Rondout Valley school budget would hike levy 4%

Rondout Valley school budget would hike levy 4%
KYSERIKE — Voters on May 17 will decide the fate of the proposed 2011-12 Rondout Valley school budget, which would raise the property tax levy exactly 4 percent despite eliminating 49.6 positions, according to the district’s top business official.
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Sir William Sargent: Meet the mane man of film special effects
Sir William Sargent, who is used to rubbing shoulders with Hollywood’s elite as well as British prime ministers, tends to play down the trappings that have come with his dual career in private enterprise and public service. He only uses the title on business cards in America, and if he could convince the managing directors of his VFX (visual effects) company otherwise, the Oscar would be removed …
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Kara DioGuardi’s new memoir reveals that she was molestated and date-raped
LOS ANGELES — In an upcoming memoir, former “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi says she was molested as a child and date-raped by a music producer, FOX News Channel reported Tuesday. Out April 26, DioGuardi’s “A Helluva High Note” reveals the horrors that the successful songwriter faced in her…
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