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or AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE
VOL. 10 NO. 35 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, April 19, 1973 • 15c
Town's Master Plan Retains
Housing Units at Turnpike
One multiple housing proposal is still in, the other is out. This is the final
recommendation of the Oyster Bay Master Plan dealing with the unincorporated
area of Farmingdale. Two sections of the Farmingdale area caught the Master
Planner's eyes -- Hempstead Turnpike and Motor Ave. For both apartments
and / or town houses were envisioned, but only the proposal for about 75 units on
Hempstead Turnpike remains on the book.
LOCAL ARTIST: An eight foot, 1400 pound bronze and acrylic
piece by the young sculptor Esther Fuhrman is currently on display
in the Swirbul Library at the Adelphi University campus in Garden
City. Ms. Fuhrman, shown here with the sculpture, which is entitled
" Earth Glow", has done commissioned works for public buildings
throughout the country, including the New York Port Authority
headquarters. Using her studio in Farmingdale as a base, she works
directly with architects when designing pieces for new buildings,
because " sculpture is often an afterthought to the building - that's a
real problem. Sculpture should blend with architecture in a very nice
way - neither should overpower the other. They should work together
like a good marriage."
This is what the planners set
themselves as goals for Hemp­stead
Turnpike between the
Oyster Bay Expressway and the
village line to the east: Amend
zoning map to place the well-ma
i n t a i n e d c o n t i n u o us
residential development on
Greenway Drive in residential
districts; and provide for a
limited number of multiple
dwellings to help meet needs of
town residents.
With this in mind, the following
recommendations will now have
to be taken up by the Town
Board:
Revise zoning along the end of
Greenway Drive so that
residential properties are zoned
in a residential district.
Permit town houses and or
garden apartments, at a density
of ten units per acre, on the north
side of Hempstead Turnpike east
of Dolphin Drive. Screening
would be provided along the
residential subdivision to the
west and along the railroad and
Hempstead Turnpike. This site
could accomodate about 75 units.
Access should be permitted only
from Hempstead Turnpike.
The original thought that the
property at the northeast corner
of Motor Avenue and Merritts
Road, presently zoned for a
gasoline service station and
subject to litigation between the
town and Humble Oil & Refining
Co., could be suitable for multi-lamily
dwellings has been
School Vote Just Around the Corner
In less than two weeks, Farmingdale residents
will already have voted on proposed school,
library and Youth Council budgets. The date of the
vote is Wednesday, May 2, 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. at
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High School.
Three budgets and two resolutions will be voted
on. The budgets are for the Farmingdale Public
Schools, Farmingdale Public Library and Far­mingdale
Youth Council. The first resolution
would authorize $ 14,000 for the Board of Education
to recondition 20 district baseball fields and $ 15,000
to maintain them during the 1973 74 fiscal year
with up to $ 15,000.
A second resolution would add library service on
Columbus, Election and Veteran's Days and
Lincoln and Washington's Birthdays plus service
from October to May on Sunday afternoons for an
additional cost of $ 9,000.
The voting will also be for a number of can­didates
running for various seats. There is an
election of one member of the Board of Education
to fill the unexpired term of the late Roy Spinetta.
The term ends on June 30, 1974 and candidates for
this seat are Spinetta's widow Helen and Joseph
Molloy.
Three additional seats on the Board of
Education for a three year term will have to be
filled Robert Campbell and Stanley I). Martyna
will most likely run unopposed, while the third
seat has incumbent Lucille Colliding running
against Raymond Parcels. The Library Board has
one five year term up for election. Running for this
seat are incumbent George Fain and Arthur
Kajko. These are the only candidates who filed
with the district clerk as of the morning of the
deadline day, April 18.
Important dates to remember prior to the
election, May 2, are: registration from 3 p. m. to 10
p. m. on Wednesday, April 25, PTA School April
Candidates Forum at 8: 30 p. m., Thursday, April
26, and the Annual Meeting at 8: 30 p. m., Tuesday,
May 1. All events will take place at Howitt Junir
High School.
Registered voters should have received a green
" You are Registered" card. Those who have not
received one should register on April 25.
Qualifications to do this are: U. S. Citizenship, 18
years of age or over, and residency in the district
30 days prior to the day of the vote.
It is necessary to note that the system for
registration in the Earmingdale school, library
and Youth Council elections is " permanent"
registration. This means that registration is
maintained if one has voted or renewed his
registration for these elections in the two years
prior to the present election. Registration or
voting for any other local, state, or federal
election has no bearing on registration status or
eligibility to vote in these matters.
dropped. In its final version the
planning goals for the Motor
Avenue section talk only of the
establishment of future use of the
Liberty Motors property and the
prevention of the extension
commercial uses and employee
parking into the residential area
south of Motor Avenue. This is to
be accomplished as follows:
Continue the industrial use of
the Liberty Motors property in
accordance with its present
zoning, but repair or remove any
buildings not meeting health or
safety standards
Increase the amount of off-street
parking available to in­dustrial
employees through
better utilization of the area east
of Liberty Motors' main building.
Provide screening to the east,
west, and south of the Liberty
Motors property to help protect
adjoining properties.
Improve curb cut control for
commercial uses on the south
side of Motor Avenue.
Consider' a traffic signal near the
entrance to Heisser Lane Park.
( More on the Master Plan on
page 3)
Heisser Lane Park Gets New Name
iieisser Lane park, not named for anything but taking its
description for want of a better one from the street running along its
western exposure, will soon have an official name: Ellsworth Allen
Park - after the late Ellsworth " Doc" Allen, who was a prominent
and long- time resident of Farmingdale whose family gave its name
also to Allen Boulevard in the East Earmingdale industrial area.
The name- giving ceremony, still to be held this spring, will be
combined with a proper dedication of the park by town officials and
local luminaries.
Another name that came up for consideration was that of Ptl.
Rose, a Nassau County police officer and resident of South Far­mingdale
who last year was killed in the line of duty. His memory
will live forth by naming one of the baseball fields in the park after
him.
Police Arrest Young Arson Suspect
The Nassau County Police Booth A on Main Street, Farmingdale,
was the scene of attempted arson Saturday, April 14, at 2: 20 a. m.
according to the police, John Kent, 211 Cherry Street, Farmingdale,
was arrested by Ptl. Henry Walker of the Eighth Precinct under
charges of attempted arson. The youth is 18 years old.
A residence on Duane Street, Earmingdale, was burglarized on
April 15 between 4 p. m. and 8: 20 p. m. The home reported losses in­cluding
liquor, currency, and assorted jewelry.
FOR THE CADETS: The West Point Glee Club was the guest of the
Corp. George Benkert Jr. Post No. 516. Veterans of Foreign Wars,
last weekend. The singing cadets were in Earmingdale for a concert
and all housing arrangements for the " long grey line" were made
through the V. E. W. The post presented to the Corps of Cadets a
model Oi the moon landing vehicle. Making the presentation for the
V. E W. are Nick Aloshin at the lelt and l'ost Commander William
Jogoe at the right Cadet Mike DeBow, center, accepts for West
1 , (" ul Photo: Jack 1' okress