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Vol. 58 No. 44 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, August 25,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
Village Proposes New Law
To Deter Public Drinking
DA8H 7 BOWS AT REPUBLIC: During tour off Republic Airport, East
Farmingdale, MTA Chairman Harold L. Fisher [ right] and MTA Vice
Chariman Leonard Braun are on hand for demonstration of de
Havilland off Canada's new DASH 7 airplane. Termed the latest in
aviation technology, the 50 passenger, short- haul transport is the
quietest passenger/ cargo airplane ever built. It Is designed to serve
small airports located close to the market place and requires only a
single runway 2,500 feet long. ^'.**.
Let Taxiway Co n tract
For Republic Airport
A contract to build the first
taxiway has been awarded as a
giant step toward aeronautical
development of the Lambert
Area of Republic Airport, Far­mingdale,
it was announced by
the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority.
Low bidder at $ 224,989 to build
the 1,950- foot- long and 40- foot
wide taxiway connecting to
secondary runway 119 in the 20-
acre Lambert Area in the south­west
section of the busy general
aviation facility is J. D. Posillico,
Inc., of Farmingdale. The
taxiway will be capable of ac­commodating
general aviation
aircraft up to the Gulf stream II
jet class.
Clearing land and laying of the
asphalt surface will begin shortly
and be completed sometime in
October. The project will be
financed 90 percent under the
A' of C Carnival
The Farmingdale Council # 2204
Knights of Columbus will hold
their Annual Carnival and
Bazaar at the Council Home on
Morton St. and Garity PL, off Rt.
109 behind the Seven- Eleven
Store.
There will be games, rides,
prizes, and refreshments
available. Open to people of all
ages, free admission; with plenty
of fun for everyone.
The Carnival and Bazaar is to
be held on the weekend of Aug. 26
thru. 28 the dates and times are
as follows Friday 6 thru U,
Saturday 3 thru 11, Sunday 3 thru
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Mayor John T. Hallahan and
the Board of Trustees of the
Incorporated Village of Far­mingdale
will conduct public
hearings on three amendments to
local laws when they meet at
Village Hall on Monday evening,
September 12. The new amend­ments
are designed to control
public drinking and littering,
maintenance of sidewalks and
increasing senior citizen tax
exemptions.
To control the public drinking
problem, which was brought into
public focus during the Hard-scrabble
Fair, the new law would
prohibit any person from having
in his possession an open con­tainer
of an alcoholic beverage
while in a public area or in a
vehicle in a public area.
It prohibits the throwing or
depositing of glass, cans or in-
Former PRICE Home
To Be Demolished
Federal Aviation Administration
airport development assistance
program and the remaining 10
percent from New York State
funds.
" Coupled with the construction
now underway by Fliteways of
Long Island of a $ 250,000 flight
training hangar, including ad­ministrative
and classroom
facilities and an airplane
dealership, the taxiway project
accelerates the opening up of the
Lambert Area to general aviation
activity," MTA Chairman Harold
L. Fisher said. " In the near
future we also will install a water
system and construct a road with
direct access to adjacent Route
109."
Can"! Spend A Cent
You can't spend a penny in the
Village of Farmingdale anymore,
at least not in the parking meters.
They have all been converted to
nickle meters.
Parkers on the streets in the
downtown area still get a full
hour of time for the nickle, but
the 12 minutes for a penny has
been phased out.
Garbage Pick- up
There will be no garbage pick
up on Monday, September 5,
Labor Day. In the Village of
Farmingdale Garbage which is
ordinarily picked up on Monday,
September 5, will be picked up on
Tuesday, September 6.
Gargage that is normally
picked up on Tuesday, September
6, will be picked up on Wed­nesday,
September 7.
Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Gregory W. Carman announced
that the long vacant Wilco
Construction Corporation
building ( the former P. R. I. C. E.
house) in South Farmingdale has
been declared a dangerous
structure and will be demolished
within the next two weeks.
Carman explained that the
building, located at 684 Soutl
Main Street, had never
properly closed by its ownei
that no attempt to keep the
structure in good repair was
made. An inspection of the Town
Building Division revealed that
the front and rear walls had
bowed out and could collapse in a
heavy wind or snow load.
Under the Town's Building
Code of Ordinances, any building
that is deemed unsafe may be
Islanders Play
MD Benefit Here
The Plainview Softball League
will play the New York Islanders
in a benefit softball game for the
Muscular Dystrophy Association
at Ellsworth Allen Park next
Friday night, Sept. 2.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
Joseph Colby will conduct the
pre- game ceremonies at 8 p. m. at
Allen Park, Motor Ave. & Heisser
Lane, Farmingdale.
The Islanders, who play their
pro hockey schedule at Nassau
Coliseum, conduct their training
camp and practice sessions at
Racket & Rink in Farmingdale.
Text Books
Farmingdale Public Schools
announced that text books for non
public school children will be
distributed at Main Street school
on Aug. 29, 30 and 31 between the
hours of 9 and 1. No new text
books will be issued until all
previously loaned books have
been returned.
demolished. The demolition is
done by the Department of Public
Works, but the property owner is
charged for the work.
" The Town had been growing
increasingly concerned about the
continuing deterioration of this
building," Carman stated.
~ » When it became apparent that
Che owner had no intention of
properly maintaining the
structure, the Town felt that
destruction of the building was
the only course of action to insure
the safety of the surrounding
buildings and their occupants."
Local Govts.
In 3 States
Nix Tri- State
Officials of local governments
from three states were
unanimous in their condemnation
of the Tri- State Regional Plan­ning
Commission's proposed
housing and land use plan at a
meeting of an ad hex/ committee
in Oyster Bay Town Hall last
week called by its chairman,
Town Supervisor Joseph Colby.
State legislators and
Congressional representatives
from Nassau County who at­tended
the meeting expressed
their full support of the position of
the committee, which municipal
officials in Nassau County for*;
med to present a unified op­position
to the Tri- State plan.
Several representatives of local
governments from Connecticut
and New Jersey echoed this
support.
In his remarks, Colby detailed
the elements of the Tri- State
proposal that the committee
considers to be a threat to the
very existence of local govern­ment
and called on state and
federal elected officials to take
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jurious substances in public
areas or on the public highways.
The law also prohibits the Con­sumption
of alcoholic beverages
in public places or in public or
private motor vehicles on any
public street or parking lot.
Violators cited under this law
in the village will be subject to a
fine of up to $ 50 for each violation.
Drinking a can or bottle of beer
and dropping the container in the
street or parking lot could cost
the violator of this law $ 100 for
violating two of the provisions of
the law.
Under the amendment to the
sidewalk code, the trustees by
resolution may require the
construction or repair of
sidewalks at the expense of the
abutting owner. All construction
or repairs must conform to the
specifications and requirements
of the village engineer. A con­struction
permit must also be
purchased from the village for $ 2.
The permit insures that the
construction will follow village
requirements as to materials
used, lines and grade followed.
Permits will be issued by the
village clerk upon application in
writing.
The change in the senior citizen
tax exemption follows that
already passed by the state and
county. It allows a senior
homeowner to earn up to $ 7,200
and still be eligible for the fifty
percent senior citizen tax
exemption on owned property in
which they are living.
Seek Clues
In Shooting
Nassau Homicide detectives
are searching for clues to
determine why a 22 year old
Farmingdale cigarette and
candy route salesman was shot to
death last Friday afternoon in his
delivery van.
Glenn Myrato of 51 Crescent
Drive, South Farmingdale, was
shot three times and left in his
delivery van, which was parked
about 250 feet west of the Nor­thern
State Parkway entrance,
near Sunnyside Blvd. and
Woodbury Rd.
Police said Myrato's van
contained about $ 2,000 worth of
merchandise and his wallet was
intact.
Detectives have set up a mobile
command post on the Northern
State Parkway service road
where Myrato was found and are
stopping motorists and auctioning area residents in
leir search for clues.