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School budget and election results
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Stay here throughout the night for results on school budget and elections by the numbers as they come in.
Amagansett Budget: Passed, 127-25 Candidates: 2 seats, at large John Hossenlopp (102, winner) Victoria Smudzinski (97, winner)
Proposition 2: To use $225,000 from capital reserves to install security systems at the school. Passed 135-14
Bridgehampton School District Budget:...
Read more »Voters weigh in on school budgets, candidates
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SOUTH COUNTRY As voters traipsed in and out of Bellport Middle School Tuesday afternoon, they spoke of the choice of supporting the school budget or reigning in costs.
"I passed it, because it's for the kids," said Danette Washington of Bellport, who has two kids attending district schools.
Kathy DiFranco, also of Bellport, said she supported the budget even without a personal...
Read more »New district lines cost Hempstead Town's Santino hamlet
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Hempstead Town senior Councilman Anthony Santino has announced he will no longer represent Baldwin, starting in January, when the town’s new council district map is scheduled to go into effect.
Santino made the announcement last week during his South Hempstead/Baldwin Town Hall meeting at the South Hempstead Fire House. Councilwoman Angie Cullin will represent Baldwin instead, he said, adding...
Read more »Vacant lot in Levittown will now house radiologists
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Hempstead Town officials joined doctors from Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology last week to celebrate the groundbreaking for a new state-of-the-art facility on formerly blighted property in the heart of Levittown.
The property, 3235 Hempstead Tpke., was home to a Jewish community center that fell into disrepair after the building was vacated. The structure was demolished in 2011 and the property remained...
Read more »Free foreclosure clinic in Mineola
The Nassau County Bar Association will hold a free mortgage foreclosure clinic at its Mineola headquarters on June 3.
The NCBA Mortgage Foreclosure and Sandy Recovery Free Legal Consultation Clinic will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. at 15th and West streets.
The bar association hopes to assist “families with advice and strategies to keep their homes during one of the worst recessions in...
Read more »Huntington business incubator holds first program to aid small businesses
Photo credit: Newsday, 2010 / Audrey C. Tiernan
Huntington’s new business incubator recently held its first event, which invited entrepreneurs to a five-part seminar.
The Excellence in Entrepreneurship program started May 13 and will have its last session Tuesday.
Topics covered in the sessions included performing a self-assessment of strengths and weaknesses; financing a business; how to write a business plan; organizational structure;...
Read more »Mastic Beach votes to change village work session schedule
Photo credit: Carl Corry, 2011
The Mastic Beach Village board of trustees passed a resolution to switch work session meetings from the third to first Wednesday of each month.
The move allows work sessions to be held the week before monthly board meetings, which are scheduled for the second Tuesday of each month.
The 5 p.m. Wednesday meetings are open to the public, but attendees are not allowed to comment.
Trustee...
Read more »Lindenhurst seeks bids to restore Shore Road Park, envisions storm buffer zone
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The Village of Lindenhurst is sending out a request for bids for engineering work on Shore Road Park, which was damaged during superstorm Sandy.
The work will be part of the Shore Road Park Waterfront Habitat Restoration Project. The project’s mission is to restore the beachfront of the park, which sits on the Great South Bay. The goal is to control future erosion due to hurricanes, nor’easters,...
Read more »Communities near Kennedy Airport to discuss noise control
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The Town-Village Aircraft Safety Noise Abatement Committee will host a meeting Monday night to discuss concerns about low-flying planes and ways to control jet noise in communities near Kennedy Airport.
The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Lawrence Village Hall, on 196 Central Ave. in Lawrence. Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, Port Authority of New York and New...
Read more »Roosevelt Community Farmers Market receives $15G in competitive FreshConnect program
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced $260,000 in funding for 23 projects, including a Roosevelt group, as part of the FreshConnect farmers market program, launched in 2011 to bring fresh produce from New York farms to underserved communities throughout the state.
The Roosevelt Community Revitalization Group Inc., which runs Roosevelt Community Farmers Market, will get $15,000 after being selected...
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