Residents approved Long Beach school district’s $155.9M 2024-25 budget, re-elected Pinto and Pace, and passed infrastructure and financial management propositions.
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By Angelina Zingariello
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5/24/24
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The Long Beach Board of Education finalized its $155.9M 2024-25 budget, including key initiatives and infrastructure improvements. Vote is on May 21 at local schools.
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By Angelina Zingariello
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5/17/24
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Explore the budget dilemmas facing Long Beach schools: layoffs, program cuts, and the uncertain fate of East School.
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By Angelina Zingariello
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3/29/24
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Recently I saw a video that went viral of a middle-aged woman breaking down in tears because of the financial pressures on her family.
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By Brian Curran
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12/14/23
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Timing will be a key issue when it comes to the state’s long-planned congestion-pricing plan, which is scheduled to start sometime in 2024.
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7/13/23
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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budget offers savings for volunteer fire departments. The Emergency Medical Service Cost Recovery Act will help fire department ambulances recover the cost of …
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By Will Sheeline
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6/9/22
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In 2019, when I was Hempstead town supervisor, I spearheaded an energy program that today would be collectively saving town residents millions of dollars on their energy bills.
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By Laura A. Gillen
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3/17/22
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Remember when gasoline cost just $2.84 per gallon? That might seem like a lifetime ago . . .
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3/17/22
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My most recent column, “Medicare for all could cost you a bundle,” was published in the March 5-11 issue. So much has transpired since then. For one, the world turned upside down.
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5/22/20
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Water companies throughout Long Island are disputing a report ranking the cost of water, saying that the Farmingdale-based Citizens Campaign for the Environment didn’t account for all of the …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/29/19
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