The Harborfields Board of Education voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve a cap-piercing $82.85 million school budget that includes a full-day kindergarten program, which the district has never had.

With candidates facing an April 14 filing deadline for designating petitions for the 3rd Congressional District seat, Democrats in the crowded field are looking for an edge before the June 28 primary.

The Huntington Town Board voted last week to remove the town’s hamlet centers from legislation that allows small-scale restaurants to apply for liquor licenses, and add more seats.