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The Oceanside Board of Education adopted the 2011-12 school district budget at its fourth budget workshop on March 28, agreeing to a tax levy increase of nearly four percent. Up 1.98 percent from … more

Tom Steinert | 4/6/11

Reconsider cuts to the neediest

Would you be willing to pay $4 a month more in property taxes to help shield the poor and neediest of your neighbors from the harshest of cuts to county services that are their lifeline? more

3/31/11

Wake up, Oceanside

To the Editor: Oceanside residents are in for a shock when they get their next school tax bill unless they make their voices heard on May 9 at 7:30 p.m. at School 7, and at the ballot box on May … more

3/30/11

The majority of the district’s budget is allocated for salaries and employee benefits — 82 percent of the $131.1 million spending plan.

Oceanside School District unveils finalized budget

The third Oceanside School District budget workshop for 2011-12, held March 21 at School 3, focused on teaching staffs and administration, which Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown has called the … more

Tom Steinert | 3/30/11

Is this Republicans’ idea of control?

It’s time for the Republican Party to call the police and report a kidnapping. A few months ago, the party was basking in the glow of a big victory in Washington and victories around the country. Now it seems that wherever you look, there’s chaos and confusion. more

By Jerry Kremer | 3/30/11

Layoffs and a pay freeze were two parts of a $121.2 million budget cut proposal announced by County Executive Ed Mangano on March 16 in Mineola.

Proposed spending cuts include layoffs

Facing a fiscal crisis, Nassau County’s leaders have difficult decisions to make. Raising property taxes and imposing budget cuts are two options and County Executive Ed Mangano said last week that he would choose the latter. more

MIKE CAPUTO and ALEX COSTELLO | 3/25/11

Layoffs and a pay freeze were part of a $121.2 million budget cut proposal announced by County Executive Ed Mangano on March 16 in Mineola.

Proposed spending cuts include layoffs

Facing a fiscal crisis, Nassau County’s leaders have difficult decisions to make. Raising property taxes and imposing budget cuts are two options. County Executive Ed Mangano said last week that … more

Mike Caputo and Alex Costello | 3/23/11

Mark Bogen, South Nassau’s vice president of finance, attributes the hospital’s ability to weather the budget storm to its growth.

State budget impacts South Nassau Communities Hospital

Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget plan, South Nassau Communities Hospital may lose around $2 million in state funding, but hospital officials say they believe it is a storm the institution … more

Alex Costello | 3/16/11

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos spoke of the looming state budget deficit during a question-and-answer session with Herald editors on March 4.

Skelos: Don't miss chance to trim spending

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he is optimistic that despite the difficult choices they face, this is the year when Albany lawmakers will finally make the structural changes to the state budget needed to rein in spending. more

Judy Rattner | 3/9/11

The Oceanside School District held the line on most instructional materials spending, but had to spend more for its new EnVision Math program.

Are instruction costs excessive?

On Feb. 28, in front of sizable crowd of teachers, parents and students in the School 4 auditorium, Oceanside School District officials presented their second workshop on the 2011-12 budget, and the … more

Tom Steinert | 3/9/11

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