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A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 gff\
An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
Vol. 59 No. 6 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, December 1,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
Merchants Launch Petition Drive
CHRISTMAS DOLLS, donated by Bankers Trust Co. and dressed by employees of the Nassau branches,
were judged last week at the Farmingdale bank. First prize winner Miss Rosalie Citrano of the Far­mingdale
office shows her winning doll to judges Mrs. Sophie Donaldson, Mrs. Rosemary Angelo and
Mrs. Janet Coan. Leroy Gremmell, L. l. Regional office, took second prize and Miss Kathy Tallman,
Farmingdale, third. The prize winners are eligible for the company- wide contest in Manhattan. The
dolls and gifts will be distributed to under- privileged children in Nassau County. [ Post photo by Bob
Starrett 1
Civic Group Drops Demonstration
The North Massapequa Civic
Association, at an executive
group meeting Monday night,
called off a proposed demon­stration
after receiving
assurances that the Town of
Oyster Bay would consider their
request for lowering the speed
limit on North Broadway.
Councilman Joseph Saladino
TASTE TEST: Oyster Bay Town Councilman Gregory W. Carman
takes a taste test of an edible centerpiece made by students in a CAPA
workshop led by Instructor Irene Frank. The one- day special
workshop is being offered free to Town residents at the Farmingdale
Library, Monday, December 5. Classes are being held from 12: 30 to 3
pm. Further information may be obtained by calling 249- 9090.
told the group that even though
the Nassau County Police Ac­cident
Prevention Bureau could
not officially recommend that the
limit be lowered, the town council
was not necessarily bound to
follow these recommendations.
The association also wants " no
turn on red" signs on Albany
Avenue at the intersection of
North Broadway.
The next meeting of the civic
association will be held Monday
night, December 5, in the all
purpose room of the Albany
Avenue School. The topic for this
meeting will be county, town and
school taxes. The association
members want to know why
Nassau County residents pay the
highest taxes in the nation.
Special guests at Monday
night's meeting will be Angelo
Roncallo, a member of the
Nassau County Board of
Assessors, and Solomon
Newborn, receiver of taxes for
the Town of Oyster Bay.
The meeting will begin at 8
p. m. and all interested residents
are invited to attend.
Oppose Zoning Change
For Shopping Center
The Farmingdale Merchants' Association has hired
an attorney and is launching a petition drive opposing
any change ot zoning at the Main Street School property
that would enable the construction of a shopping center
on the site.
Price Changes
Its Image
P r i c e , Farmingdale's
Prevention, Referral, In­formation,
Counseling and
Education Center to help teens'
avoid the pitfalls of drug abuse, is
changing its image.
Price Counseling Center has
been in existence and serving the
Farmingdale Community since
1969. Price is a unique agency
and differs in important ways '
from larger and older
organizations. The Center's
primary client population are
youngsters who are or have the
potential to be drug and alcohol
abusers.
Due to the age and behavior
patterns of this population, the
Price philosophy has been geared
toward actively reaching out to
the youngsters. Price staff in­volved
in this Outreach activity
do not stay in their office and wait
for the youngsters to seek them
out, but go out into the com­munity
to find young people who
they know need assistance. This
practice has also necessitated
unorthodox working hours by the
staff so that they are available
when the clients most need them.
This means that staff is always
available during the evening
hours when other organizations
have long since closed.
Price has maintained a policy
which is open to constant im­provement
and growth, this is
primarily due to the ad­ministrative
staff which is
headed by Executive Director
Steven Gelfand. Gelfand, who is
at this time working on the final
stages of his doctorate ( Ph. d.) in
Counseling, became director of
the center last January. Since
that time, both staff and the
services provided by the agency
have been expanded. Gelfand
brings to the position experience
as a Floor Psychologist and
Clinical Supervisor for the
Boerum Hill Community
Residence, a counselor in a New
York City Retention facility and
is currently an adjunct Professor
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The petition, which will be
circulated from door to door
within the Incorporated Village,
states. " It is our belief that such
contemplated use of the subject
property will not only have a
detrimental effect upon other
business properties in the In­corporated
Village. parVAcularVy
those along Main Street, but will
also depredate property values
in the area and cause additional
congestion on Main Street ah on
residential street in close
proximity to the site.*'
The petition is addressed to the
Mayor John T. Hallahan and
Village Trustees Willis B. Car­man.
Jr.. Rocco Posillico. Jr..
Fred Rathgeber and Pat
Romanelli from residents of Jhe
Incorporated Village of Far­mingdale.
The Village of Farmingdale
has scheduled a public hearing
lor December 12 to change its
zoning laws to require a " special
use permit" to be issued by the
Village Trustees for the con­struction
of planned shopping
centers even in areas already
zoned for Business D con­struction.
This change in local
law places the authority to ap­prove
or reject a proposed
construction site in the hands of
the Village Trustees.
The sale of the Main Street'
School and the 5.7 acres of
property by the Board of
Education was approved by the
school district's voters three
years ago. It has been on the
market since . then for the
minimum sale price established
by the referendum, $ 750,000. In
the three year period no bid has
met the established minimum
price and the Board of Education
could not sell for less.
Suddenly two major con­tractors
appeared and began
bidding against each other for the
property. The Ray Milan Cor­poration
won the bidding war at a
price of $ 865,000 with the ex­pressed
intent to build a mini-shopping
center on the site,
containing a major supermarket.
It has been rumored ( and in­formed
sources say it is more
than just a rumor) that Wald-baum's
will close their store at
Merritts Road and Hempstead
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