Today's 5: Town Presents 2012 Budget

The Town of Oyster Bay is expected to present its preliminary 2012 budget at a meeting Tuesday morning.

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Tuesday's highlights:

1. The town's 2012 spending plan will be unveiled at today's 10 a.m. meeting and two public hearings on the plan scheduled in two weeks will be voted on.

2. The Plainview met Monday night. We'll have a report later today on the meeting.

3. Both middle schools, and will be holding open houses tonight at 7 to welcome parents of 5th graders and introduce them to the kids' new surroundings.

4. Having joint-replacement surgery? There's a pre-operative education class that meets every Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. in Lecture Room B of .

5. It's political season: What better time to start blogging for Plainview Patch? Contact Joe Dowd at Joe.Dowd@patch.com.