1976-01-22

              * HB L. I. HISTORICAL
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A Pr/ z* Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 ®
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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 57 NO. 10 Second Clnss Postage Paid
in Farming!" U', N. Y. ll?.!.< Thursday, January 22, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
Island— Wide Publications, Inc. price 15*' - $ 5 per year
DIAL- A- RIDE TICKETS are delivered personally by Mayor John T. Hallahan of Farmingdale to three
residents of Daleview Nursing Home, Elizabeth Mahoney Florence Blesele and Elizabeth Tor tor a. The
tickets available to senior citizens 62 and over provide discount rides in Green and White Taxis
anywhere within the village. Eligible seniors can pick- up their book of tickets at the village hall.
[ Post photo by Bob StarrettJ
Demand Lilco Drop Ratchet
Village Offers
Dial- A- Ride
For Seniors
Senior citizens residing within the Incorporated
Village of Farmingdale are now able to participate in a
new Dial- A- Ride program negotiated between the Green
and White Taxi Company.
Mayor John T. Hallahan and the trustees of the village
and Herbert Granville, owner of Green and White Taxi,
worked out the details of an arrahgemehT'wmen wnr
allow village senior citizens to ride anywhere in the
village in a taxi at a reduced rate, fifty cents off the cost
of the regular fare.
Skid Crash
Kills Woman
Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Gregory W. Carman has once
again submitted testimony to the
New York State Public Service
Commission in his effort to
eliminate LILCO's practice " of
requiring large consumers of
electricity to pay for energy that
they do not consume."
In a letter to PSC Hearing
Examiner Edward Block, Car­man
commented on a proposal
now before the Commission
whereby the 85% " ratchet"
charge -- a monthly demand
charge based on a percentage of
actual use during a peak period of
the year - would be lowered to
17% for season commercial users
and then raised annually by 17%
increments until the charge
again reached 85% in 1980. The
measure was promulgated by
LILCO after strong protests by
seasonal consumers who shut
their power off during certain
periods o/ the year but must pay
the 85% demand charge.
Carman voiced opposition,
stating that the proposal " doesn't
go to the heart of the matter -
charging consumers for elec­tricity
which they do not use...
( and) in no way addresses itself
to ratchet charges for year -
' round commercial users whose
need for consumption fluctuates
throughout the year."
Carman called for an end to
ratchet charges last October,
when he announced that a local
water district had been assessed
more than $ 4,000 for electricty
which it did not use. The Coun­cilman,
a resident of Far­mingdale,
testified before the
PSC in December and, this week,
sent written testimony for sub­mission
as evidence resulting
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OrchestraHa Camera
Concert A t Howitt
The Orchestra Da Camera will
feature the distinguished, in-posers
String Quartet at its
concert on Saturday, January SI,
8: 90 p. m. at the Wejdon E. Howitt
Jr. High School in Farmingdale.
The program includes: Ejgar's
Serenade for String Orchestra,
Op. 20; Geminiani's Concerto in
E Minor, Op. 3, No. 3;
Geteminov's Concerto for String
Quartet and String Orchestra and
Dvorak's Serenade for String
Orchestra, Op. 22.
The Composers String Quartet
will be featured as soloists in the
Geminianl and Golem inov
Concertos in this unusual
program.
The guest conductor for the
concert is Howard Shanet,
conductor of the Columbia
University Orchestra.
The Composers String Quartet,
in residence at Columbia
University, was founded and is
led by Matthew Raimondi ( first
violinist), for many years con-certmaater
for the Orchestra
DaCamera. Anahid Ajemian
( second violinist) was the Or­chestra's
assistant con-certmaster.
Other members of
the Quartet are Michael
Rudiakov, cellist, and Jean Dane,
vioHst.
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A skidding accident last Friday
night in Bethpage proved to be
fatal for a Farmingdale woman.
Eighth precinct police reported
the victim, Kathleen Touhey, 31,
of 130 Secatogue Avenue, was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Mid- Island Hospital.
She was a passenger in a car
driven by Gerald J. Box, 25, of a
Hicksville, when it skidded on
Central Avenue, Bethpage and
struck a utility pole at 10; 15 p. m.
Friday. Box was admitted to
Mid- Island with multiple in­juries.
$ Million Suit
In Fatal Crash
/ An auto accident last fall in
which a young Farmingdale
teacher was killed has resulted in
the filing of a one million dollar
lawsuit against Rensselaer
County by his parents.
The parents of 22 year old
Stephen Teta, who was killed
Sept. 12 in the town of North
Greenbush have filed suit against
the county and town. The claims
are for $ 250,000 for personal in­juries
sustained to the deceased,
$ 250,000 in compensatory
damages and $ 500,000 in punitive
damages.
Teta Was pronounced dead at
Samaritan Hospital after his car
collided with a tractor- trailer at
the intersection or Sharpe Road
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Any senior citizen, 62 years of
age or older and residing in the
village, can pick- up a book of
Dial- A- Ride tickets at the Village
Hall by showing proof of age and
residence.
The senior citizen then can call
Green & White Taxi to pick him
or her up at any location and be
delivered to any other location
within the village and. obtain the
reduced rate by presenting the
driver with one of the coupon
tickets in the book.
One exception has been made
for an out of the village stop.
Seniors going to or from the
Senior Citizen program at the
Sons of Italy Hall on Boundary
Ave. may use the discount
tickets.
Under this program the Village
of I Farmingdale will pay the
^ Ireen & White Taxi Co. twenty-five,
cents for each ticket
redeemed. The taxi company will
absorb the additional twenty- five
cents.
Mayor Hallahan told the Post
that the village would gladly
allow its senior citizens to use the
discount tickets for rides outside
of the village limits, but state
laws prohibit villages from
spending any village funds
outside of the village boundary
lines.
\ Chat With Mayor
Village Mayor John T.
Hallahan will be available in
the Village Hall from 10: 30
a. m. to 12 noon to talk with
any and all residents about
village problems.
No appointment is
necessary and any resident
can stop in for a ehat with
Mayor Hallahan daring the
appointed hours on Saturday
mornings.