Anyone can have a change of heart and mind. Just after the health care reform bill passed last week, I realized the critics were right: Why should we provide insurance for 30 million uninsured …
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Randi Kreiss
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4/3/10
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The Island Park School District began its 2010-11 budget process on March 22, unveiling a $32.4 million budget, a 3.9 percent increase, as well as a 2.9 percent increase in the tax levy.
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by Alex Costello
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3/30/10
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At a Board of Education meeting on March 15, Oceanside Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown concluded the district's round of four budget meetings, revealing a 2.29 percent increase in the district’s tax …
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Alex Costello
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3/23/10
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On March 1, the Oceanside Board of Education held a special meeting to discuss smaller line items of its proposed budget. At just under $128.6 million, the 2010-11 budget amounts to a $2.5 million …
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Alex Costello
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3/10/10
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The New York Times nailed Gov. David Paterson last week in an alleged abuse-of-power case, so much so that he was forced to drop out of the 2010 gubernatorial race. Yet there was Paterson, in typical fashion, denying culpability.
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Scott Brinton
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3/10/10
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Jets head coach Rex Ryan, the Big Apple’s newest favorite son, gave a bunch of rowdy Dolphins fans the finger after they heckled him in a Miami bar. The Jets fined Ryan $50,000.
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Al D'Amato
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2/11/10
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On Feb. 1, the Oceanside School District’s administration began presenting their budget for the 2010-11 school year. This year’s proposed budget of $128 million amounts to a total of $2.5 …
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by Alex Costello
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2/10/10
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On Jan. 19, Governor David Paterson unveiled his 2010-11 budget plan, which included $1.1 billion reduction in state aid to schools, which would take nearly $1.5 million from Oceanside’s …
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by Alex Costello
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1/27/10
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School districts across the South Shore had their state aid allotments for December held back when Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay in the black.
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1/21/10
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By ALEX COSTELLO and
ANNMARIE FERTOLI
Island Park's newest school administrators, hired at the end of the last school year, have been hard at work within the district, implementing new …
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Alex Costello and Annmarie Fertoli
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1/20/10
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