1975-08-28

              THE L.
P i t T & CI
BROODLYH 2 , N. Y.
A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920
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An Official Newspaper far the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 NO. 41 Second Class Postage Paid
in KarminKtliilc. N. Y. 117.15 THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1975 . ^ . n d - S ' ^ S^ price 15* - $ 5 per year
COMING THROUGH THE ROOF: Fife breaks through the roof above
the JAP Auto Parts store after gutting the delicatessen on Fulton
Street: The Sunday night blaze caused smoke or water damage in five
other stores. Police charged the owner of the dell and an unemployed
mechanic with arson. South and East Farmingdale volunteers
assisted the village firemen. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
New Law Changes School Registration
Farmingdale school officials
recently learned that a new state
law, which will become effective
September 1, will completely
change the present system of
registration for school elections.
Farmingdale, with a budget vote
planned for Sept. 11, will be one of
the first districts on Long Island
affected by the new law.
The new law says that anyone
who is registered to vote in any
general, county or town election
is eligible to vote in the school
election. An additional
registration for school elections
will no longer be required.
Two school registration days,
scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 4,
and Monday Sept. 8, will be held
as planned at Howitt Junior High
School for any voters not
registered for any election and
desiring to vote on the school
budget and library budget on
* Sept. U.
According to John Regan,
assistant to the superintendent,
the district has already received
the Suffolk County voter
registration rolls for the
precincts in the Farmingdale
school district, but as yet have
not received the rolls of Nassau
voters.
Regan said it could cause
complications, but the district
would have to devise a system to
check- off voters to allow
registered voters to vote, but
prevent any double voting under
the dual registration.
The new state registration law
will considerably swell the
number of eligible voters, who
without any further registration
become eligible to cast their
ballots for the school and library
budgets. In order to remain
eligible for permanent
registration, however, the voter
must have voted at least once in
the past two years and not have
changed his or her address.
Supervisors To Appeal Decision
The Nassau Board of Super­visors
voted to appeal to a higher
court in an effort " to insure that
county taxpayers will be given
the opportunity to choose bet­ween
constitutional plans for
county legislative reform on
Election Day."
The action came in response to
Supreme Court Justice Joseph
Liff's decision to create, on an
interim basis and without public
approval, a new 15- member
County Legislature in Nassau to
replace the present 6- member
Board of Supervisors.
Hempstead Town Presiding
Supervisor Francis T. Purcell
said the bi- partisan Board agreed
unanimously to appeal Liff's
ruling, which orders the election
of the 15 new county legislators to
be held in November.
Purcell said the Board's
special counsel on reap­portionment,
George C. Pratt of
Williston Park, expects to file
notice of the appeal this week,
probably Thursday, in the Ap­pellate
Division in Brooklyn:
In its appeal, Purcell said, the
Board will ask the higher court to
reverse Judge Liff's decision and
order that the " citizens of Nassau
be allowed to choose their own
• form of government. If the ap­peal
is successful, Purcell said he
will recommend that the choice
in November should be between
Liff's plan to create a 15- member
Legislature and the Board's plan
to re- weight the Supervisor's
votes, retaining the county's
present legislative system.
Both plans are constitutional
and would comply with the U. S.
Supreme Court's one- man, one-vote
edict.
To pave the way for what it
hopes will be " a final decision on
this issue by the voters," the
Board announced it will hold a
public hearing on the Liff
proposal on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at
10 a. m. in Mineola. The hearing is
necessary in order to place the
Liff Plan on the ballot along with
the weighted voting plan, ac­cording
to Purcell.
Referring to Judge Liff's
decision to bypass the public with
a legislative plan devised by a 9-
member citizens commission
appointed by Liff, Purcell
declared:
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Charge Two
With Arson
In Deli Fire
The owner of the Fulton Street
delicatessen, gutted by fire
Sunday night, and a hired ac­complice
were charged with
arson for allegedly setting the
fire to collect the insurance.
Deli Owner Steven DeOliveira,
21, of Medford and Florentino
Mazzucco, 37, of Lindenhurst
were both charged with arson
and arraigned in First District
Court Monday. They were held in
lieu of $ 25,000 bail each for a
hearing scheduled for yesterday.
The two men were seen running
from the store, known as " My
Delicatessen" at 533 Fuitpn St.,
about 8: 25 p. m. Sunday night,
just minutes before another store
owner reported the fire.
Police reported Mazzucco
allegedly poured eight gallons of
gasoline in the back room of the
store when the fumes ignited
prematurely, possibly set off by a
flame from a hot water heater.
Two five- gallon cans were found
on the premises. The deli was
quickly engulfed in flames.
After questioning, DeOliveira
was arrested at the scene
Monday morning and* Mazzucco
was picked up at his home. Fire
officials said that business at the
deli had not been good and
DeOliveira, whose wife was
pregnant, hoped to collect the
$ 10,000 insurance, DeOliveira
paid Mazzucco, an unemployed
mechanic, $ 150 and was to pay
him another $ 150, officials said.
The fire also caused extensive
damage to the J& P Auto Parts,
which adjoins the delicatessen.
Five other stores in the row were
damaged by smoke or water: the
Carvel Ice Cream store, Mer's
Pub, Sta- Set Tool and Supply.
Angela's Hair Stylists and Speed
Equipment World.
Three firemen who helped fight
the blaze were treated for smoke
inhalation. Firemen from the
Farmingdale Department were
aided by units of South and East
Farmingdale Departments. They
brought the fire under control
only minutes before a severe
thunderstorm began pouring
heavy rain on the scene.
CATV Hearing
A special public hearing will be
held by the Village of Far­mingdale
on Monday, Sept. 15, to
consider the granting of a cable
TV franchise in the village.
The application of Com­munications
Development LI
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