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$286M Middle Country School Budget Sails Through
The budget-to-budget change is a 4 percent change, while the budget-to-budget tax levy change is 1.6 percent.

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The budget-to-budget change is a 4 percent change, while the budget-to-budget tax levy change is 1.6 percent.

Incumbent trustees Angelo Cassarino, Robert Taiani, and Luis Soto ran unopposed.
Cheryl A. Felice was elected with 1,268 votes and E. Anne Hayes with 1,129 votes.
The measure passed 499 to 220 votes.
Karen Roughley, David McKinnon, and Jeffrey Kerman took the top amount of votes.
John Galligan and Lisa Reitan were elected to the Board of Education.
Angela Raimo and Maria Elena Venuto ran unopposed for the Board of Education.
Stephanie Volpe, Matt Baumann, and Robert Scavo were elected.
incumbents Kelli Anne Jennings and Diana Andrade were reelected by 1,358 and 1,213 votes, respectively.
The fire started at around 2:25 p.m., Suffolk police said.
UPDATE: The U.S. Coast Guard announced it suspended the search just after 9 p.m.
He broke into the dealer then used key left inside the SUV to "quickly reverse" it and then drive through a bay door, cops say.
He drove up to the girl and was engaged her in a conversation at about 3:10 p.m., Nassau police said.
A rise in inflation-driven operating costs on the heels of a four-year tuition freeze has prompted the hike, Newsday reported.
The funds will help protect water quality and spur economic development, officials say.
The $80.4 million spending plan has an increase of 3.47 percent with 2.34 percent tax levy, TBR News Media reported.
The $231 million spending plan has budget-to-budget change is $6,870, 139, or a 3 percent change. Three BOE members will also be elected.
The $111 million spending plan has a tax levy increase of 3.7 percent, TBR News Media reported.
Voters will weigh in on a $141 million spending plan with a budget-to-budget tax levy change of 2.75 percent, and two three-year BOE terms.
The $291 million spending plan has a budget-to-budget change of 7.38 percent.