Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Budget for the 2012-'13 school year approved with 70 percent of the vote.
Residents came out to the polls Tuesday and passed a $64,954,995 Miller Place School District budget for the 2012-13 school year by a vote of 1,220 to 538. The budget passed with 69.4 percent of the vote. With the budget coming in at the cap of 2.96 percent for the district, it needed to pass by just the majority. It includes 16.7 faculty position reductions, with the biggest staffing reductions coming at the Elementary level (5.0 positions) and the Business department (4.4). The budget saves all clubs and athletic programs, which were originally on the chopping block in the first proposed budget. "I'd like to congratulate the Board of Education, the community and the administration for working together on a budget that has been …
Everything residents need to know before they hit the polls in Miller Place Tuesday.
Curry ranks in the top five percent of his class and will be majoring in Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.
Name: Sean Curry - Age 17 School: Miller Place High School - 12th grade Accomplishments: Ranked in the top five percent of his class, Curry will be graduating from Miller Place High School in June and is headed to Cornell University in the fall. He has taken nine Advanced Placement (AP) courses while in high school and has been recognized by the College Board with the National AP Scholar with Honor Award. He has been on the high honor roll for every quarter of his high school career and has received the General Academic Excellence Award each year and the Dual Language Award for Spanish and French as an 11th grader. The senior is a member of the National Honor Society, the Foreign Language Honor Society and the Future Business Leaders of …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Crash joins long list of accidents at the intersection of Route 25A and Miller Place Road.
The Miller Place Fire Department responded to another accident at the intersection of Route 25A and Miller Place Road Sunday morning. The accident sent one child to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital with very minor injuries, according the Miller Place Fire Department First Assistant Chief Kyle Markott. Chief Carl Schroeter was in charge of MPFD operations at the scene. The accident is the second in a week at the intersection, joining the long list of recent crashes at that location this year alone.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Online petition seeks to have Joey DiBernardo's name added to the FDNY's Wall of Heroes.
His family and friends will testify: it's unquestionably true that Joseph DiBernardo Jr., was devoted to his work as a FDNY Rescue 3 firefighter and Setauket Fire Department volunteer. According to his father, Joseph DiBernardo Sr., it's also unquestionably true that his son "Joey D", who lived in Miller Place, died as an eventual result of the injuries he sustained from the Black Sunday fire in January of 2005. On that day, he plunged 40 feet from a burning building – a fire which killed two firefighters and critically injured DiBernardo Jr. and three more. The names of the two who died that day already are up on the Wall of Heroes at the headquarters of the Fire Department of New York, which honors those who have died in the line of duty…
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Patch takes a closer look at Miller Place's adopted budget for the 2012-'13 fiscal year.
School Budget votes are just days away, and on May 15 residents will flock to the polls. Throughout the next few days, Patch will break down the budget of each local school district. The newly installed New York State tax levy cap adds a new wrinkle to school budgets this year. Districts are not allowed to increase the tax levy by over two percent (exact number varies per district), and if they do, the budget can only pass by a supermajority of 60 percent. Miller Place residents will vote on a $64,954,995 budget, an increase of 1.09 percent from the current school year. The budget remains within the tax levy cap, which comes out to 2.96 percent, a total allowable levy of $41,300,365. State Aid is projected at $18,332,434, an increase of $…
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Calling all those advocates, hand-raisers, soap-box speakers and meeting attendees. Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch is seeking a few good bloggers to add to our site. Are you passionate about government? Attend School Board of Education meetings? Sit on a local board, committee or group? Volunteer in town? Have a love of sports, arts or science? Love to write? Then we want you to blog for us. Our Local Voices Bloggers can write daily, weekly or monthly on a topic of choice. Short or long, essay style or a quick how-to. Blogging on Patch is a great way to share your opinions with the community and get your voice out there. Interested? Email Local Editor Rich Arleo at rich.arleo@patch.com today and learn more about our Local Voices bloggers.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Two-car collision gives four minor injuries Tuesday night.
In the latest of a string of accidents at the intersection of 25A and Miller Place Road, Police said four were sent to Mather Hospital Tuesday night with minor injuries after a two-car collision. At approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday a gray mini van heading eastbound on 25A t-boned a sedan making a left onto Miller Place Road from the westbound lane of 25A, according to Police. The driver of the sedan and three of the four people in the mini van were sent to the hospital with minor injuries. The intersection has proved to be one of the more dangerous on Long Island with a handful of serious accidents already in 2012. Most recently, two were sent to the hospital in a collision at the intersection which also resulted in a fuel spill.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Sixth Graders learn about health and nutrition, work to break fitness records
North Country Middle School students have recently been learning about health, nutrition and fitness. The seminar lasted for six weeks and culminated in an opportunity for the 6th graders to break the fitness records for their grade.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Tommy Palasek had a career-high en route to a victory in the Big East Championship.
Local college athletes recently made headlines, and there were a few noteworthy happenings in the local sports scene as well. Rocky Point alum Tommy Palasek led the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team to a victory in the inaugural BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship Saturday with a career-high tying six points. The Orangemen won 12-4 over St. John’s for a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse faces Duke in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday. The honors continued for the Rocky Point High School Cheerleading National Championship team as Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker presented a certificate of congratulations to the team at the General Meeting of the Legislature on April 24th. The Miller Place and Rocky Point varsity baseball …
Peace
9:35 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Like you many of us struggle with two incomes. Unfortunately, everything is going up, so why wouldn't the budget go up? I am impressed that the Miller Place School District was able to stay at the cap. They should be Commended! I also would like to thank all of the administrators. They helped to make it happen. Let's all work to make our lives better and not attack others because we think they … more ›