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Third-party candidate choices let voters down

Gary Johnson? Who is this guy, you ask? He is the most prominent of the alternative candidates who will be joining Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton . . . more

6/9/16

All Bellmore-Merrick school budgets pass by overwhelming margins

Bellmore-Merrick school election resultsProposition One: The Bellmore Merrick Central High School District budget.Amount: $147.7 millionPassed with 73 percent of the vote. Proposition Two:A $10 … more

5/17/16

Where and when to vote in the Bellmores and Merricks

Voting in school budget and trustee elections will take place at the following locations and times on Tuesday, May 17: • In the Bellmore School District: Shore Road Elementary School, 2801 … more

5/17/16

Cast your ballot for Bellmore-Merrick school budgets

It’s an easy call to endorse the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s 2016-17 budget, which comes in at a little more than $147.7 million. more

5/12/16

Call for contract watchdog is mostly about politics

The Herald ran an editorial in the March 31-April 6 issue about Nassau County’s contracting process, “Nassau needs an independent watchdog.” While it properly brought attention to this important issue . . . more

4/28/16

N. Merrick residents voting on library budget, trustees

The North Merrick Public Library is holding its annual budget vote and trustee election today until 9 p.m. The proposed budget amount for 2016-17 is $2,546,534, an increase by a little over $92,000 from last year’s budget, according to the Library Director Thomas Witt. The library’s tax levy, if approved and passed, will increase 3.7 percent. Witt estimated that the average North Merrick household’s property taxes will increase $14, one dollar up from last year. more

By Stephany Reyes | 4/20/16

So far, the sewage deal doesn’t stink

Anyone who has paid attention to Nassau County politics over the past few years knows that elected officials have tried just about everything to save money and raise revenue. From the closing of police precincts . . . more

4/13/16

Budget should have addressed corruption

As budget talks wrapped in Albany last week, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, who’s running to fill Dean Skelos’s vacant seat, criticized Senate Republicans for not supporting ethics reform in the … more

By Alex Costello | 4/6/16

Protestors rallied outside of Gate 3 at Belmont Park on March 26 to urge state lawmkers to support two bils banning VLTs on Long Island.

Deal brokered ending VLTs at Belmont

A deal has been struck leasing Nassau OTB’s 1,000 video lottery terminals to Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct racetrack in exchange for annual payments totally $43 million over the first three … more

By Steve Smirti | 3/31/16

State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages commended State Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky for publicly denouncing OTB’s plan for VLTs at Belmont Park. Steve Smirti/Herald

Dozens rally against VLTs at Belmont

Nearly 100 people gathered at Gate 3 of Belmont Park on Saturday to urge state lawmakers to support two bills that would prohibit electronic gaming on Long Island. The rally, organized by the … more

By Steve Smirti | 3/29/16

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