05.15.2016 Editorials Editorial: Declining voter turnout is cause for concern In 2011, the year before the New York State property tax levy cap took effect, 2,694 Southold Town residents showed up at the polls to vote on the proposed...
04.01.2015 Education School Districts to see increase in state aid, but at a cost New York State’s adopted budget for 2015-16 includes increases in school aid for all of the districts in Riverhead and Southold towns. The budget increases school aid by 6.2...
05.03.2013 Editorials Editorial: 2% cap didn’t deliver 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...