1975-05-01

              A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Sim 1920
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An Official Newspaper far the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 N O . ^ *^ j » < r Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 1 , 1975 Copyright 1975 by
Island- Wide Publication, Inc. price 15ft — $ 5 par year
Main Street School For Sale ?
Proposition On Ballot
LOYALITY DAY: Congressman Jerome Ambro presents a flag which was flown over the U. S. Capitol
to Commander. Patrick McGrath of Corporal George Benkert, Jr. Post 516, VFW, sponsors of the
parade, during ceremonies at Ellsworth W. AHen Park, Farmingdale. Watching the presentation prior
to the Sunday's parade are Assemblyman Louis Yevoli, Supervisor John W. Burke, Mayor John T.
Hallahan and Senator Owen H. Johnson. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett ]
Special Water District
Gets TOB Public Hearing
Farmingdale Board of Education voted Monday night
to offer the Main Street School for sale, if the school
district's voters approve. The proposition will be added
to the ballot for the June election.
The Main Street School, which was phased out and
leased to BOCES three years ago, was once Far-mingdale's
only school. It was built inr 1920 with an
addition constructed in 1929. The building now contains
75,000 feet of floor space on three floors, plus a
basement, and sits on five acres of land.
A minimum price for the
building has yet to be determined
by the Board of Education. The
board has engaged two ap­praisers
to determine the market
value of the building and
property.
The ballot proposition will
contain no date for the sale of _._
building, merely authorize tht
school board to sell it. BOCES
signed a five year lease with the
school district three years ago
and the lease requires a one year
notice if it is to be terminated
prior to its fulfillment.
The property is zoned for
school use at present and ad­jacent
land is zoned both com­mercial
( along Main Street) and
residential. Rezoning of the
property would be determined by
the Village of Farmingdale.
The Main Street School
Building was maintained as a
school district property, ad­ministrators
said, as a safety
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Contest Vote
Ends May 3
Voting for Master and Miss
Hardscrabble will officially end
- this Saturday, May 3, and the
winners and their runners- up will
be announced in next week's
Farmingdale Post.
Still leading in a close race for
the title of Master Hardscrabble
is Robert Meagher with a total of
1340 votes. He is closely followed
by Gregg Thompson with 1276
votes, Joseph Pangallo 1126, and
Eric Kuck 954.
In the race for Miss Hard­scrabble,
Patricia Heckman is
rapidly pulling away from her
competition with a grand total of
2877 votes so far. She is followed
by Carolanne Kuntz with 1601,
Mary Milone with 1348 and Gloria
Thompson with 1210.
[ Continued on page 16]
The Town Board of the Town of
Oyster Bay conducted a public
hearing Tuesday at Town Hall,
Oy$ ter Bay,- to consider the
establishment of a Water Supply
District covering the area north
of the village of Farmingdale.
library Wins
Nat'l Award
Tne American Library
Association has announced the
Farmingdale Public Library to
be a winner of the 1974' s John
Cotton Dana Library Public
Relation's Awards Contest. The
citation reads " Special Award for
effectively serving as a catalyst
in bringing the community
together in an effort which
culminated in a County Fair."
Over 140 entries from all parts
of the world were received for the
1974 John Cotton Dana Library
[ Continued on page 16]
The purpose of the district is to
help finance the cost of installing
new water supply pipes
throughout this proposed district.
Since the water supply is from
the Village of Farmingdale, and
that government has been in­structed
to replace these old
existing pipes by the Board of
Health, it is necessary to consider
the creation of this new district to
allow the Town of Oyster Bay to
provide extended financing of
these required improvements.
These Improvements are
needed, according to the Board of
Health, because the existing
pipes can no longer carry the
water supply necessary for the
health and safety of the com­munity.
For example, the fire
protection equipment servicing
the area can pump about 1,000
gallons of water per minute, but
the existing pipes may only carry
200 gallons per minute. If there
were a need for the fire equip-
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School Finance Hearing
In Farmingdale May 9
Farmingdale PTA council
delegates recently consulted
Senator Owen Johnson and
Assemblyman Philip Healey in
Albany regarding the status of
proposed legislation to correct
the Farmingdale School
District's loss of revenues since
the MTA took control of the
Republic Airfield.
The bill has received co-sponsorship
support of Assem­blymen
Healey, Kremar and
Yevoli.
Farmingdale's Weldon E.
Howitt Junior High School will be
host for a public hearing on
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FOR SERVICES RENDERED; Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Gregory W. Carman presents a citation to Harold Fogg of Far­mingdale
on the occasion of his retirement as Office Manager Ac­countant
of the South Farmingdale Water District. Fogg is also
Professor Emeritus of Hofstra University and is a past member of the
Farmingdale Library Board. Fogg was honored by Councilman
Carman and the employees of the water district at a testimonial
luncheon last week.