Larger Classes, Less Employees In Tarrytown School Budget

Increased class sizes, more than 30 layoffs and the closure of Tappan Hill Elementary School are proposed in the 2010-11 Public Schools of the Tarrytowns $63.4 million budget.

If the current spending plan is approved by voters May 18, property taxes in Tarrytown would inch up a mere 0.10%, but Sleepy Hollow property owners would experience a 6.6% tax hike. The tax percentages differ because of changes in equalization rates and total assessed valuation as determined by the Town of Greenburgh and the Town of Mount Pleasant. more

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Мэр соседнего города (White Plains) арестован

по обвинению в плохом обращении с женой. В смысле, в очень плохом.

White Plains Mayor Bradley arrested on new charges of witness tampering, harassment

WHITE PLAINS — Mayor Adam Bradley was arrested today at around 1 p.m. by the Westchester County District Attorney's Office for witness tampering, second-degree criminal contempt and harassment.

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TED: Ideas worth speading: Vilayanur S. Ramachandran MD, PhD

Лэшевцы теперь снимают фильмы на школе

Утащено из журнала Жени Гельфера

Beirut - Nantes

Фильм "Мафия"

взято здесь
http://gelfer.livejournal.com/13365.html

A Sunday Smile--Beirut