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VOL. 58 NO. 1 Seconil Class Postugt? Paid
in KarmingdiiK-, N. Y. 117.1s Thursday, November 18, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
Island- Wide Publications, Inc. price 1 Si - $ 5 per year
School Bd. Kills New Library
Rejects Proposed Site
At Main St. School
The Farmingdale Board of Education has indicated
that it will not act on the request of the Library Board to
hold a vote designating the Main Street School site for
public library purposes. The Library had asked that this
be done and at the same time was seeking voter ap­proval
to apply for a grant of federal funds to construct
a new building on the property.
The Library Board had hoped to take advantage of
funding of public works construction projects, now
available on a competitive basis, to build a $ 2 million to
$ 3 million library to replace its two existing facilities on
Main Street and at Merritts Road.
GAME'S END: As the scoreboard clock ticks down to zero in the final quarter of Saturday's football
game in Syosset, the Daler squad starts onto the field to console the vanquished Braves. Farmingdale
took the division title with a 29- 0 victory. , [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Dalers Win Division Title
Dump Syosset Braves 29- 0
Village Gets
Disaster Aid
Federal disaster aid in the
amount of $ 15,021.87 will be paid
to the Village of Farmingdale for
financial losses incurred as a
result of damages inflicted by
Hurricane Belle last August.
Nassau County Executive
Ralph Caso, whose office coor­dinated
the application process
after securing " disaster area"
designation for President Ford,
said 41 villages whose claims
by Mark Faber
After losing to Syosset in two
successive years, the Dalers
turned the tides Saturday by
beating the Braves for the second
year in a row, 29- 0. In doing so,
the Dalers captured their fifth
Conference I title in six years.
The rivalry between the
schools goes back years. In all of
the last seven years, the winner
of the Brave - Daler game has
been the Conference I champion
( Farmingdale has won four,
Syosset, three). The division title
rode solely on the game five
times.
The winner of the game won the
Rutgers Cup ( County cham­pionship)
five of the last six years
( Farmingdale three, Syosset
two; ( this season not included)
and in the only off year, 1973,
Syosset missed getting the cup by
one vote. Also, the winner has
emerged state champion three
times ( Farmingdale in 1971 and
1972, Syosset in 1974) and last
year the Dalers were second in
the state. Of the Dalers' three
losses since 1971, Syosset dealt
two of them.
" It's an intense rivalry, and
rightly so, with that record. The
kids on both teams really get
ready for this one," stated Daler
coach Don Snyder.
For the second year in a row,
however, Syosset ( 3- 4- 1) was not
a contender going into the game.
That did not take away from the
game, though. " Even though
Syosset was out of it this year,
our kids were really up for the
game, it's always a big game,"
noted Snyder.
Farmingdale expected a tough
game, and though the score
might not show it, they got what
they expected. " It was a hard
fought battle, they gave us a
tough game. They hit hard and
put up a fine effort, but they
aren't as talented as they've been
in the past," stated Snyder.
Statistically, the teams were
not too far apart. The Dalers held
a 70 yard edge in total yards, first
downs were equal, and the
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were less than $ 25,000 each will
receive full reimbursement in
about three weeks.
The Town of Oyster Bay will
receive $ 689,344 in disaster funds,
but will get their money in two
payments over the next six
months.
. The total dollar amount of all
government claims in Nassau
County was $ 5,287,389. Approval
has been given for $ 2,677,921. The
City of Long Beach is appealing
the disallowal of $ 2,535,000 on its
claim of $ 2,633,207.
Farmingdale's submitted
claim was for $ 15,323.31.
Holidale Season
Opens November 27
On Saturday, November 27,
Farmingdale will officially
become Holidale, N. Y. for the
entire month of December. To
celebrate the holiday season,
village stores will be open
Saturday night and will offer
cookies, drinks, etc. to create a
festive air. The stores will be
decorated, groups of carolers will
sing their way along Main Street
and the overhead Christmas
lights will be turned on.
From then on, cooperating
stores will remain open every
night until Christmas, except
Saturday nights. Some of the
stores are also planning Sunday
afternoon hours.
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School Board President Frank
Ranieri assured the library
trustees that the difficult decision
came only after an in- depth and
thorough review of all the
ramifications of the proposal,
" an action which will have such
important and final impact upon,
the community."
In reaching its decision, the
School Board was concerned
with the uncertainties of a
spending program instituted by
the government with such haste,
particularly since the law con­tained
a clause allowing a federal
pull- out at any point during
construction.
Even greater concern was
expressed for the dilemma of
approving a referendum which
would likely invalidate the School
Board's desire and actions to sell
the Main Street property with a
view of restoring the entire
parcel to local tax rolls.
In the letter to Library Board
President William Pins, Ranieri
also indicated " no doubt that an
affirmative action on your
proposal would require the Board
of Education to provide certain
increased monies in its proposed
budget for the operation of the
public library at a time when it
could be required to curtail
programs and services to provide
for its own budgetary
requirements."
In the course of its meetings
and correspondence at least two
other problems were faced by the
two boards. One was a lack of
information which left too many
questions unanswered in the
minds of school trustees; a
second involved the limited time
in which all decisions had to be
made by the School Board.
The combination of incomplete
and indefinite information,
mainly centering around the
financial impact and respon-l
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