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UPDATE: All Of The South Fork School Budgets Passed Tuesday Night; Several Incumbents Ousted

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Polls are open across the South Fork as taxpayers cast their vote on the proposed school district budgets and board of education candidates.

Polls are open across the South Fork as taxpayers cast their vote on the proposed school district budgets and board of education candidates.

Voters at Springs School cast their ballots on Tuesday, May 19. KYRIL BROMLEY

Voters at Springs School cast their ballots on Tuesday, May 19. KYRIL BROMLEY

Voters in the Sag Harbor School District reported to the Pierson Middle/High School gymnasium Tuesday to vote for the 2015-16 budget and school board elections. ALYSSA MELILLO

Voters in the Sag Harbor School District reported to the Pierson Middle/High School gymnasium Tuesday to vote for the 2015-16 budget and school board elections. ALYSSA MELILLO

Stephanie Bitis shortly after she learned that she was elected to the Sag Harbor School Board Tuesday night with 677 votes, the second-highest in the five-person race. ALYSSA MELILLO

Stephanie Bitis shortly after she learned that she was elected to the Sag Harbor School Board Tuesday night with 677 votes, the second-highest in the five-person race. ALYSSA MELILLO

authorErin McKinley on May 19, 2015
UPDATE: Tuesday, 9:50 p.m. In East Quogue, the $23 million budget passed 575 to 118 and candidate Christopher Hudson defeated Carolyn Terry 348-299. The Library budget passed 589-101. The Springs... more

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