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Islip manages to save 25 positions from budget ax

Islip Town has whittled its layoff list by about 25 people - saving the full-time employee at the South Shore Nature Center and eight staffers at the town animal shelter - and announced plans that would keep open the Islip Art Museum.

The moves leave some 70 town positions still slated for elimination, Supervisor Phil Nolan said Wednesday.

The town board last month approved 97 layoffs,...

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