When residents in Merrick and North Merrick go to the polls on May 21 to vote on the budgets for next school year, they will also cast ballots for Board of Education candidates in both districts. The Merrick Board of Education oversees Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside schools, and the North Merrick Board of Education oversees Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road schools. more...

Nassau County will use funds from a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to help prevent a property-tax hike that a number of county residents would have faced because of Hurricane Sandy, according to New York state’s grant proposal and state and county spokespeople. more...