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Sports
Girls Basketball: Read, Gehring return to Mercy, leave disappointed
December 12, 2013
Boys Basketball: Mercy wins game made memorable by its oddness
December 12, 2013
Track & Field: Riverhead girls eye another 4 x 800 title
December 11, 2013
Education
Common Core math homework causes frustration in Riverhead
December 10, 2013
Early dismissal at SWR; Riverhead after school activities cancelled
December 10, 2013
School board considering direct deposit mandate
December 10, 2013
Business
Economic development awards: Who's getting money on the North Fork
December 11, 2013
Fire on the water? Town seeking grants to make it happen
December 9, 2013
Editorial: Shop locally this holiday season
December 6, 2013
Community
Suffolk County Historical Society offering grants to local groups
December 11, 2013
BOCES students raise funds for Kent Animal Shelter
December 10, 2013
Town to dedicate gazebo to former finance administrator
December 10, 2013
Obituaries
William DeWitt Titterton
December 10, 2013
Janet Pelosi
December 10, 2013
Arthur T. Schoedel
December 10, 2013
Real Estate
Real Estate Transfers
December 10, 2013
Real Estate: Preparing your yard for the deep freeze
December 1, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
November 24, 2013
Opinion
Letter: Why shop anywhere but local this year?
December 8, 2013
Column: Riverhead’s rich tradition of silly news
December 8, 2013
Editorial: Shop locally this holiday season
December 6, 2013
Tax Cap
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Special Report: Cap hasn’t slowed spending in North Fork school districts
When state lawmakers approved a 2 percent cap on annual tax levy increases in 2011, they said the legislation was designed to control school district spending and ease the burden on taxpayers. Since then, a Times/Review Newsgroup analysis has found, spending in most North Fork districts has increased at a higher...
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Editorial: Not what we expected from ’2 percent’ tax cap
The biggest disservice New York State lawmakers did to themselves — and to local school districts — when they passed the tax levy increase cap in 2011 was to call it a 2 percent cap. It is not a 2 percent cap. Exclusions, mainly related to pension costs, give schools the flexibility...
