris said. “Some of these children come from low-income households where day-to-day things are challenging, so something like this goes a long way.” Morris mentioned ways in which the center is helping children in the village. “We have an after-school program where children can come to do their home-
work,” he said. “We have teachers from the local middle school and high school come down and work with the children, and give them the support and the guidance they need.” Morris said he focuses on helping kids at the center overcome obstacles created by their living conditions. “We just startContinued on page 11