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Don't Forget to Vote in Belleville School election

Two Board of Education trustees and a $61.3 school budget face vote.

It’s Board of Education trustee election day in Belleville, and voters will also say yes or no the $61.3 million 2012-13 school budget.

Four candidates are seeking two, three-year terms on the Belleville Board of Education today. Polls are open from 2 p.m.  to 9 p.m.

Sitting Board of Education President Peter Zangari, Jr. is a candidate, and there are three challengers: Erika Jacko, Jeanne Lombardo and Ralph Vellon.

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The Board passed the final 2012-2013 school budget that contains a zero dollar tax increase for a home assessed at $244,562, the average value of a home in Belleville, according to Edward Appleton, board of education secretary/business administrator.

This is the second  year in a row that the average tax bill has not increased because of the school budget, administrators say.

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