1975-08-14

              A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 15C
An Official Newspaper far the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 NO. » Second Class Postage Paid
In FartninKduU', N. Y. 117.15 THURSO AY, AUGUST 14, 1975 Copyright 1975 by
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Governor Vetos MTA Aid Bill
Costs Farmingdale 950O, OOO
ROBERTS CREEK it soon to become a grassy mall under the contract recently awarded by the Nassau
County Department of Public Works. The open drain ditch will be replaced by an underground pipeline
by Hendrickson Bros, of Valley Stream. The view above is from the end of Roberts Street, near
Fallwood Parkway, looking south. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Roberts Creek, A Creek No More
The open ditch storm sewage
drain known as Robert's Creek
will soon be a creek no more, but
a grassy plot of land.
County Executive Ralph Caso
awarded a contract to Hen­drickson
Bros., Inc., Valley
Stream, in the amount of $ 212,217
for the construction of an un­derground
pipe drain from
Fallwood Parkway to an outfall
on State Park property 600 feet
south of Radcliffe Avenue.
The 1,854 feet of underground
pipe is five blocks long, beginning
at the dead end of RobertsStrect,
n* sr Fallwood Parkway, it
btetett* Yoakum, Sullivan, Plitt,
WUlard ^ Jjadcliffe Avenues.
After insUUa^ of ^ < j r am
pipe, the ditch < » <*** » iuCreek)
t i ^ b e f l ^ t o g r o u w a ^ ^
spied with grass.
The present open ditch has
been the scene of several ac­cidents
involving motor vehicles,
motorcycles and children. Last
summer raw sewage was
dumped by an illegal scavenger
truck into the storm drain and
emerged in the drainage creek to
foul the water and the air in the
neighborhood.
When the homes in the area
were built there were foot bridges
crossing the " creek," but the last
one was destroyed several years
ago. Children living west of the
ditch had to walk around the
ditch via Fallwood Parkway or
jump or wade across the water on
their way to Woodward Parkway
Elementary School.
A spokesman for the Nassau
County Department of Public
Works told the Post that it would
be up to the Town of Oyster Bay
to cut the five streets through
across the pipe drain if they
desired, since the streets are
town streets:
Two Charged In Burglaries
An East Farmingdale girl and
her boyfriend were arrested by
Eighth Squad Detectives and
charged as suspects in as many
as 66 burglaries and 20 forgeries
in both Nassau and Suffolk
Counties during the past two
veers.
^ ^ • 1 . Walter Schoelermann of
« * fW* h Squad said much of
the loot, esto^ ig} a t " more than
• 100,000" was M%< » satisfy the
"$ 80- a- day drug naVt" of 28 year
James Orfandis'"•%*. North
Lindenhurst.
Police said Orfandis' 20 year
old girlfriend, Cheryl Ann Luongo
of 42 Park Circle Drive, East
Farmingdale, was not involved
with drugs.
Orfandis dealt with narcotics
pushers in Manhattan after
selling Jewelry, television sets
and stereo equipment stolen from
homes mostly in eastern Nassau
and western Suffolk, police
*# 6^ a% V ™ '
[ Continued on page 8)
Governor Hugh Carey dashed the hopes of the Farmingdale School
District by vetoing the MTA tax relief legislation, which could have
brought an additional $ 500,000 in revenues from the state authority's
takeover of Republic Airport. -
The governor did, however, approve another bill giving the district
an additional $ 37,000 this year, which it was denied last year through a
state error in computing the state aid formula.
Dr. William A. Kinzler called the governor's veto " an unpardonable
action" and claimed he totally ignored the requests from the Board of
Education, administrators and legislators to meet and discuss the
need for the relief the bill would provide. " We are angry," Kinzler
said.
A source close to the board told the Post that the Board of Education
is considering a law suit against the state.
Both Assemblymen serving the Farmingdale area, Philip Healey
iR- llth dist.) and Lewis Yevoli ( D- lOth dist.) contacted the Post to
express their anger and shock over the governor's veto action.
Yevoli said that he had called no less than 20 times in the last two
ksto the governor's office in an attempt to set- up a meeting to
explain the district's plight, but received no satisfaction. Although a
member of the governor's own political party, Yevoli said he " cannot
condone the governor's actiSn" and he was not even extended the
courtesy of knowing the governor's decision, " til I read it in the paper
today." Yevoli said he plans legislative measures that will be " veto
proof," hoping to attach any profits made by MTA at the airport and
seeking to divert federal funds to the school district from the MTA.
Healey said the governor totally ignored the school district's letters
and telegrams and simply quoted old veto messages in his own veto
message without giving the district any consideration at all. Healey
said the answer to Farmingdale's problem lies in developing lana
within the district. He said he will attempt to set up a meeting with the
airport property, since the district can tax new development con­struction
on the land. Healey will also seek the establishment of a
" foreign trade zone" at Republic to stimulate growth of the facility.
Board OKs 2nd Vote
The Farmingdale Board of
Education will meet in a special
public meeting Monday night,
August 18, to announce and ap­prove
a second vote on the
district's school budget. The vote
will be held Thursday, September
Police Nab
Nude Dancer
An 18 year old dancer was
arrested Sunday night at the
Raven's Nest in Farmingdale
and charged with indecent ex­posure
after she allegedly per­formed
nude.
Siobhan Stiles, of 79 Maplewood
St., West Hempstead, was
arrested by plainclothesmen
from the Eighth Precinct at
about 11: 16 p. m. She is accused of
disrobing until she was nude
during the performance in the
night spot, located at 24A
Hempstead Tpke.
Police said Miss Stiles did have
a shawl around her for some of
the performance, but it was
observed behind her back while
she was facing the audience.
[ Continued on page 8]
11.
The actual decision was made
Monday night at an executive
session of tile board. It was also
the unanimous vote of the seven
member board that " pass or fall"
there would be no more votes on
this year's budget.
Several members of the board
were reluctant to put the budget
up for even a second vote, but
were convinced by other mem­bers
and public pleas to approve
another chance to avoid a year of
austerity.
Although final figures to be
presented to the public had not
been officially set at press, time,
the budget is expected to be
approximately the same in total
dollars, but lower in the tax rate.
The $ 276,000 additional surplus
announced last week and the
$ 37,000 in new state aid from
Assemblyman Henley's but to
correct ah error made last year
by the state, will reduce the rate
considerably from the $ 1.00
anticipated at the time of the
June vote.
Complete details, as well as the
official public announcement, are
expected to be made at the public
meeting Monday at 8: 30 p. m. in
the high school.