To help close the more than $300 million budget deficit that Nassau now faces, County Executive Ed Mangano’s recently proposed budget includes a proposal to end the county’s “guarantee” that it will pay refunds owed when homeowners successfully challenge their tax assessments.
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David Weingrad
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10/15/10
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An appeal filed by a Hewlett resident and supported by a group of community members opposing a lease agreement between the Hewlett-Woodmere school district and the Five Towns Senior Center is expected to be decided by the State Education Department after the district submits its response in the case this week.
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Jeff Bessen
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9/29/10
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Thomas Crotty stood and stared for a moment on Friday at the twisted, rusted, 1,600-pound steel girder in front of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Brookside School in North Merrick. “It was very thoughtful of the community and the young people to do this so the day and the people will not be forgotten,” Crotty remarked.
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Scott Brinton
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9/24/10
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Though the new school year has only just begun, Lawrence School District officials say they do not believe recent staff reductions have impacted the quality of the district’s educational programs, and that a small decline in student enrollment has left class sizes at optimum levels.
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Jeff Bessen
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9/22/10
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A familiar face is in a new position as Laura Seinfeld, who previously served as the middle school English chair a few years ago has returned as Hewlett-Woodmere School District's assistant superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction.
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By JEFF BESSEN
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9/9/10
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Beginning your career teaching special needs children from Willowbrook State School on Staten Island made infamous by a series of print and television stories in the 1970s was an inauspicious career start for Lori Freeman.
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By JEFF BESSEN
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9/9/10
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The standing room only meeting room of the new Five Towns Senior Center in what is called "the historic carriage house" was ready to burst as the organization celebrated the official opening of its new home on Sept. 1.
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Jeff Bessen
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9/8/10
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Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, the current Democratic state attorney general, recently swung by the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick to tout a 2 percent property-tax cap for all municipalities and school districts in New York.
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8/5/10
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A Lawrence School District parent said he was the victim of a "degree of prejudice," after being cut off by a timed buzzer subsequent to having a sharp and public exchange with a board member during the July 6 Board of Education meeting.
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7/28/10
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A parking lot being built by the Five Towns Senior Center on Hewlett-Woodmere School District property adjacent to the historic Hewlett House will be a hazard to seniors, some residents say.
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Lori Gross
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7/15/10
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