1969-06-26

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An Official Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmlngdale- Servlng Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 6 No. 43 Second Class Pasta** has beea paM at ParaHagdate, N. T. HTM Thursday, June 2 6 , 1969
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DISTRICT 22 VOTERS WILL
TRY AGAIN SATURDAY
School District 22 voters will go to the polls for a second time this
Saturday to vote on a school and library budget, a pupil tran­sportation
proposition and a referendum to purchase the South
Farmingdale Branch library building.
The revised $ 19,273,356 school budget reflects a reduction of $ 25,182
and a $ 384,525 library budget shows a decrease of $ 10,000.
The school decrease budget calls for a rise of $ 1.66 in the school tax
rate and .031 in the library rate in the Oyster Bay sector of the district
and an increase of 2.631 and .049 in the Town of Babylon sector for the
school and library budgets respectively.
If the Saturday school budget is approved the taxpayers will pay
$ 10,904 school and .410 in library taxes respectively.
In order to reduce the library budget by $ 10,000, Saturday library
hours will be curtailed from September to May from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
to 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
A referendum to float a bond issue in the amount of $ 250,000 for the
purchase of the South Farmingdale Branch library building is on the
ballot for the first time. Purchase cost a year is l cent on tax rate for
the estimated cost on a 15 year bond issue. A rental fee of $ 25,000 per
annum is now being charged.
Voting will take place on Saturday at Weldon E. Howitt Senior High
School from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.
The school budget was defeated on June 11 by 3,476 ' no' votes to
2,611 ' yes' votes.
Village Revamps Parking Facilities To Relieve Congestion
Changes in some present
parking patterns and- adding 51
car spaces to alleviate congestion
on Main Street and at the
municipal parking fields were
announced this week by Mayor
Joseph Zureck and the Village
Board.
The Village has leased space
for 24 parking spaces for mer­chants
and their employees at the
northwest corner of Main and
North Front Streets to open up
spaces for shoppers in the
business district. Parking per­mits
may be obtained at Village
Hall for the use of the mewfacility
by merchants and their em­ployees.
An additional 27 parking spaces
Permits for postal employees to
park at Field No. 4 may also be
obtained at Village Hall.
for commuters was provided
when village officials decreed the
use of Atlantic Avenue as an
extension to the Rail Road
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with commuter permits. Fireworks On
To alleviate the congestion at
Parking Field No. 2 at the rear of
the movie theatre, post office
employees are urged to park on
the other side of Main Street at
Parking Field No. 4 near St.
Kilian's School where more space
is availabe.
A village spokesman said that
postal employees i use the facilities
of Field No. 2 adjacent to the post
office, and shoppers are deprived
of the space for the entire day.
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Fourth Of July
The Village of Farmingdale, in
cooperation with the
FireDepartment, will conduct a
fireworks display on Friday, July
4, on the grounds of Weldon E.
Howitt Junior Schools.
The event will take place at
dusk. In case of rain, the display
will be held on Saturday, July 5.
A public hearing will be held by
the Board of Trustees on Monday,
July 14th, to restrict parking at
the rear of the Fire Department
and the Village Hall to members
of the Fire Department, Village
officials and employees. A car
sticker will be furnished to those
• eligible.
According to Village Clerk
James McKenna, shoppers who
use parking facilities* at the rear
of the Fire Department and
Village Hall, force fireman an­swering
fire alarms to park
elsewhere, depriving them of
valuable time when responding to
an emergency.
Village To Hold Hearing
On Dog Licensing
A public hearing will be held on
Monday evening, July 14 at
Village Hall, Farmingdale, for
the purpose of issuance of dog
licenses by the Village.
At the present time, licenses are
issued through the offices of the
Town of Oyster Bay.
. ' , , , . u L V . . » ;„ c, » ~. thVirmmuftalf* and league champion St. Louis Cardinals at Shea stadium last Sunday
EdKranepool, lef t) who makes h i s ^ j » ^ ^ ^ ^ ™ Weis is married to thef or mer Barbara Motta of Plainedge. P , Z ™
Al Weis who played shortstop on the Howitt High fccnooi nine are
pictured as they took part in the Mets 5- 1 and 1- 0 victories over the
Pholo