The Wantagh education board has adopted an $89.4 million spending plan for 2023-24, and residents will go to the polls on May 16 to determine if they want to approve it.
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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4/13/23
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When it comes to school budgets, the views of the taxpayers are typically front and center.
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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4/6/23
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Nassau County’s ongoing mission to address the opioid addiction crisis is one of the most important and most heart-wrenching issues I contend with . . .
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By Delia DeRiggi-Whitton
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8/11/22
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Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast.
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By Howard Kopel
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4/15/21
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With a total of 2,800 votes cast, Wantagh Schools’ $81 million budget was approved by voters by a margin of nearly three to one — 2,048-753. Incumbent Board of Education Trustee and Vice …
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By Timothy Denton
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6/17/20
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Saying “No New Yorker should have to choose between their health and their right to vote,” N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered mail-in ballots in local school elections to be counted if received by June 16.
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6/7/20
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Under the motto, “Staying Seaford Strong,” the Seaford Union Free School District Board of Education passed its $73 million budget for the 2020-21 school year. The district’s voters …
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By Timothy Denton
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6/5/20
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School budget votes have been delayed until at least June 1 because of the coronavirus outbreak, by order of Governor Cuomo.
The votes were to have taken place May 19.
The governor issued …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/3/20
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The Nassau County Legislature approved County Executive Laura Curran’s proposed $3.56 billion 2020 budget on Oct. 28, on a vote of 17-2, two days before the Oct. 30 deadline. Republican legislators …
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By Timothy Denton
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11/8/19
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The candidates for Hempstead town supervisor brought their campaign messages to the debate stage on Oct. 10 at Molloy College in Rockville Centre.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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10/17/19
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