1977-11-03

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Vol. 59 No. 2
^ Pr/ z* Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920
armm An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, November 3,1877 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
General Election
Tuesday Nov. 8th
In F„ mi » gda. e
Farmingdale area voters will go to their polling
places next Tuesday, November 8, between 6 a. m. and 9
p. m. to select the officials they want to represent them
in Nassau County and in the Town of Oyster Bay.
Ttiey will also be asked to vote*" yes" or " no" on a
proposition for the Economic Action Program bond
issue; a question on authorizing a state constitutional
convention and eight amendments, including four for
EE KLATCHING Sunday afternoon at the home of Farmingdale Deputy Mayor Willis B. Car-an,
Jr. are Town of Oyster Bay Candidates seeking reelection next Tuesday. From left are Coun­cilman
Kenneth Diamond. Supervisor Joseph Colby, Town Clerk Ann Ocker, Carman, anil Councilman
Howard T. Hogan, Jr. This was the first of four coffee Watches held for the town candidates Sunday in
the Farmingdale, Massapequa Park area. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Town Adopts 1978 Budget
The Town Board adopted a 1978
budget which holds the General
Town tax rate at its current level
of 82.5 cents per $ 100 assessed
valuation.
" In addition to keeping the tax
rate down," Town Supervisor
Joseph Colby said, " this budget
will permit the Town to maintain
the needed services. we have
always provided for our
residents. I believe that the
trimming that took place was
essential to overcome increasing
costs for electricity, telephones,
fuels, wages, equipment and
supplies, but there will be no
reduction in our essential ser­vices."
The total General Town budget
for 1978 will be $ 17,917,520. The
current budget totals $ 18,103,424.
It is the first time in 13 years that
the General Town budget has
decreased.
The adopted Part Town
Pin Found In
Candy Bar
Farmingdale had one reported
incident of " doctored treats" on
Halloween as the mother of a
young trick- or- treater discovered
a straight pin in a candy bar.
The unnamed child visited the
homes in the neighborhood from
First to Fourth Avenues along
Woodward Parkway and
Washington St. Eighth precinct
detectives are investigating and
retracing the child's " trick- or-treat"
route.
( Building, Zoning and Planning
and Development) budget totals
$ 1,453,671 for 1978 and will in­crease
the 1978 tax rate by eight
tenths of a penny from 9.6 cents to
10.4 cents per $ 100 assessed
valuation. The current Part Town
budget totals $ 1,400,977.
The Highway Budget for 1978
totals $ 7,918,577, a slight increase
over the current Highway budget
of $ 7,739,861. This results in a tax
rate increase of 3.6 cents per $ 100
assessed valuation to 78.8 cents.
For the average home assessed
at $ 7,300 this increase amounts to
Charge Youth
With Burglary
A Farmingdale youth was
arrested early Saturday morning
and charged with two counts of
burglary and one count of at­tempted
burglary for allegedly
breaking into three downtown
Farmingdale stores.
Police said Charles O'Neil, 20,
of 56 Jefferson Road, Far­mingdale,
was arrested at 5: 35
a. m. at the intersection of Main
and Conklin Streets and charged
with two counts of burglary third
degree and one count of at­tempted
burglary.
According to police at 5: 20 a. m.
Moby Drugs was broken into
from the rear parking lot. At 5: 25
Eddie's Deli was entered and at
5: 30 Lee Mar Stationery. At all
three locations rear windows
were broken.
less than 22 cents a month in
actual taxes. This increase is
directly related to actual cost
increases in fuel, materials and
equipment. In addition, a new
state mandate added unem­ployment
insurance costs to
municipal budgets for the first
time.
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court reforms.
FHS Media
Win Awards
John A. McLennan, principal of
Farmingdale High School, today
announced that the school
publications, the Paper Lion
( newspaper), Hi- Life ( year­book),
and Muse £ Media
( literary magazine) had cap­tured
many awards at the annual
Empire State School Press
Association convention held in
Syracuse, N. Y. on October 27,28,
and 29.
' Paper Lion Awards included:
First Places - Laura Scarpinato -
best cartoon ( illustration); Mark
Faber - best editorial; Steve
O'Neill - best sports story; Paper
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In addition to selecting a
Nassau County Executive in the
much publicized race between
Francis T. Purcell, Ralph Caso
and Irwin Landes, voters will
also select no less than five
Supreme Court Justices, two
County Court Judges and one
District Court Judge.
On the county level are also a
race for District Attorney and
County Comptroller.
In the Town of Oyster Bay,
voters will select a Town
Supervisor, three Town Coun-cilmen
and a Town Clerk.
A complete sample ballot
containing the propositions and
the candidates can be found in
the centerfold of this week's
edition of The Post.
The Post's opinion and en­dorsements
of various can­didates
for office are on page
four.
HONORING DIRECTOR: Catherine RomanelU, new director of the Farmingdale Library, was
honored at a reception in the South Farmingdale branch library Sunday afternoon. Paying their
respects are Town Councilman Gregory Carman, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Fredrick Brockman,
Mrs. RomanelU, Library Trustee William Pins and Deputy Mayor Willis B. Carman, Jr. [ Post photo by
Bob Starrett]