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HISS E&fl* HUKTI\ THE L.I. HISTORICAL f PlEftftPOMT & CLIHTOH STS. BRQQBUH 2t «• Y. A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farming jak Area Since 1920 ® y4» Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale VOL. 57 NO. 19 Second Class Postage Paid in Farmin R dale, N.Y. 11735 Thursday, March 25, 1976 Copyright 1976 by bland—Wide Publications, Inc. price 1 Si - $5 per year Legislators Restore Aid To Farmingdale Schools As State legislators trooped into the legislative chambers in Albany last week to vote on the proposed annual State Budget and 10 inches of new snow blanketed the State Capitol, it looked like the Nassau Republican legislators' pledge to remain there until \hell freezes over\ or Governor Carey provides more funds for local school districts was about to come true. Many hours later, the Nassau Republican delegation won their battle and knew it would be a bright spring for them and their school districts, as legislation was passed to restore $116 million in State aid to education which was originally proposed as a budget cut by Governor Carey. \It's a great victory for the people of Nassau County and all suburban areas in the State,\ said a smiling, but tired Assemblyman Joseph M. Margiotta (R-Uniondale), spokesman for the 12-member Nassau Republican delegation. Assemblyman Philip B. Healey (R-C Massapequa) announced $631,308 in school aid cuts for the Farmingdale School District have been restored in the 1976-77 State Budget. Assemblyman Healey said that Governor Carey proposed to reduce Farmingdale school aid by $631,308 in January but during several months of negotiations Healey dramatized the plight of the Farmingdale taxpayer. Healey said that some residents could lose their homes due to high taxes and others were ex- periencing severe financial hardship. Assemblyman Healey, who participated in initiating the 'save harmless' concept in 1971, said that this $631,308 will eliminate the necessity of the taxpayers paying the difference in the state aid reduction which Farmingdale would otherwise have experienced. \With this $631,308, the Far- mingdale School Board can be assisted in its efforts to control tax increases,\ Healey con- cluded. Assemblyman Lewis J. Yevoli (D-Old Bethpage), said that he and fellow members of the I Continued on page 20] Voters Say 4 Yes 9 To Library HAVE YOUrWTICEPtheae«ewrfgMatcertakiis^erierH«i Farmingdale? Into one is at the comer of Main St and Motor Ave. and allows motorists to make right tarn on a red light, bat only after yielding the right of way to other traffic or pedestrians crossing. [Post photo by Bob Starrett] Right Turn On Red, But Only At Sign Unwary motorists may think they're right turning right on a red light, and they may be - but then again, they may be wrong. It all depends on whether or not there's a sign at the intersection which says, \Right on Red After Stop.\ According to Deputy Inspector Lawrence Thome, commanding officer of the Nassau County Police Department's Accident Prevention Bureau, there has been considerable confusion recently among motorists about the legality of making a right hand turn when facing a red light. The confusion apparently steins from the fact that some 100 •tins authorising a right turn at a red light have been installed by the Department of Public Works at various intersections around the county during the past five months and tome driven have taken it to mean that it is legal to make a right hand turn at a red light at any intersection. \It just isn't so,\ said Inspector Thorne. \Only where such a sign is posted can a motorist legally make such a turn and then only after coming to a full stop and If traffic conditions permit it.\ He noted that besides coining to a full stop, drivers must also yield the right of way to pedestrians crossing the street they are on and to automobile traffic travelling on the road they want to enter. Anyone not adhering to the law can be issued a ticket for passing a red Mght which can call for penalties of up to 15 days in jail and a $50 fine for first offenders and as much as 90 days in tail and a $250 fine for anyone win more than two convictions in a period of 18 months. Installation of the signs began I Continued on page IS] The Farmingdale Public Library will remain in its South Farmingdale branch building after the lease expires. The voters of the Farmingdale School pistrict said \Yes\ to the bond issue that will allow the trustees to exercise their option to buy the building for $250,000. In Tuesday's referendum at Weldon E. Howitt Junior High School, 1489 of the 1793 registered voters who cast their ballots voted in the affirmative as op- posed to only 304 \no\ votes. George Fain, president of the Board of Library Trustees, told the Post Tuesday night that he and the trustees were delighted with the results of the vote, but were surprised at the small number of negative votes cast. He said he was afraid that the small voter turnout would end in the defeat of the proposition. Now that they have public approval to purchase the building, the trustees can exercise their option in the 1960 lease and remain in the south branch as their own landlord. Had the referendum been defeated the lease would have been renegotiated in October and the rental increased from $25,000 per year to $40,000 with a tax escalating clause. Had the proposition been defeated and the library forced to move at some future date to available school facilities, as suggested by some opponents, the cost of the move, including architects fees and the mezanine installed several years ago by the library, would most likely have cost in excess of the $250,000 purchase price. As Fain explained after Tuesday's vote, \Buying the building at a 1960 price was the most economical way to go, the public must have seen it that way.\ Board Won't Three Burglaries Negotiate In Farmingdale Say Teachers After numerous unproductive negotiating sessions the Far- mingdale Federation of Teachers again finds it necessary to ex- press its dismay over the Board of Education's continued failure to attend the contract negotiation meetings. The absence of any real dialogue between the Board of Education and the Federation portends serious difficulties for all concerned. With the teachers' contract expiring on March 31, we believe that the Board's in- transigence may toad to the development of an unfortunate ~ situation. The Board's apparent failure to understand the complexities of settling a contract, and the continued non-attendance of Board members (except Lucille Goulding), especially Board President, Robert Weiss, can only lead to a crisis situation in I Continued on page 20] Three burglaries were reported in the Farmingdale area during the past week by eighth precinct police. Approximately $4,000 worth of assorted men's and women's jewelry was reported missing from the home at 156 Sunset Avenue, South Farmingdale, after a burglar entered the home last Friday. Some time during the night of March 15-16 a burglar entered the home of 101 Thomas Powell Blvd., Farmingdale. No loss has been, determined. Hie Sylvia Packard School on North Idaho Ave., North MisnipiMSis, was entered during the night of March 21-22. The thief took the keys to the classrooms. Police said a 17 year old South Farmingdale youth was menaced by two unknown males at 8:45 a.m. last Thursday iWHn* || n g Deal P. Hennessey of 172 Crest wood Blvd. reported the two tht^tene4himwimaknife.The detective squad is still in- vestigating.
