🌱 How a 13.76% tax hike could hit Bellport homeowners
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In today's newsletter:
- How a 13.76% tax hike could hit Bellport homeowners
Also on today's calendar: Stony Brook University Esports Summer Program and 7 more events.
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- Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 75 and low of 51 degrees.
- Saturday: Rather cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 60, low: 49.
- Sunday: Cloudy with showers; breezy, with a high of 55 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• South Country school district, facing $6M shortfall, considers nearly 14% tax levy increase (newsday.com) — South Country school officials are weighing up to a 13.76% tax levy increase that could cost the average homeowner about $1,185 more per year, after a tense budget meeting at Bellport Middle School. Facing multimillion-dollar deficits and a critical state audit, the board must choose between piercing the tax cap or making deep cuts to staff, transportation, sports, AP courses, and world languages before the May 19 budget vote. 
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Stony Brook University Esports Summer Program
Tabler Dr, Stony Brook
9:00 am
Monday May 4
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Other local events
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Earth Day Community Cleanup
South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
9:30 am -
Head of Adult & Information Services
Suffolk Cooperative Library System , 627 Sunrise Hwy , Bellport
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Resource Sharing Committee
Suffolk Cooperative Library System , 627 Sunrise Hwy , Bellport
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Technology Advisory Committee
Suffolk Cooperative Library System , 627 Sunrise Hwy , Bellport
10:00 am -
Library Tote Bags [K-5th]
South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
6:00 pm -
Adult Services Advisory Committee
Suffolk Cooperative Library System , 627 Sunrise Hwy , Bellport
2:00 pm -
Paper Quilled Snails [1st-3rd]
South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
6:00 pm -
2nd Annual Spring Fling
Mastic Beach Property Owners Association
7:00 pm -
Community Mental Health Promotion and Support
South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
10:00 am
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Baby Play Date
Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library , 407 William Floyd Pkwy , Shirley
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In-person class: Handmade Pasta 101 (Long Island)
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Long Island Brookhaven , 2 Sawgrass Dr , Bellport
10:30 am -
SMART Recovery
South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
12:00 pm -
Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony
Patchogue Medford High School East Gym
5:30 pm
Friday April 17
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🗞 Nearby News
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Yaphank
- Suffolk Sheriff Hosts Internship Graduation (longisland.com)
Sayville
- Bayport Man Used Discord, Snapchat To Access Child Sexual Abuse Material: DA (patch.com)
- Sex Trafficker Who Ran Sayville Motel Operation Sentenced to 22 Years: Prosecutors (patch.com)
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