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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 NO. 48 Second Class Postage Paid
In FarmingcluU-, N. Y. 11735 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1975 Copyright 1 <> 7 5 » > v
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Healy Meets
To Bolster
Main Street
Assemblyman Philip Healey
R. C. met with Mayor John T.
Hallahan and members of the
Farmingdale community, this
week. The Assemblyman, who is
vice chairman of the assembly
commerce committee, called the
meeting, so as to focus on
assisting, in the commercial
activity of downtown Far­mingdale.
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Assemblyman Healey stated
that we must give attention to
improving the vitality of the
downtown area, thereby
providing job- opportunities and
additional sources of revenue.
With Assemblyman Healey
were Mayor Hallahan, members
of the Village Board, Senator
Owen Johnson, Councilman
Gregory Carman and Sal
Nicosia, who is a candidate for
County Legislature. •>
Also present were members of
the Merchants Association.
Assemblyman Healey had in­vited
William Kelly, a consultant
from the Dept. of Commerce of
New York State. Also invited was
Roy Cacciatora, president of the
Industrial Development
Association, N. Y. State.' TJhe
Assemblyman explained that the
meeting was called so as to act as
a focal point for the Village and
merchants. Kelly suggested that
the merchants might be in­terested
in small modernization
loans to be used to fix the front of
the stores.
Also shopping research would
be available from New York
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Rag- A- Muffin
Parade Oct. 25
Farmingdale Kiwanis
President Andrew Manzo an­nounces
that the Kiwanis Club of
Farmingdale will hold their
annual Rag- A- Muf fin Day for the
children of Farmingdale on
Saturday, October 25.
All participants will gather at
the Northside School at 2 pm and
march down Main Street, lead by
the Holy Innocents' Marching
Band of Wantagh, under the
direction of Al Wieckhorst...
The parade will end in the
playground of the Main Street
School where the judging of
costumes will be made. Prizes
will be awarded to the winners
- and bags of Halloween candy will
be given to all who participate-
All children who participate
are asked to have a name tag
attached to their costume to help
the Judges to identify the winners
correctly.
VIEWING PROPOSALS to bolster the downtown business community at a meeting last Thursday night
are representatives of state, town and village governments. From left are Sal Nicosia, candidate for the
new Nassau County Legislature; Assemblyman Philip Healey, Senator Owen Johnson, Town Coun­cilman
Gregory W. Carman and Village Trustee Owen W. Druggan. Seated is Mayor John T. Hallahan.
[ Posi photo by Bob Starrett]
Post To Honor Jim Keats
James Keats, affectionately
known as the " father of the
Hawks", has been selected by the
Farmingdale Post to receive the
Nassau County Press
Association's John Peter Zenger
Award for community service.
Keats will receive the award
during the press association's
annual dinner- dance at the
Salisbury Restaurant in
Eisenhower Park on Friday,
October 31.
The award is named in honor of
John Peter Zenger ( 1687- 1746) a
journalist and printer who was
jailed in 1734 as publisher of the
New York Weekly Journal for
printing views opposed to the
government, thus making him a
forerunner, in the fight for
freedom of the press.
Jim Keats was born November
14,1932 and grew up in Jamaica,
Queens. He served in the U. S.
Marine Corps, during the Korean
Conflict. After his tour of duty
Keats returned to New York.
After marriage to his wife, Jo, 21
years ago, the couple made
Farmingdale their home. They
now have four sons ranging in
age from 8 to 17.
A dispatcher for the Garden
City Police Department, Police
Officer Keats became involved in
his heme community as a
manager • coach in the Farm­ingdale
Little League in 1168.
In 1982 he founded the Far­mingdale
Midget Football
League and became its first
president. He is again president
of the " Hawks" this year for the
third time. He is also president
this year of the Dad's Club at
Farmingdale High School.
Jim has worked with the Boy
Scouts, the Farmingdale
Baseball League and St. Kilian's
Men's Choir. He recently became
involved with the Joe Namath
Football Camp, a summer camp
for boys 8- 18, where he is a
program director for the camp.
Another of Jim's interest is the
Farmingdale Youth Council. As
the co- founder and co- chairman
of the Police- Court Liason
Committee, he works with young
people in trouble, giving care and
guidance in hopes of leading
them to a better and richer life.
His life as a police officer in
Garden City has had its rewar­ding
moments too. He has
received several department
citations for outstanding police
work.
The Nassau County Press
Association's annual banquet is
open to the public. Tickets at $ 25
per person are available through
the Farmingdale Post. Call 249-
0131 for reservations.
Bd. Appoints Gtizen
Advisory Committee
Appointments of volunteers to
the Citizens' Advisory Committee
on Finance established by the
Farmingdale Board of Education
have been made and the group
already has met for its first
session with the Board's own
Finance Committee on Tuesday,
October 14, 1975.
The committee is composed of
seven members, each elected
school trustee selecting one
participant. An announcement of
its formation was mde in the local
papers on October 2 and repeated
at the October 6 public school
Board meeting. It was apparent
that there were more volunteers
than required and the services of
all volunteers available were not
utilized because of toe seven
member limit the Board had
imposed upon itself.
The committee will be com­posed
of Margaret Campbell,
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Fee Change
Ends Band
Shut Down
As a result of further
discussions with students,
teachers, and parents, the Board
of Education has modified the
Use Fee Policy it formally
adopted at last week's public
Board meeting. It appears that
the changes which were agreed to
after the meeting have clarified
the situation enough to end the
" shut down" adopted by students
last week. Students had indicated
that they would not perform at
the football games, Bicentennial
concerts and upcoming musicals
as a result of the adoption of the
fee plan.
The fee will now only apply to
instruments being used ex­clusively
by a student at home.
Students will not be charged for
instruments that they will use in
School which are part of a
building's inventory.
At the School Board meeting
many speakers pointed out that
they were not objecting to the
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Village Modifies
Garbage Pick- up
The continuing upward
spiraling costs of. garbage
removal has made it necessary
for the Mayor and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Far­mingdale
to modify the garbage
pick- up schedule in the village to
two days per week, effective Nov.
1.
Garbage of residents east of
Main Street will be picked up on
Monday and Thursday each
week. Residents living west of
Main will., have their garbage
picked up each Thursday and
Friday. Wednesday will be
rubbish day for grass clippings,
bundled tree limbs, etc.
Merchants have been notified
that there will no. longer be any
Saturday garbage or rubbish
pick- up.
It is not permissible to put out
garbage in paper boxes or bags.
Manufactured garbage cans of
not more than 30 gallon capacity
or 75 pounds loaded should be
used. R is permissible to use
heavy plastic bags, securely tied.
Paper boxes should be broken
up and securely tied together. No
more than five items may be put
out at any one time.
Garbage and rubbish will not
be picked up on legal holidays. If
the regular collection day falls on
a holiday, the pick- up will be on
the following day.
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