🌱 Patch AM: How police tracked down the suspect in the Rockville Centre gas robbery

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!)

Weather forecast:

• 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.
   

📸 Around Rockville Centre

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rockville Centre

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 19
• 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

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Other local events

Sunday October 11
• Spookyfest →
  1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
  6:00 pm
Monday October 12
• 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
Friday October 16
• Spookyfest →
  1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Spookyfest →
  1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
  6:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• Spookyfest →
  1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
  6:00 pm
Friday October 23
• Spookyfest →
  1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Spookyfest →
  1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
  6:00 pm
Sunday October 25
• Spookyfest →
  1450 Tanglewood Rd, Rockville Centre
  6:00 pm
Friday October 30
• South Shore Symphony Spooktacular Concert →
  Madison Theatre, 1000 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre
  7:30 pm

📣 Rockville Centre Shout Outs!

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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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