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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
Vol. 58 No. 17 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 i Thursday, March 10,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
New Surgical Center
Opens In Farmingdale
New Trustee
Mayor John T. Hallahan has
announced the appointment of
Pat Romanelli to fill the vacancy
created on the Village of Far­mingdale
Board of Trustees by
the death of Owen W. Drugan. He
will be officially sworn in as a
Village Trustee at Monday
night's Board meeting in the
Village Hall.
Romanelli. who is 45, was born
in the Village and is the son of
Maria S. Romanelli, and the late
Martino Romanelli.
Pat, as he is known to
everyone, is currently the
president of Romanelli & Son,
Inc., an oil distributor, which was
founded by Martino Romanelli
over 52 years ago as a coal and
ice company. Pat was recently
president of the Oil Heat Institute
of Long Island.
Romanelli served in Germany
in the Military Police during the
Korean War. He and his wife
Loda have three boys, Martin,
Paul and John. He was Cub-master
of Pact 514 and is
currently on the Committee of
Boy Scout Troop 514, Pat has
been a member of the Board of
Appeals of the Village for a
number of years. In addition to
those activities, he has found
time to become a 4th Degree
Knight of the Knights of
Columbus and is an active
member of the Farmingdale
Rotary Club. .,
Award Sewer Contracts
Farmingdale and East
Meadow have become the first
areas in Nassau to benefit from
Federal funds for lateral sewer
construction with the award by
County Executive Ralph G. Caso
of two contracts totalling
$ 17,868,511. These are the eighth
and ninth collection districts to be
started in Disposal District # 3.
Under the program, which
provides for 75% Federal
reimbursement, Nassau expects
ultimately to receive a total of
$ 147,906,250. The Public Works
Department has accelerated
design operations to take ad­vantage
of the available funds.
The Farmingdale contract,
designated as F- 3, was awarded
to Lizza Industries and J. D.
Posillico, Farmingdale, a joint
venture, for $ 8,182,452. They were
the lowest of six bidders. The
project calls for installation of 27
1/ 2 miles of lateral lines serving a
population of 14,000 in an area
south of the Incorporated Village
of Farmingdale near the Suffolk
border.
EM- 2, the East Meadow con­tract,
was awarded to S. Zara &
Sons Contracting Co., Inc.,
Hicksville, lowest of five bidders,
for $ 9,686,059. It will serve a
population of 12,150 in an area
just south of Eisenhower Park
with 31.7 miles of pipe. Because
the contract covers the Nassau
Medical Center - Correctional
Center complex, its completion
will allow the small sewage
treatment plant serving the
complex to be phased out.
Work on both projects is ex­pected
to begin in April and be
completed in 14 months.
A new outpatient surgical
center, which also specializes in
cosmetic, plastic and recon­structive
surgery, is now open
and operational in Farmingdale.
Although only half of the new
building is now being utilized, the
remaining half is expected to be
in service prior to the March ' 27
formal opening date.
Called an " ambulatory
surgical center," this new, low
cost hospitalization concept
specializes in efficient " one- day
come and go" surgery! Located
on Route 109 ( Fulton St.), Far­mingdale,
the new venture is the
first such " freestanding" ex­clusively
outpatient unit in the
New York metropolitan area.
Sometimes described as a " mini-hospital,'''
complete medical
operating facilities with all vital
support systems are offered for
many surgical services
heretofore, accomplished only in
the larger hospital institutions.
Patients enter the new " mini-hospital"
in the morning, un­dergo
their operation, and return
home later in the day for post
operative rest arid recovery.
Substantial savings are offered
mini- hospital outpatients
because of economic
streamlining.
Surgery is limited to . those
operations which in the opinion of
the physicians may be ac­complished
efficiently, and
without danger, within a single
days hospital visit.
CSEA Pickets Board
Approximately one hundred
members of Farmingdale's Civil
Service Employees Association
greeted the Board of Education
members and the public with a
picket line in front of the high
school prior to Monday night's
regular March board meeting.
The CSEA bargaining unit was
protesting that their contract,
which expired in July 1976, still
has not been finalized. CSEA
represents the school district's
custodial, maintenance, clerical
and grounds personnel.
The fact finder's report,
returned January 10, suggested
the district offer a 5.5 percent pay
increase plus increment and
other fringe benefits, but reduced
the number of vacation days. The
school board made an offer of its
position to CSEA on February 7,
but not met with the union since.
No mention of the picket line
was made during the public
participation portion of the board
meeting.
During the meeting, the board
authorized the expenditure of
$ 25,000 to replace the basketball
floor in the high school gym,
which has been defective. The
district took the claim to court
and the judge ruled that the floor
design was faulty, but could not
rule in favor of the district in the
legal action. Apparently the
company who installed the floor
went out of business and the man
who designed it committed
suicide. Two other high schools in
the area who had the same floor
installed also had to replace
them.
Board member Louis Avalone
announced that, the first public
hearing on this year's school
budget would be held March 21 in
the senior high school.
The selection of a new
Superintendent of Schools is
nearly finalized. The board in­dicated
that an announcement
would be made in a few weeks.
The measles immunization
program, postponed last month
because the insurance carrier
refused to cover responsibility,
was conducted this past week.
High school students were im­munized
last Friday and students
of the two junior high schools on
Monday. A total of 492 students
received shots after details were
worked out for the insurance
coverage.
Two Charged
With Burglary
A 28 year old Farmingdale man
was charged with third degree
burglary by Eighth Squad
detectives in the theft of a half
gallon of Rye from H. & H.
Liquors.
Detectives arrested Paul
Caflin of 40 Clinton Ave. at the
8th Precinct headquarters
following an investigation. The
front window of the liquor store,
located at 700 Main St., South
Farmingdale, was smashed and
the liquor taken last month.
Police also arrested a juvenile
March 3 in the burglary of a
residence at 45 Ridge ltd.,
Farmingdale. A neighbor ap­parently
called police to report a
burglary in progress. A patrol
car arrived in time to cateh the
youth leaving the home, police
said.
Ray's Deli, 960 Fulton St.,
Farmingdale, was burglarized
during the night of March 2.
Thirty cartons of cigarettes and
$ 100 cash was reported missing.
There are no overnight rooms,
no high overhead laundry and
cleaning services, no elaborate
kitchen with costly dietary staff,
no outside ambulance emergency
expenses, and consequently a
lower administrative personnel
overhead.
Many advantages are offered
mini- hospital outpatients
because of these guidelines:
• Since each patient will
remain in the surgical center an
average of . only 3 1/ 2 hours,
hospitalization costs are reduced
up to 50%.
• Patients recovering at home
not only are . Baore^ comfortable
but there is less family in­convenience
and time loss since
the need to conform to large
hospital visiting hours and
regulations has been eliminated.
• Necessary surgery is never
postponed because ac­commodations
are not available,
a common cause for delays at the
larger institutions.
• Care is more personalized
since the same team of
professionals are on the premises
all the time the patient remains
at the center. There are no " work
shift" changes to cause ap­prehension.
• Patients are treated as in­dividuals
rather than as " another
bed" by hospital personnel
overseeing an entire floor or
ward.
• Since surgery is the only
function at the facility, it is
performed by professionals who
work together daily as a well
coordinated, efficient, and ex­perienced
team.
The new surgical center will
share the same building with an
established Cosmetic, Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery
Group.
All surgeons at the ambulatory
surgical center as well as those
with the Cosmetic, Plastic and
Reconstructive Group are
presently associated with major
Long Island hospitals. Resumes
and credentials covering all
members of the surgery team are
available for inspection at the
offices in Farmingdale.
The best of guidelines for
surgical practice have been used
to establish procedures at the
center in the areas of anasthesia
and sterilization, as well as the
development of supportive
services, and the provision for
advanced health care in­strumentation
and automated
equipment.
Medical record storage and
retrieval systems are carefully
maintained in accordance with
best medical practice