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: Following the disclosure at the June 4 Northport-East Northport Board of Education meeting that the district has an additional , Board members voted 7-2 to put $1,595,000 into a capital improvements proposition set for a Sept. 19 ballot. The remaining $375,000 would be used to lower the 1.68 percent tax levy, which voters had approved in May.
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: congratulated nearly 500 students in the Class of 2012 on Saturday morning in the presence of hundreds of friends, family, and loved ones.
: While several merchants declined to make waves about water along Main Street, since Northport was founded.
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: A two-vehicle accident on Rt. 110 in Melville Tuesday critically injured two, including an 89-year-old Huntington man and a 77-year old East Northport woman.
: The Northport Zoning Board had a hard time swallowing requests from for a full liquor license and outdoor music at a public hearing on Wednesday night, citing concerns that the restaurant may waver into tavern territory.
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