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Residents in the Mahopac and Garrison school districts went back to the polls Tuesday and approved budgets for the 2022-2023 school year after rejecting spending plans last month. In Mahopac, a $133 million budget with a tax levy increase of
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Voters in six northern Westchester school districts handily approved budgets Tuesday for the 2022-23 school calendar. Most incumbents running were reelected, other than in the Hendrick Hudson School District. Yorktown A $108 million budget was approved 1,677-578. In the six-candidate
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By Martin Wilbur and Nora Lowe Bedford School District voters gave their approval Tuesday night to more than $62 million in borrowing for major infrastructure repairs, new learning spaces at Fox Lane High School and improved athletic facilities. The two
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Voters in two Putnam County school districts rejected budgets for the 2022-23 school years Tuesday. In Mahopac, the $133 million spending plan failed to pass the muster by eight votes, 1,225-1217. Residents did approve a $1.16 million proposition to buy
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Three incumbents were returned to the Lakeland Board of Education Tuesday in a hotly contested race. With 12 candidates on the ballot, three foursomes campaigned as four of the seven board seats were up for grabs. The top vote-getter was
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Voters in the White Plains School District overwhelmingly approved a $244.8 million budget Tuesday for the 2022-23 school year. According to unofficial results, the budget, which carried no tax increase for property owners, passed 1,015 to 109. “Not only does
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Like many school districts throughout the region, there is plenty of interest in this year’s Board of Education election in Chappaqua. Six candidates submitted petitions last month to run for two seats that carry the full three-year term and another
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A $2 million proposition facing Pleasantville School District voters next week to replace the antiquated heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC) at the district’s middle school may seem like a relatively small project. But for the students and staff
Read moreThere will be three new members of the Bedford Board of Education regardless of the outcome of the May 17 election. Five candidates, Gilian Goldman-Klein, Chris Kramer, Blakeley Lowry, Roger Nadel and Amal Shady, are on the ballot this year.
Read moreFor the first time since 2017, residents in the Byram Hills School District will have choices in the annual Board of Education election. With four of the seven seats up for grabs in the May 17 election, including the final
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