Week in Review: May 14-20

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: Blockbuster Video at 745 Fort Salonga Road in the CVS shopping center closed in April of 2011 after the company filed bankruptcy. What would you like to see in place of this vacant property?

: By a nearly 66 percent margin, Northport voters approved a $153.9 million budget on Tuesday for the 2012-13 school year, which reflects a 1.83 percent budget-to-budget increase over last year. The final tally was 2,826-1,461. Board President Stephen Waldenburg, Jr. was re-elected to the board for a fourth term, winning 2,965 votes. Newcomers David Badanes, a local attorney, and Jim Maloney garnered 2,754 and 2,638 votes respectively for the remaining two open seats, ousting current Board VP Donna McNaughton, who received 2,484 votes.

: residents passed the $54.6 million school budget with 72 percent of the vote on Tuesday, 1267-499. The budget carries a 2.12 percent tax levy and represents a .83 percent increase over the current year.

: After nearly 27 months of negotiations, the United Teachers of Northport and the Northport Board of Ed approved a four-year Memorandum of Agreement on Tuesday, which runs from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014. Although she didn't disclose actual numbers, UTN President Antoinette Blanck said Tuesday evening that the membership approved the MOA by "a substantial margin." The new deal calls for a hard freeze in year one, with no salary increase and no increment; and no salary increase but increments in years two through four.

: Parents of a student filed a lawsuit against the school earlier this week alleging that officials did not do enough to stop anti-Semitic bullying against their son after it was reported.