Headlines Nearby: Local Schools Approve Proposed Budgets

Hauppauge

Hauppauge drivers have see the Route 347 construction area expand over the past two week, as construction workers moved heavy machinery onto Route 111. 

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Commack

Commack Board of Education adopted the proposed $171M budget for the 2012-13 school year Thursday night, which calls for a tax levy increase of 2.6 percent. 

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Kings Park

Residents who came out on Thursday evening to  on Old Northport Road will have to wait.

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Port Jefferson

After state legislators agreed on giving $450,000 more than Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed in his executive budget, Comsewogue Assistant Superintendent Susan Casali said on Wednesday that the additional funding will go toward reducing the number of layoffs in next year's budget by nearly four positions.

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Three Village

For Three Village administrators and school board trustees, it's a chance worth taking: the district will officially float a budget that would pierce the state's tax cap threshold and need a super majority to pass.