Preliminary budget figures released at the school board meeting on March 23 show a 2.41% increase in the 2011-12 budget over the current spending plan — the second lowest increase in the last 19 years — according to Robert Bartels, the school district’s assistant superintendent for business.
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3/30/11
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Though President Obama spent much of his election campaign denouncing George Bush, there was one area where he pledged to follow the example set by his predecessor: funding efforts to counteract global AIDS.
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By Daniel Bornstein
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2/5/11
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Two Virtual Enterprise teams from Kennedy High School in Bellmore recently earned accolades in the annual Long Island Business Plan Competition.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/4/11
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Local residents are teaming up to make the planet a little greener, one community at a time, and they’re beginning with Merrick.
Merokeans Mark Goldman and his daughter Lexiey are working to …
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By David Weingrad
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2/3/11
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LINKS TO THE COMPLETE LIST OF …
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Tom Steinert
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2/2/11
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Susan Williams will spend the next 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison after Nassau County Judge Norman St. George sentenced her on Dec. 17 at the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola.
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Tom Steinert
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12/21/10
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It’s only two months into the 2010-11 school year, but District 13 officials are already looking to next year and beyond. The district held its annual educational planning meeting on Nov. 13 at the James A. Dever School, a meeting which lasted nearly four hours.
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Andrew Hackmack
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11/17/10
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A Lynbrook couple is among five over-the-top couples who will be featured on a new VH1 series, ““My Big Friggin Wedding,” a new show from the producers of “Jersey Shore.”
The show, …
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Mary Malloy
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10/27/10
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The East Rockaway village board voted unanimously on Monday night to approve a new plan to rezone a portion of the industrial district into a commercial-recreation zone.
The new plan focuses on the northern portion of the existing industrial zone, which includes the Berg properties, a CVS drug store and other buildings.
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Mary Malloy
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10/20/10
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The future of South Side lies in “The Portal.”
Or so believes Chris Pellettieri. The assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for the Rockville Centre school district, Pellettieri is spearheading a new approach to learning, one that fuses 21st century technology with the hallmarks of traditional education.
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Katherine Kollitides
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8/12/10
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