Today's 5: Learn to Fight Assessments

A free session tonight at the Plainview Library can help explain your tax assessment and learn ways to challenge it.

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On Tuesday:

1. Nassau Legislator , D-Woodbury, sponsors a free workshop tonight at the on how to An expert will be on hand to explain how the county values a home and what you can do to challenge its finding. The

2. The meets in regular session this morning. We'll have a report later from the meeting.

3. meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at .

4. There was a at the corner of Plainview and Haypath roads Monday afternoon. Fortunately, the victims were not badly hurt. Should we add that corner to the list of ?

5. Many of the stories we write about come from news tips just like you. Do you have a that needs covering? you want to tell us about? The ? Let us know by adding it to the calendar or sending us a . We read and consider every local coverage request. We try to accommodate everyone.