To offset a $3.2 million increase in payroll, employee benefits and special education and transportation costs, the Lawrence School District is offering a retirement incentive to at least 13 teachers, will outsource its Universal Pre-K program and is planning other cost-cutting measures, Superintendent Gary Schall said at Monday’s Board of Education meeting.
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JEFFREY BESSEN
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3/15/12
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Due to the financial constraints of the current economic climate and the state’s 2 percent tax levy cap, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District is seeking to lessen its fiscal burden by offering its veteran administrators and principals an incentive to retire.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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1/26/12
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The Middle Country School District in Suffolk County faces a $10.3 million budget deficit in 2012-13 because of Governor Cuomo’s vaunted 2 percent property-tax levy cap, so Middle Country is considering eliminating its pre-school program, reducing full-day kindergarten to a half-day and axing sports and after-school clubs for middle and high school students, according to News12.
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1/19/12
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The Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) hosted a seminar in Williston Park on Jan. 10 — and the state’s new tax levy cap law that went into effect in January was a hot topic of …
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By Brian Croce
bcroce@liherald.com
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1/18/12
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The Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) hosted a seminar in Williston Park on Jan. 10 — and the state’s new tax levy cap law that went into effect in January was a hot …
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By Brian Croce
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1/18/12
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The Village of Hewlett Bay Park approved the override of the New York State 2 percent tax cap levy that would give the village a financial cushion in emergencies that are not covered in the budget and other villages in the Five Towns expect to discuss doing the same at future board meetings.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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1/5/12
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The Atlantic Beach, Inwood, Meadowmere, North Lawrence and Woodmere fire districts were among the 56 percent of New York’s 882 fire districts that failed to file tax-levy information by Nov. 21. On Monday that figure was down to 40 percent, according to the state comptroller’s office. Fire districts were required to file the information by Nov. 4.
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JEFF BESSEN
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12/1/11
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For a moment, I stopped paddling and took in Merrick Bay, its virtually still surface glistening in the morning sunlight. In the distance, the Jones Beach water tower and amphitheater stood out amid a light haze. The view was, in a word, breathtaking.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/25/11
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The Educational Funding Company awarded the 2010 “Top Martial Arts School Award” to Warren Levi of Warren Levi Martial Arts and Fitness on Nov. 13.
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12/1/10
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin and Councilwoman Angie Cullin joined Ilene Robinson’s third-grade class from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick on Wednesday to announce a proposal to designate the town’s 100 parks “smoke-free.”
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David Weingrad
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11/11/10
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