Saturday, May 19, 2012
Of the five area school districts, one had a failing budget Tuesday.
School Board elections and budget votes were Tuesday, and after the smoke cleared, incumbents were safe in Sagaponack, Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor, two new members were elected in Southampton, and a former board member ousted a sitting member in Tuckahoe. Tuckahoe was also one of a handful of budgets on Long Island to be rejected by voters, while all other area school districts had their budgets pass comfortably. Catch up on how budgets fared and elections ended this week in eastern Southampton Town: Tuckahoe Voters Reject $17.8M Budget; Steudte Defeats Grindle The Tuckahoe School District's proposed $17.8 million budget failed, 228-275, on Tuesday, and former School Board member Harald Steudte ousted incumbent Sharon Grindle by an 8-vote…
Friday, May 18, 2012
Two trustee seats are up for grabs in village.
East Hampton Village police sergeant and Sag Harbor firefighter Kevin Duchemin is challenging incumbent Sag Harbor Village Trustees Bruce Stafford and Robby Stein in June's election, The Sag Harbor Express reports. Stafford, who owns a landscaping business, and Stein, a child psychologist, are both seeking their second full two-year terms, according to The Express. The election is June 19. For more on the trustee race, visit sagharboronline.com.
Villages elections are June 15.
Election petitions were due May 11 in the villages of Southampton and Sagaponack, and in both municipalities there will be no contest. In Southampton Village, Trustee Richard Yastrzemski is seeking re-election and Planning Board Chairman Michael Irving has put his name in as well. The field is clear for Irving, as Trustee Bonnie Cannon has declined to seek a fourth two-year term. Yastrzemski and Cannon belong to the Citizens With Integrity Party, which holds four of five seats on the board — but will only hold three when Cannon's term is up. Irving is with the Patriot Party, which Trustee William Hattrick started last year when he sought to rejoin the board for the first time after an 18-year absense. Mayor Mark Epley said the Citizens …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
All propositions approved.
Southampton School District voters, by an overwhelming margin, approved a $59.5 million budget on Tuesday, 566-260, and elected two new School Board members. In a close race for two undefended School Board seats, Andrew Brindle was the top vote-getter with 370, and James Wilson was close behind with 366. Charles Styler had 348 votes, and write-in candidate Jacqueline Robinson garnered 140 votes. Brindle won a five-year term, replacing David Dubin, who declined to seek re-election. Wilson won a four-year term and was sworn in immediately after the School Board certified the results, filling a vacancy left when Amy Pierson stepped down from the board to take a job with the district. In addition to the budget, all other ballot propositions …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Voters approve all propositions as well.
Budgets passed by outstanding margins in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack school districts on Tuesday, and all incumbents kept their seats. The proposed $10.7 million Bridgehampton budget was approved with 66.9 percent of the vote, 109-54. Bridgehampton voters also approved $125,000 in funding for the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, 109-53. Spending is slated to rise 1.1 percent and the tax levy is budgeted to go up 5.9 percent. Lillian Tyree-Johnson was the top vote-getter in the Bridgehampton School Board election, with 128. Douglas DeGoot was right behind with 122 votes and Ron White had 120 votes. Challenger Gabriela Braia was unable to unseat any of the three incumbents, garnering just 61 votes. In Sagaponack, the $1.6 …
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Voters approved $34 million budget.
Over in Sag Harbor, voters approved a $34 million school budget on Tuesday. The final tally was 892-to-420 when the polls closed at 9 p.m. Gregg Schiavoni was re-elected to the Sag Harbor School Board of Education with 1,039 votes and past president Walter Wilcoxen also kept his seat with 795 votes. Challenger Tom Gleeson, a retired teacher and college admissions consultant, received 576 votes. There were two seats available, each with a three-year term. A proposition to allow the district to spend $575,000 to purchase six new buses also passed, 851-to-432. Business administrator Janet Verneuille said a total of 1,312 people came out to vote on Tuesday. Forty-nine submitted absentee ballots. The 2012-13 budget includes a 2.88 spending …
Proposition to expend funds replacing pipes also fails.
The Tuckahoe School District's proposed $17.8 million budget failed, 228-275, on Tuesday, and former School Board member Harald Steudte ousted incumbent Sharon Grindle by an 8-vote margin. Steudte received 220 votes to Grindle's 212. At least 71 voters abstained from deciding on a candidate. Under the proposed budget, the tax rate was projected to rise by 9.54 percent to $7.23 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The tax rate increase was pushed up by a 4.91 percent dip of the total assessed value of properties in the district, meaning the impact on homeowners whose property values decreased would have been less than 9.54 percent. Inclusive of collected property taxes and STAR reimbursement from New York State, the tax levy was budgeted to …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Tom Gleeson makes a run for either Walter Wilcoxen or Gregg Schiavoni's spots on the Sag Harbor School Board of Education.
When voters in the Sag Harbor School District go to the polls on Tuesday, they will have to pick between three candidates for two spots on the board of education. Incumbents Walter Wilcoxen and Gregg Schiavoni are looking to keep their seats, while Tom Gleeson is vying for one of the three-year positions on the Sag Harbor School Board. Wilcoxen, a former school board president, is finishing his second term on the board and Schiavoni is at the end of his first. Both said there are new initiatives they want to see through, while Gleeson, a retired teacher, wants to bring an educator's voice to the board. In particular, Schiavoni and Wilcoxen are looking forward to the implementation of the International Baccalaureate program, which the board…
Everything you need to know before voting Tuesday in Southampton, Tuckahoe, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor and Sagaponack.
Competitive races for school board seats in Southampton, Bridgehampton, Tuckahoe and Sag Harbor will be decided on Tuesday. There is also an uncontested election in Sagaponack, and in all districts the 2012-13 proposed school budgets are on the ballot. Two seats are available, one for a full five-year term, and the second for an abridged term of four years. The candidate with the most votes will receive the longer term. There are no incumbents in the race. School Board President David Dubin is not seeking re-election, and former member Amy Pierson stepped down shortly after she was elected last year to take a job with the school district. The candidates are: Voters will also consider a $59.5 million budget. Total spending will rise 1.74 …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Real estate exec and Southampton Village resident says he can work on a team.
Southampton Village resident James "Jake" Wilson says he is the School Board candidate with the experience to face down tough issues and cooperate with board members, teachers and administrations. Wilson, 47, is a commercial real estate executive for Brightleaf Management. He has two children in Southampton High School, sophomore Lily and junior Maude. He serves on the Friends of Rogers Memorial Library Board and is a former board member of the Development Corporation of Columbia Heights in Washington, D.C. Wilson is originally from Massachusetts, outside Boston, and has lived in Southampton for 12 years. "The board and the community are facing some difficult issues over the next several years," he said. "We, as a community, need board …
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Gittan Brorson
3:43 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Congratulations from Sweden Walter Wilcoxen! more ›