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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. more

1/19/12

Members of the Malverne Village Board were among the 45 Long Island villages represented at the seminar held at LaMarmite Restaurant in Williston Park. Pictured from left were Trustee Mike Bailey, Deputy Mayor Joe Hennessy, Mayor Patricia McDonald and Trustee Patricia Canzoneri-Callahan.

Taxes a hot topic with county officials

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 … more

By Brian Croce | 1/18/12

Kelly Bremel, a Town of Hempstead summer ranger at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, regularly leads kayaking tours down the Meadow Brook into Merrick Bay.

There's something in the water part IV

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. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/25/11

North High School students, from left, Danielle Berman, Marvin Voltaire, Rob Arata, Kendel Levy and Nicole Moneta performed acts of kindness recently in their community.

Good deeds are the norm at Valley Stream North High

Forecasters may have predicted bad weather, but may not have seen the good deeds that would follow. A group of five students at Valley Stream North High School spent their time and effort to help local residents dig out and push out in the aftermath of recent winter storms. more

By Clarissa Hamlin | 2/16/11

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and Councilwoman Angie Cullin with Merrick Assistant Superintendent Christine Grucci and Ilene Robinson’s third-grade class from Levy- Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick. Murray said on Wednesday that the town is looking to ban smoking in parks.

Town seeks to ban smoking in parks

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.” more

David Weingrad | 11/11/10

Weekend

Autumn Delights Trail HikeJoin the Friends of Norman Levy Preserve on a spectacular hike to the 125-foot “peak” of the planned Meadowbrook Parkway Trail, sponsored by the Long Island … more

by Karen Bloom | 10/15/09

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