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Endorsing the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District budget is, for us, a no-brainer.
The district’s 2014-15 budget is set to rise by 1.97 percent, from $136.5 million this year to a little more than $139 million next year. And, despite a lower-than-hoped-for state aid increase of $200,000, the district does not plan to cut services for students. In fact, it is restoring some services such as BOCES dance, which had been cut during the leanest years of the 2008-09 recession and its aftermath.
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5/15/14
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Endorsing the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District budget is, for us, a no-brainer.
The district’s 2014-15 budget is set to rise by 1.97 percent, from $136.5 million this year to a little more than $139 million next year. And, despite a lower-than-hoped-for state aid increase of $200,000, the district does not plan to cut services for students. In fact, it is restoring some services such as BOCES dance, which had been cut during the leanest years of the 2008-09 recession and its aftermath.
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5/15/14
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This is the third time since the state implemented the tax levy cap that the Lynbrook School District has crafted a budget that comes in below the cap. At 1.46 percent, this is one of the …
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5/15/14
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It would be difficult nowadays not to endorse a school budget that adheres to state guidelines, established in 2011, limiting a school district’s tax levy increase to approximately 2 percent or the …
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5/15/14
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In 2005, Kathleen Rice, a relative unknown, shocked the Nassau County political establishment when she defeated 31-year-incumbent Denis Dillon to become the first woman elected district attorney in Long Island history.
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10/31/13
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Though it may seem short on glamour, the county comptroller’s position is an extremely important one. The comptroller is responsible for auditing county departments and making sure the county is …
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10/31/13
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We’d love to live in the future Nassau County envisioned by Tom Suozzi, full of cool downtowns, a redeveloped Hub (the area surrounding the Nassau Coliseum) and lots of affordable housing for young singles as well as for our seniors.
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10/31/13
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Nearly eight years ago, Maureen O’Connell sat down in the county clerk’s office for the first time, and had quite the task ahead of her. There were more than 2 million court and real estate documents just sitting in boxes, waiting to be processed.
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10/31/13
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Voters would be hard-pressed to find a candidate for the Nassau County Legislature who is more committed to the job and more active in community affairs than Democrat David Denenberg, of Merrick, who has represented the Bellmore-Merrick community for 13 years.
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10/30/13
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We liked both candidates for Town of Hempstead clerk –– Republican Nasrin Ahmad, of Salisbury, and Democrat Jasmine Garcia-Vieux, of Levittown. But we believe Ahmad is better qualified.
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10/30/13
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