1966-10-13

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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
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SERVING GREATER FARMINGDALE, BETHPAGE & MELVILLE
Vol. 4 No. 8 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, October 13, 1966
EXPANSION ESTIMATED
AT 23* PER HUNDRED Figures were released this
week by the District 22 Board
of Education relating to the esti­mated
tax impact of the proposed
senior high school expansion pro­ject.
It is estimated mat the in­crease
in tax rate for debt serv
ice will be 23£ per $ 100 of
assessed valuati on for the Town of
Oyster Bay, and 37f per $ 100.
of assessed valuation for the
Town of Babylon on the4,500,000
project. The annual cost in dol­lars
and cents, based on an
average assessed valuation of
$ 5,000. for Oyster Bay and $ 3100
for Babylon is $ 11.50. Due to the
maturity of two existing bond
issues in 1970, the estimated
tax rate for debt service on this
proposed expansion program will
be reduced from $ 11.50 to $ 7.75
per year.
Although die Farmingdale
School District has built three
new school buildings and six
large additions during the past
several years, the local school
tax rate for debt service is
20^ lower now than it was in
1958 according to Trustee A.
Terry Weathers. At that time,
the tax rate for debt service was
85£ for Oyster Bay and $ 1.53
for Babylon, while the present
debt service is 65£ for Oyster
Bay and $ 1 05 for Babylon. The
reduction was made possible be­cause
of increased state building
aid and increased assessed valu­ation
of land in the school district.
Voting on the high school ex­pansion
referendum will take
place at the Howitt Junior High
School on Saturday, November 19,
from 10.00 a. m. to lOsOO p. m.
Registration dates for the vote
are planned for Wednesday, No­vember
9th, and Saturday,
November 12thfrom 10: 00am to
10JOO p. m., at Howitt Junior High
School.
Firemen Begin Annual Fund Drive
This Sunday, firemen will distribute literature to village resid­ents
that will explain the services rendered and the workings of
the Village Fire Department.
The annual fund raising drive will then begin in the business
area and continue through Sunday, October 23. On that date
exception of those residing in apartments. Apartment dwellers
will be solicited by mail.
According to a Fire Department official, contributions should
be made only to a volunteer who is wearing an official uniform.
Receipts and window stickers will be made available to con-village
residents will be solicited for contributions with the tributors.
Approve Tax Relief For Elderly Begin Leaf Pickup
The Board of Trustees of sons over 65 years of age with
The Incorporated Village of an income of less than $ 3,000 a
Farmingdale unanimously ap- year to have a 50% reduction in
proved a resolution allowing per- village taxes.
Applicants must have owned
and resided on property for a
period of 60 consecutive months
prior to the date of application.
Residents of the Incorporated
Village of Farmingdale are r e ­quested
to place tree leaves at
the curbs ide in front of their
homes for pick- up by the Village
Highway Department,
The Scavenger leaf loader will
cover 30 miles of roads in mak­ing
one complete circuit of Vil­lage
roads, and on a daily basis
the truck will cover about five
to six miles. One weekly pick­up
on any given street widiin
the Village will be made from
now on.
According to Village Clerk
James McKenna, it is not pos­sible
to predict a definite day of
the week for the first collection
on any street.
GOP To Open Local Headquarters
Farmingdale Republican elec­tion
efforts will enter the home
stretch on Monday, October 17,
when the local Republican Com­mittee,
led by Councilman Frank
Hynes, opens its campaign head­quarters
at 543 Fulton Street.
Instead of the regular monthly
meeting at St. Thomas Church, the
monthly meeting will be held at
campaign headquarters on Fulton
Street and combined with the
grand opening ceremonies slated
for 8 p. m.
COP candidates expected to be
present are Congressman James
Grover, Assemblymen and judi­cial
candidate, as well as Solo­mon
Newborn running for the of­fice
of Town tax receiver.
A three piece band has been
hired and refreshments will be
served.
Republic Receives $ 4.1
Million Contract
A $ 4.1 million contract has
been awarded to Republic Aviation
Division of Fairchild Miller for
the design and development of a
new wiring system for the F- 105D
fighter - bomber
Farlier this year, die division
had been awarded a similar con­tract
from the Air Force, cover­ing
tine H models of the aircraft.
According to Douglas Meadow-croft,
F- 105 program manager,
the new braided electrical har­nesses
will give the aircraft im­proved
reliability and reduce the
required maintenance time.
The F- 105 is currently flying
more than 75 per cent of the Air
Force raids against North Viet­nam.
School Board Sues Town Board
Scores of local residents attended the annual County wide Columbus Day
Parade on Sunday at Glen Cove. Pictured is Town Councilman Angelo Hon-callo
watching the Bethpage Fife and Drum Corps marching unit as they
passed before the reviewing stand. pototu i* » » * t »
The Oyster Hay Town Hoard
has set a new hearing on the
Nibbe Lane garden apartments
in Hethpage for Tuesday. October
18.
In the meantime the Hethpage
Hoard of Hducation passed a
resolution to institute legal action
• galnftl the Oyster Hay Town
Hoard since it claimed that it
had not received sufficient notice
of the first hearing