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School Taxes Rising, School Candidates Running Top Salisbury News
A mass casualty drill at Dorney Park also made headlines in the week's news.
Here are the week's top stories from Salisbury Patch:
How Much Will Your School Taxes Go Up? Salisbury School Board approved a $31 million budget Thursday that includes a tax hike and uses some money from the district's fund balance to fill a budget gap.
Who's Running for School Board? Five candidates—incuding a high school student—are running for four seats on the Salisbury School Board in Tuesday's primary.
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Police Swarm Dorney Park for Mass Casualty Drill: A regional counter terrorism task force held a large-scale emergency drill at Dorney Park on Monday.
Supervisor Trying for Re-Election by Write-In Vote: A township supervisor whose name won't be on Tuesday's ballot because of a problem filing for the primary hopes to get enough write-in votes to retain his seat.
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Four Hospital Tests That Cost Less in Lehigh County: The cost of colonoscopies, MRIs, CT scans and mammograms can vary a lot from place to place and all of these tests can cost less in Lehigh than in Northampton county.
KidsPeace Housing Immigrant Children: Township officials say they see no danger in KidsPeace housing immigrant refugee children from Central and South American in a Salisbury Township facility.
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