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VOL 55 NO. 22 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, April 11# 1974 Copyright 1974 by
Island— Wide Publication, Inc. price 1 54 - $ 5 per year
GUEST OF HONOR at the Farmingdale Kiwanis Club's annual Easter Egg Roll this past Sunday was.
of course, the Easter Bunny. Romping with the kids on the Weldon E. Howitt athletic field is Anton J.
Kaiser, immediate past district governor for New York. See page 11 for picture of the winners of the egg
rolling contest. [ Post photo by Boh Starrett]
Save Harmless Aid Helps
" Save , harmless" funds will
bring $ 2.4 million to the 11th
Assembly District, according to
Assemblyman Philip B. Healey
( R- Massapequa). Of this total the
Farmingdale School District will
receive $ 573,673.
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Assemblyman Healey said that
he is once again pleased to note
that the. concept which he
developed three years ago to
provide operating and high tax
aid to local school districts has
again benefitted local taxpayers.
" While $ 30 million is in­corporated
in the 1974- 75 budget
for the entire State, a principal
portion of this amount will go to
Long Island," said Healey.
" Every year of the three years
since this program was espoused
we have received many millions
of dollars which would otherwise
have been placed on the
shoulders of our taxpayers.
Because the equalization rate is
very low now, our area would
have experienced economic
chaos without this aid.
" Education funding has been
one of my primary concerns and I
will continue to persist in
procuring substantial additional
Storm Drain Work To Start
Town Councilman Gregory W.
Carman of Farmingdale has
announced that a comprehensive
drainage project will soon be
underway in a portion of Far­mingdale.
The installation of storm
drains, drainage appurtenance*}
and curbs and gutters is
Village Budget
Hearing Set
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Farmingdale
has scheduled a public hearing for Monday night, April
15, to review the proposed 1974- 75 village budget. A two
and one- half percent increase,' from $ 2.75 to $ 2.82 per
hundred dollars of assessed valuation, is projected.
aid for our school districts so that
inflationary rises in education
will be reduced and relief will be
provided to the taxpayer."
Healey said that, as estimated
by Assembly education sources,
the $ 2.4 million will be distributed
in the following manner:
Massapequa $ 745,084,
Plainedge - 843,645, Farmingdale
- 573,673, and Amityville - 222,206.
scheduled for James Street,
between Staples Street and the
Nassau- Suffolk County line;
Maple, Elm, Walnut and Poplar
Avenues, east of Oak Street;
Hemlock and Cherry Streets;
Arch Avenue, between Oak Street
and Lee Drive; and Linden,
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Crash Kills
Local Youth
An East Farmingdale youth
was killed early Saturday
morning and his companion
arrested on a charge of driving
while intoxicated when their, car
struck a chain- link fence on South
Park Road in Massapequa Park,
according to 8th Precinct Police.
The car, driven by Joseph
Scourbi, 18, was traveling west on
South Park Road when it hit the
fence near Rockne Avenue at 2: 05
a. m. A fence post pierced the car
and struck Kenneth Kelleher, 19,
of 2 Park Court, East Far­mingdale,
police reported.
Kelleher was pronounced dead
at Brunswick Hospital at 2: 55
a. m.
Scourbi, of Lois Lane, Far­mingdale,
who was not
- hospitalized in the accident, was
arraigned Saturday in First
District Court.
Arson Charged
Jn Sat. Fire
A Farmingdale man was
arrested by 8th Precinct Police
Saturday and charged with arson
in the second degree and driving
while intoxicated.
.' Police charge Eugene Vallely
of 10 Cornelia Street, allegedly
set fire to his own apartment to
even a score with other tenants in
the building with which he was
quarreling.
Police Officer Donald Goller of
the 8th Precinct apprehended the
suspect, several hours after the
fire, driving his car on Main
Street, Farmingdale, resulting in
the added DWI charge.
Police also reported a
burglary at 41 Merritts Road,
Farmingdale. The entry ap­parently
occurred on March 19,
but was not reported to police
until April 5.
The burglar entered the home
through an attached garage.
Reported missing were a ladies
gold ring with a 4K aquamarine
stone, valued at $ 750, and two
ladies' engagement rings, valued
at $ 250.
As is their usual wont, Mayor
John T. Hallahan and the Board
of Trustees have expressed their
concern to all department heads
regarding the containment of
costs and the utmost use of
existing, facilities in order to
maintain this Village's consistent
low tax rate.
However, as everyone is vitally
aware of current fiscal con­ditions,
maintaining last year's
tax rate is physically impossible
due to rising costs of materials,
loss of tax revenue by reason of
tax certiorari proceedings, in­creased
cost of street lighting by
LILCO, same by New York
Telephone Co. by removal of
portions of discounts previously
allowed municipalities, and,
most recently, a reduction in
Special Franchise Assessments
granted to LILCO and the
Telephone Co. by the New York
State Dept. of Equalization and
Assessment. Also, starting June
1, Town of Oyster Bay in­cineration
charges are to be
increased from $ 7 per ton to
either $ 8 or $ 9 per ton, exact
amount not yet known.
While all of the known facts
certainly add considerable costs
to the Village taxpayer,
estimated increases in certain
revenues control most of the cost
increases, coupled with judicious
use of personnel and cost con­trols,
a significant surplus from
the previous budget was evident-*
and computed into the 1974- 75
budget, with the final result
showing a two and one- half
percent tax rate increase from
$ 2.75 to $ 2.82 per hundred of
assessed valuation, or total in­crease
per residence assessed at
$ 5,000 to be $ 3^ 50 per residence.
The tax rate for Farmingdale
residents is still considerably
lower than surrounding com­munities.
Many neighborhood com­plaints
have been received by the
village office regarding the
disposal of rubbish and discarded
bedsteads, refrigerators, sofas,
etc.
Those residents who wish to
discard any such bulk items are
cautioned that an existing or­dinance
orohibits indiscriminate
use of Village sidewalks for this
purpose. For such disposal, a call
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