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UPDATE: Tuckahoe-Southampton Merger Fails At Polls

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Voters at the polls at Southampton Intermediate School on Tuesday morning. DANA SHAW
Voters at the polls at Southampton Intermediate School on Tuesday morning. DANA SHAW
Bridgehampton Robotics co-captain Claudio Figueroa works on a robot part at the Bridgehampton School on Monday. At left, the team's robot for a competition later this month, wrapped and ready to go.
Voters at the polls at Southampton Intermediate School on Tuesday morning. DANA SHAW
Mr. Turner’s mantle.
Absentee ballots are voted on Tuesday night at the Southampton Intermediate School. ERIN MCKINLEY BY ERIN MCKINLEY
Deonne Finkelstein's Remsenburg garden will be open on Saturday, June 11, for the "Remsenburg Area Garden Tour."
Southampton Superintendent Dr. Scott Farina and Tuckahoe Board of Education President Bob Grisnik talk after the vote to merge the two districts is denied by Southampton voters on Tuesday night. ERIN MCKINLEY BY ERIN MCKINLEY
Southampton voters rejected a proposal to annex the Tuckahoe School District on Tuesday night. BY ERIN MCKINLEY
Southampton voters rejected a proposal to annex the Tuckahoe School District on Tuesday night. BY ERIN MCKINLEY
Sir Ivan's castle in Water Mill. DANA SHAW
The voting machines are read at Tuckhoe School on Tuesday night. DANA SHAW
Absetee ballots are counted at Tuckahoe School on Tuesday night. DANA SHAW
Tuckahoe School Board of Education Vice-President Daniel Crough, Superintendent Chris Dyer and school board president Bob Griskick at Tuckahoe School on Tuesday night. DANA SHAW
Students at Southampton High School held a sit-in on Wednesday morning in response to the Tuckahoe merger being voted down. DANA SHAW
Students at Southampton High School held a sit-in on Wednesday morning in response to the Tuckahoe merger being voted down. DANA SHAW
Bridge Gardens ALYSSA MELILLO
Students at Southampton High School held a sit-in on Wednesday morning in response to the Tuckahoe merger being voted down. DANA SHAW
Students at Southampton High School held a sit-in on Wednesday morning in response to the Tuckahoe merger being voted down. DANA SHAW

Voters at the polls at Southampton Intermediate School on Tuesday morning. DANA SHAW

Bridgehampton Robotics co-captain Claudio Figueroa works on a robot part at the Bridgehampton School on Monday. At left, the team's robot for a competition later this month, wrapped and ready to go.

Voters at the polls at Southampton Intermediate School on Tuesday morning. DANA SHAW

Mr. Turner’s mantle.

Absentee ballots are voted on Tuesday night at the Southampton Intermediate School. ERIN MCKINLEY BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Deonne Finkelstein's Remsenburg garden will be open on Saturday, June 11, for the "Remsenburg Area Garden Tour."

Southampton Superintendent Dr. Scott Farina and Tuckahoe Board of Education President Bob Grisnik talk after the vote to merge the two districts is denied by Southampton voters on Tuesday night. ERIN MCKINLEY BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Southampton voters rejected a proposal to annex the Tuckahoe School District on Tuesday night. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Sir Ivan's castle in Water Mill. DANA SHAW

The voting machines are read at Tuckhoe School on Tuesday night. DANA SHAW

Absetee ballots are counted at Tuckahoe School on Tuesday night. DANA SHAW

Tuckahoe School Board of Education Vice-President Daniel Crough, Superintendent Chris Dyer and school board president Bob Griskick at Tuckahoe School on Tuesday night. DANA SHAW

Students at Southampton High School held a sit-in on Wednesday morning in response to the Tuckahoe merger being voted down. DANA SHAW

Bridge Gardens ALYSSA MELILLO

Students at Southampton High School held a sit-in on Wednesday morning in response to the Tuckahoe merger being voted down. DANA SHAW

UPDATE: 9 p.m. Officials from both school districts expressed their sadness at the results, saying they appreciated how many community members came to the polls on Tuesday. According to Tuckahoe... more

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