🌱 What Elmont’s over-the-limit school reserves mean for local taxpayers
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- What Elmont’s over-the-limit school reserves mean for local taxpayers
- Want to see Army hockey at UBS Arena in Elmont?
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📰 News we're reading
• Herricks School District has over 1% of allowable limit in cash reserves (longislandpress.com) — Elmont’s school district is slightly above New York’s 4% cap on unrestricted reserves, holding 4.01% while Herricks and several other Long Island districts exceed the limit by even larger margins. The report, based on state tax data, outlines how districts across the Island are managing multimillion-dollar reserve funds and recent budget pressures. 
• Army hockey to open season on October 2. See full 2026-27 schedule here (recordonline.com) — Army hockey will skate at UBS Arena in Elmont this December for the inaugural Empire State Holiday Invitational, hosted by Long Island. Local fans can also catch a full slate of Army home games at West Point, plus neutral-site matchups against Penn State in Newark and University Park throughout the 2026-27 season.
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