One of six North Bellmore elementary schools will close starting next fall, officials announced at the Oct. 13 North Bellmore Board of Education meeting.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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10/14/11
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray announced the town’s proposed 2012 budget last Friday, heralding it as a spending plan that would freeze taxes at 2011 levels without making cuts in …
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Alex Costello
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10/5/11
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Halfway through his first term as county executive, Ed Mangano is proposing yet another budget that takes a hatchet to spending.
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9/29/11
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A special North Bellmore School District committee formed to address a state-mandated property tax cap met for the first time last week. The committee is chaired by Superintendent Arnold Goldstein, and includes administrators, teachers, parents and residents.
The North Bellmore School District takes in Park Avenue Elementary School, which is in North Merrick.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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9/22/11
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Q. My house has been on the market for six years and I just can’t part with it for less than I paid. Under the circumstances, I’m thinking of having my daughter and son-in-law’s family take it over, and we would make just a small apartment for ourselves here. What are the ramifications of doing this, permit-wise? Does the county have to give us the permit and will our taxes change, up or down?
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Monte Leeper
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8/11/11
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Whether it’s Washington, D.C., or Albany, taxpayers are sending a message loud and clear. They want the cost of government reduced, and they want their taxes to go down.
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7/21/11
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed New York's first property tax cap in Lynbrook today, at the home of James and Janet Gannon.
“For decades, taxpayers across New York state have been burdened …
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By Mary Malloy and Brianna Isabel Barbieri
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6/30/11
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No one is sure precisely what the 2 percent tax-levy cap passed by the state last week will mean for Bellmore-Merrick’s four elementary districts and one high school district, but it could force the districts to cut student programming and lay off teachers in order to stay under the legal limit.
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By Scott Brinton, David Weingrad and Deirdre Krasula
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6/30/11
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Long Island employers got a bit of good news earlier this month when the State Senate passed a bill to repeal the MTA payroll tax — shortly after the MTA terminated its contract to operate Long …
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By Lee Landor
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6/29/11
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Seventh-grade sports might have to be eliminated. The nine-period day might be reduced to eight. And teachers might have to be let go. After that, no one’s sure what might happen, but school districts will have to keep cutting.
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Scott Brinton
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6/2/11
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