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May 17: Vote on Your Local School Budget

Tuckahoe, Sagaponack, Southampton and Bridgehampton hold votes today.

The sun will rise at 5:30 a.m. and set at 8:02 p.m.

School board elections and budget votes will be held throughout the state; the Southampton Historical Museum offers two exhibitions at its Rogers Mansion and the Southampton School Board will meet.

1. Before heading out to vote today, read the voter guide for your school district: , and . Southampton is the only local district with a contested school board race, but each district is asking for voter approval of its 2011-2012 budget.

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2. See two exhibitions at the between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Gary Lawrance, of Lawrance Architectural Presentations, will have eight scale-models of houses on Long Island in "." And "" will feature Davisson's portraits of some very famous people, from Princess Grace of Monaco, Liza Minnelli, Rudy Giuliani, Muhammad Ali, Nancy Reagan, Jeremy Irons, Liv Ullmann and Gloria Vanderbilt. Davisson, who has a house in Southampton, has had shows throughout the world from Palm Beach to Monte Carlo. Admission is $4 for adults and free for children and museum members.

3. The will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the .

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4. Return to Southampton Patch tonight for the results of local school budget votes and school board races.

5. Patch's directory of local businesses, parks, government offices, schools, religious institutions and more has a new look and a new name: Places.

If you think your event deserves to be in a future "Five Things," add it to the Southampton Patch calendar and write the editor at brendan.j.oreilly@patch.com. If you know of a can't-miss event happening today in Southampton that is not mentioned here, leave a comment with the details to get the word out.

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