To the Editor:
Oceanside residents are in for a shock when they get their next school tax bill unless they make their voices heard on May 9 at 7:30 p.m. at School 7, and at the ballot box on May …
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3/30/11
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The third Oceanside School District budget workshop for 2011-12, held March 21 at School 3, focused on teaching staffs and administration, which Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown has called the …
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Tom Steinert
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3/30/11
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It’s time for the Republican Party to call the police and report a kidnapping. A few months ago, the party was basking in the glow of a big victory in Washington and victories around the country. Now it seems that wherever you look, there’s chaos and confusion.
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By Jerry Kremer
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3/30/11
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Facing a fiscal crisis, Nassau County’s leaders have difficult decisions to make. Raising property taxes and imposing budget cuts are two options and County Executive Ed Mangano said last week that he would choose the latter.
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MIKE CAPUTO and ALEX COSTELLO
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3/25/11
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Facing a fiscal crisis, Nassau County’s leaders have difficult decisions to make. Raising property taxes and imposing budget cuts are two options. County Executive Ed Mangano said last week that …
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Mike Caputo and Alex Costello
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3/23/11
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Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget plan, South Nassau Communities Hospital may lose around $2 million in state funding, but hospital officials say they believe it is a storm the institution …
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Alex Costello
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3/16/11
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State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he is optimistic that despite the difficult choices they face, this is the year when Albany lawmakers will finally make the structural changes to the state budget needed to rein in spending.
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Judy Rattner
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3/9/11
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On Feb. 28, in front of sizable crowd of teachers, parents and students in the School 4 auditorium, Oceanside School District officials presented their second workshop on the 2011-12 budget, and the …
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Tom Steinert
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3/9/11
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It is time for leaders to take strong, firm stances. That goes for lawmakers in Washington and Albany, our county, town and village representatives and the elected members of our own boards of education.
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3/3/11
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The Bellmore-based Long Island Crisis Center is facing a crisis of its own: Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget cuts mean that the center could lose nearly one-third of its budget, possibly shutting …
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By Alex Costello
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3/2/11
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