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Francis X. Becker, left, and Frank Scaturro
Becker, Scaturro vie for 4th District seat
They faced each other two years ago, but this time around, congres hopefuls Francis Becker and Frank Scaturro are running in a significantly different … more
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Karen Brohm, front, left, was sworn in as a trustee at the West Hempstead Middle School gymnasium on May 15 by District Clerk Kathryn Girolamo, front, right. Board of Education Trustee Pamela Lotito, back, left, Board President Walter Ejnes, Trustee Carole Rilling, Superintendent John Hogan and Board Vice President James Mariano, looked on.
West Hempstead budget approved; Rilling, Mariano, Brohm win
West Hempstead residents voted in favor of the district's $55.2 million 2012-13 school budget by a wide margin - 1,027 'yes' votes to 650 'no' votes - on Tuesday. The plan is an increase of more than … more
How many times will your vote be counted?
Voting has often been described as a cherished right and a solemn duty. And it is both. more
A tough choice on Coliseum vote
Business and labor organizations, development groups and politicians have all expressed their opinions on the plan to borrow $400 million to fund the construction of a new arena and minor-league baseball park at Nassau County’s Hub in Uniondale. Now it’s your turn, as taxpayers who want to be able to afford to keep living and working on Long Island, to cast your votes in the bond referendum on Monday. more
Pro and con on Nassau Coliseum redevelopment
On Aug. 1, Nassau County will hold a public referendum on a $400 million bond to finance the redevelopment of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. There are sharply differing opinions on the proposal, and this week we have asked Eric Alexander, executive director of Vision Long Island, and Jay Jacobs, chairman of the Nassau County Democratic Committee, to detail their viewpoints. The Herald will offer its take on the proposal in next week’s issue. more
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, right, and Islanders owner Charles Wang, left, sat together as Mangano signed the bill into law that would allow the public referendum to be held. Mangano held the signing in a crowded room in the Legislative building, just minutes after the Legislature voted 11-7 to pass the bill.
Legislature passes Coliseum vote 11-7
In an 11-7 vote almost entire on party lines, the Nassau County Legislature voted on May 31 to allow a public referendum to decide the fate of County Executive Ed Mangano's plan for redeveloping … more
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Carol and Joseph Segrete signed in at the voting station at West Hempstead Middle School on Tuesday.
Rumelt beats Mascia, library and school budgets approved
Although heavy rains kept many people indoors Tuesday morning, enough headed to the polls in West Hemsptead to vote on the school budget. Taxpayers passed the budget 1,071-893. Board of … more
W.H. school district prepares for budget vote
A week before the May 17 budget vote, the West Hempstead school board settled the long-stalled teachers' contract and renewed schools Superintendent John Hogan's contract for three years. While … more
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Vote down this year's budget
To the Editor: As Tuesday’s West Hempstead school budget vote approaches, we are once again presented with a $54,397,183 budget ($1.5 million higher than last year) and asked to support … more
Howard Sobel, Oceanside past president of the School Board
The lever is back
Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook – 14th A.D.) co-sponsored Assembly Bill 3093, which allows villages that administer their own elections to use lever voting machines in those elections if they so choose. more
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