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On Tuesday, Rockville Centre school district residents will vote on the proposed 2010-11 school budget of $93.4 million, a 3.7 percent budget-to-budget increase. The Herald urges voters to approve the plan.
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5/12/10
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District 13’s proposed budget for the 2010-11 school year comes in at $41.3 million, less than a 1 percent increase over this year. School officials worked hard to keep the increase low because state aid for next year will likely be cut.
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5/12/10
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Oceanside residents will also vote on Tuesday on the school district's proposed $128.5 million 2010-11 budget, which is 1.98 percent larger than the current spending plan and includes a 2.29 percent …
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5/12/10
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In Island Park, voters will decide on a $32.5 million budget, a $1.29 million increase over the current plan that will mean a 2.83 percent tax-levy increase. School officials have taken steps to trim …
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5/12/10
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Tuesday's school board election in Oceanside features two incumbents running unopposed for re-election.
Bob Transom and Maryanne Lehrer have worked hard to craft a tight budget for the 2010-11 …
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5/12/10
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After some seven years of studies, community meetings, press conferences and tens of millions of dollars spent on planning and consultants, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum remains an aging concrete behemoth surrounded by 77 acres of cracking asphalt. It is a glaring eyesore in one of the nation’s wealthiest counties.
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5/6/10
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On New Jersey’s Election Day, April 20, Gov. Chris Christie wanted voters to reject school budget proposals in any districts where the unionized teachers weren’t willing to freeze their salaries for a year.
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4/30/10
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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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A year ago, Long Island legislators dismissed Albany as the home of a government not of the people, but of “three men in a room.” And that wasn’t the first time that criticism was leveled; it’s been a perennial complaint. But now we’re lucky if we can get that many in a room, and even luckier if we know which three they are.
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4/8/10
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Ah, spring! The weather warms. The robins return. People plant pansies. And the whir of lawnmowers can be heard for miles around. Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again to start caring for …
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4/3/10
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