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🌱 Patch AM: How police tracked down the suspect in the Rockville Centre gas robbery
Be sure to catch Broadway's Melissa Errico & The Knights: A Celebration of Regent Roger Tilles on the Rockville Centre Patch calendar

Hello Rockville Centre! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How police tracked down the suspect in the Rockville Centre gas robbery
Also on today's calendar: Broadway's Melissa Errico & The Knights: A Celebration of Regent Roger Tilles and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.
- Monday: A shower in the a.m.; breezy, temps: high: 72, low: 59.
- Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds; nice, with a high of 71 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Man Charged With Robbing Rockville Centre Gas Station, Slashing Employee With Knife (newsbreak.com) — A Hempstead man has been charged in a violent September robbery at the BP gas station on Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre, where a 64-year-old employee was slashed in the face with a knife. Nassau County police say detectives tracked and arrested the suspect in Long Beach, and he now faces serious robbery and assault charges in First District Court.
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📸 Around Rockville Centre
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rockville Centre
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★ Featured events ★
- Broadway's Melissa Errico & The Knights: A Celebration of Regent Roger Tilles →
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd, Greenvale
5:30 pm
Monday October 19
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Other local events
- Spookyfest →
1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
6:00 pm - SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR COLUMBUS DAY
Rockville Centre UFSD Rockville Centre, NY 11570 - Musical BINGO
Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs at the Meeting Room, 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury
3:00 pm - Mojo RVC →
300 Sunrise Hwy, Rockville Centre
3:30 pm - Spookyfest →
1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
6:00 pm - Spookyfest →
1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
6:00 pm - Spookyfest →
1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
6:00 pm - Spookyfest →
1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
6:00 pm - Spookyfest →
1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
6:00 pm - Spookyfest →
1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
6:00 pm - South Shore Symphony Spooktacular Concert →
Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre
7:30 pm
Sunday October 11
Monday October 12
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
Friday October 23
Saturday October 24
Sunday October 25
Friday October 30
📣 Rockville Centre Shout Outs!
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Rockville Centre PatchAM possible:
- Brands Cycle & Fitness — (516) 781-6100
- NY Axe Throwing — (631) 237-0050
- Long Island Swim School — (516) 378-8467
- Sunflower Bake Shop — (516) 486-2253
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The Cheesecake Factory posted a job opening for Busser in Valley Stream. Apply here.
- UScellular posted a job opening for Mobile Associate - Retail Sales in Valley Stream. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rockville Centre here.
🗞 Nearby News
Baldwin
- Baldwin schools earn seventh Champions of Change Award (liherald.com)
- Four Baldwin firefighters honored for 50 years of service (liherald.com)
- Sixth annual Grand Baldwin Festival packs Prospect Street (liherald.com)
Oceanside
- Look back at archived photos of the Old Forge area (timestelegram.com)
- Barrier Brewing Company hosts fifth annual Oktoberfest celebration in Oceanside (liherald.com)
- Check out the New York high school boys soccer polls for this week (recordonline.com)
Ok Rockville Centre! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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