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VOL. 57 NO. 19 Second Class Postage Paid
in FarminRdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, March 25, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
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Legislators Restore Aid
To Farmingdale Schools
As State legislators trooped
into the legislative chambers in
Albany last week to vote on the
proposed annual State Budget
and 10 inches of new snow
blanketed the State Capitol, it
looked like the Nassau
Republican legislators' pledge to
remain there until " hell freezes
over" or Governor Carey
provides more funds for local
school districts was about to
come true.
Many hours later, the Nassau
Republican delegation won their
battle and knew it would be a
bright spring for them and their
school districts, as legislation
was passed to restore $ 116 million
in State aid to education which
was originally proposed as a
budget cut by Governor Carey.
" It's a great victory for the
people of Nassau County and all
suburban areas in the State,"
said a smiling, but tired
Assemblyman Joseph M.
Margiotta ( R- Uniondale),
spokesman for the 12- member
Nassau Republican delegation.
Assemblyman Philip B. Healey
( R- C Massapequa) announced
$ 631,308 in school aid cuts for the
Farmingdale School District
have been restored in the 1976- 77
State Budget.
Assemblyman Healey said that
Governor Carey proposed to
reduce Farmingdale school aid
by $ 631,308 in January but during
several months of negotiations
Healey dramatized the plight of
the Farmingdale taxpayer.
Healey said that some residents
could lose their homes due to high
taxes and others were ex­periencing
severe financial
hardship.
Assemblyman Healey, who
participated in initiating the
' save harmless' concept in 1971,
said that this $ 631,308 will
eliminate the necessity of the
taxpayers paying the difference
in the state aid reduction which
Farmingdale would otherwise
have experienced.
" With this $ 631,308, the Far­mingdale
School Board can be
assisted in its efforts to control
tax increases," Healey con­cluded.
Assemblyman Lewis J. Yevoli
( D- Old Bethpage), said that he
and fellow members of the
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Voters Say4Yes9 To Library
HAVE YOUrWTICEPtheae « ewrfgMatcertakiis^ erierH « i
Farmingdale? Into one is at the comer of Main St and Motor Ave. and
allows motorists to make right tarn on a red light, bat only after
yielding the right of way to other traffic or pedestrians crossing.
[ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Right Turn On Red,
But Only At Sign
Unwary motorists may think
they're right turning right on a
red light, and they may be - but
then again, they may be wrong.
It all depends on whether or not
there's a sign at the intersection
which says, " Right on Red After
Stop."
According to Deputy Inspector
Lawrence Thome, commanding
officer of the Nassau County
Police Department's Accident
Prevention Bureau, there has
been considerable confusion
recently among motorists about
the legality of making a right
hand turn when facing a red light.
The confusion apparently
steins from the fact that some 100
• tins authorising a right turn at a
red light have been installed by
the Department of Public Works
at various intersections around
the county during the past five
months and tome driven have
taken it to mean that it is legal to
make a right hand turn at a red
light at any intersection.
" It just isn't so," said Inspector
Thorne. " Only where such a sign
is posted can a motorist legally
make such a turn and then only
after coming to a full stop and If
traffic conditions permit it." He
noted that besides coining to a
full stop, drivers must also yield
the right of way to pedestrians
crossing the street they are on
and to automobile traffic
travelling on the road they want
to enter.
Anyone not adhering to the law
can be issued a ticket for passing
a red Mght which can call for
penalties of up to 15 days in jail
and a $ 50 fine for first offenders
and as much as 90 days in tail and
a $ 250 fine for anyone win more
than two convictions in a period
of 18 months.
Installation of the signs began
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The Farmingdale Public
Library will remain in its South
Farmingdale branch building
after the lease expires. The
voters of the Farmingdale School
pistrict said " Yes" to the bond
issue that will allow the trustees
to exercise their option to buy the
building for $ 250,000.
In Tuesday's referendum at
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School, 1489 of the 1793 registered
voters who cast their ballots
voted in the affirmative as op­posed
to only 304 " no" votes.
George Fain, president of the
Board of Library Trustees, told
the Post Tuesday night that he
and the trustees were delighted
with the results of the vote, but
were surprised at the small
number of negative votes cast.
He said he was afraid that the
small voter turnout would end in
the defeat of the proposition.
Now that they have public
approval to purchase the
building, the trustees can
exercise their option in the 1960
lease and remain in the south
branch as their own landlord.
Had the referendum been
defeated the lease would have
been renegotiated in October and
the rental increased from $ 25,000
per year to $ 40,000 with a tax
escalating clause.
Had the proposition been
defeated and the library forced to
move at some future date to
available school facilities, as
suggested by some opponents,
the cost of the move, including
architects fees and the mezanine
installed several years ago by the
library, would most likely have
cost in excess of the $ 250,000
purchase price.
As Fain explained after
Tuesday's vote, " Buying the
building at a 1960 price was the
most economical way to go, the
public must have seen it that
way."
Board Won't Three Burglaries
Negotiate In Farmingdale
Say Teachers
After numerous unproductive
negotiating sessions the Far­mingdale
Federation of Teachers
again finds it necessary to ex­press
its dismay over the Board
of Education's continued failure
to attend the contract negotiation
meetings.
The absence of any real
dialogue between the Board of
Education and the Federation
portends serious difficulties for
all concerned. With the teachers'
contract expiring on March 31,
we believe that the Board's in­transigence
may toad to the
development of an unfortunate
~ situation.
The Board's apparent failure to
understand the complexities of
settling a contract, and the
continued non- attendance of
Board members ( except Lucille
Goulding), especially Board
President, Robert Weiss, can
only lead to a crisis situation in
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Three burglaries were
reported in the Farmingdale
area during the past week by
eighth precinct police.
Approximately $ 4,000 worth of
assorted men's and women's
jewelry was reported missing
from the home at 156 Sunset
Avenue, South Farmingdale,
after a burglar entered the home
last Friday.
Some time during the night of
March 15- 16 a burglar entered the
home of 101 Thomas Powell
Blvd., Farmingdale. No loss has
been, determined.
Hie Sylvia Packard School on
North Idaho Ave., North
MisnipiMSis, was entered during
the night of March 21- 22. The
thief took the keys to the
classrooms.
Police said a 17 year old South
Farmingdale youth was menaced
by two unknown males at 8: 45
a. m. last Thursday iWHn||* ng
Deal P. Hennessey of 172
Crest wood Blvd. reported the two
tht^ tene4himwimaknife. The
detective squad is still in­vestigating.