1966-06-16

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Vol. 3 No. 43 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, June 16, 1966
COUNTY AGREES
TO PURCHASE AIRPORT
The Suffolk County Board of Supervisors, in a surprise move
this week, voted by an 8- 2 margin, to purchase the Republic
Airfield in East Farmingdale and operate it as a general avia­tion
airport.
Suffolk County Executive Lee Dennison said that he would open
negotiations immediately to purchase the 265 acre airfield, " I'm
not one to fiddle around with a thing like this", he said. " The
Long Island region will benefit.
" I'm delighted," was the reaction of Farmingdale resident
Sebastian A. Albrecht, who has been fighting for a general air­port.
* Although we would have preferred the Town of Babylon
to have purchased the airfield, the next most local authority is
the County of Suffolk. The County will provide a larger tax
base and it may turn out to be better. The airport should mean
great things for the Farmingdale area with the attraction of a
better type of industry. Fairchild Hiller will now probably
decide to stay in Farmingdale and to expand production here.
Also there will probably be many more blue- chip office build­ings
attracted to the Farmingdale area from New York City. Any
temporary loss of tax revenue, will be more than made up in
the future with increased assessed valuation," Albrecht said.
The Federal Aviation Agency will pay up to 50 per cent of
the purchase price of the field which has been valued at between
$ 6,000,000 and $ 8,000,000.
The Suffolk action was spearheaded by the fact that the
Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority were moving
to acquire the airfield which would take it out of local control.
In so doing, the Authority could condemn land for acquisition
purposes.
Hynes Seeks Appraisal of Motor Ave. Site for Recreation
Councilman Frank J. Hynes
this week, submitted a resolution
to the Town Board calling forthe
appointment of an appraiser to
determine the current cost of a
16- acre parcel located on
Heisser Lane and Motor Avenue,
Farmingdale, for future develop­ment
as a community park. In
submitting the resolution, Hynes
suggested that the Town Attorney
confer with the State to determine
if there is additional State land
in the area available for Town
acquisition. He said, " this land,
if available, could be acquired
by gift or negotiated contract.
" I believe," Councilman Hynes
said, " we should ascertain what
State land is available, if any,
while at the same time pro­ceeding
with the real estate ap­praisal
of the 16- acre tract on
Heisser Lane and Motor
Avenue."
The Town Board deferred
action on the Councilman's res­olution
pending information from
Town Attorney Bernard F. Mc­Caffrey
who will contact the State
to determine if they own any
land in the area and are willing
to convey it to the Town. The
Board is expected to take up
Hynes' resolution, calling forthe
appointment of an appraiser of
the Heisser Lane and Motor
Avenue site, at its June 28th
meeting.
If of C To Celebrate
at Yankee Stadium
In . cooperation with the Inter­national
Headquarters of the
Knights of Columbus, the New
York Yankees have designated
June 25m as Knights of Columbus
Day. Knights of Columbus and
their families from the United
States, Canada, Mexico and
Puerto Rico will participate in
the activities.
A highlight will be the solemn
dedication of a plaque com­memorating
the Mass offered in
ihe Yankee Stadium by Pope Paul
VI on October 4, 1965.
Francis Cardinal Spellman of
New York will preside at the
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Goer, President of the Farmingdale Youth Council and Mrs. Josephine Jones,
Farmingdale School Board Trustee, discuss ideas at the Town- sponsored
Recreation for xm held recently at Parkway Oaks School. Topics discussed
included a swimming pool for Farmingdale and the Town Board's proposal
to give financial aid to school district recreational programs.
Murray Tuck, chairman of the Farmingdale
Community Scholarship Fund, accepts a $ 100check
from Farmingdale Kiwanettes Mrs. Andrew Manzo
and Mrs. David Eysmann.