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Under the new law, if the school district wants to enact a budget that exceeds the tax cap, the spending plan would need to pass public vote by 60 percent — something that has only happened twice in the last five years in Oceanside.
Budget season gets under way in Oceanside
The Oceanside School District began presenting its proposed 2012-13 budget to the public at a Board of Education meeting on Feb. 7. Still in the preliminary stages, the spending plan that was … more
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The nonprofit food-recovery organization Rock and Wrap It Up! is partnering with the Sands in Lido Beach and the Coral House in Baldwin to bring leftovers to the hungry. Above, from left, were Butch Yamali, owner of the Sands and the Coral House, Saul Lerner, a Rock and Wrap It Up! board member, and Syd Mandelbaum, the organization’s founder and executive director.
South Shore caterer joins Rock and Wrap It Up!
Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s athletic director, learned recently that Butch Yamali, a Merrick Board of Education trustee and restaurateur, bought the Sands in Lido Beach and the Coral House in Baldwin. Therein, Lerner saw an opportunity to help feed the poor. more
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A veto by Cuomo may save redistricting
Looking at the current New York state government, you could almost forget that until recently it was an ineffective embarrassment, a decidedly non-functional democracy. more
Oceanside School District gets ready for Dignity Act
At a Board of Education meeting last month, Dr. Karen Siris, principal of School 9E, spoke to residents about how the New York State Dignity For All Students Act (the Dignity Act) will be effecting … more
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Laurie Schneider’s business, Janatorial Close-Out City Corp., was allegedly a front for her Ponzi scheme, prosecutors said.
Oceansider indicted in Ponzi scheme
Oceanside businesswoman Laurie Schneider was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on charges of running a Ponzi scheme that allegedly defrauded investors of more than $4 million. According … more
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Roger Corbin was indicted by the D.A.'s office in July 2010 on corruption, larceny and bribery charges, along with three local men.
Jury selection upcoming in trial of 2 former legislators
According to the Nassau County district attorney's office, a jury will likely be selected on Feb. 13 for the trial of former Nassau County legislators Roger Corbin and Patrick Williams, who were indicted by the D.A.'s office in July 2010 on corruption, larceny and bribery charges for their alleged involvement in multiple bid-rigging and bribery schemes in the New Cassel Redevelopment Project. more
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg hosted a panel discussion on the college athletic recruitment process on Thursday. Above, the panel included, from left, Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University; Danny Longo, head men’s and women’s soccer coach at Molloy College; Susan Cassidy-Lyke, the Molloy athletic director; Craig Papach, athletic coordinator at Kennedy High School; and Rod Stephan, head baseball coach at SUNY Old Westbury.
L.I. college coaches offer words of wisdom on getting recruited
To the many sports parents who dream of sending their star athletes to college on full athletic scholarships, think again, says Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University in Hempstead. more
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We Long Islanders must all do our part
On Jan. 17, in front of New York’s policymakers, Governor Cuomo announced his 2012-13 budget. The governor used the speech to apply pressure to our state’s unions, interest groups and school districts by defiantly stating, take what we’re offering or make due without state funding. more
Get ready — here comes Cuomo's tax cap
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
Central District, Parent Center to host athletic recruiting seminar
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick. more
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