Friday, 17 February 2012 00:00

District will remain unchanged until further notice

The Village of Farmingdale Board of Trustees met Monday, Feb. 6 at Village Hall to continue public discussions on LLG-2011- the agenda item that would have added new allowed uses in the Conklin Street zoning district.

In December, Mayor George Starkie and the village board voted to eliminate “restaurant use” as a permitted option for the area in question- located after Hempstead Turnpike, before Main Street and essentially next to Fulton Street- after residents voiced concerns over the potential for increased pollution and food odors.

At the Feb. 6 meeting, Starkie discussed the background of the situation and provided reasons why he decided to discontinue the public hearing on it. “After hearing from the public and one person in particular, we were informed this might fall under the category of spot-zoning,” Starkie said. “Sometimes you need that ‘aha’ moment. So we continued the public hearing with the understanding that we’d definitely eliminate ‘restaurant use.’ Subsequently, that property has sold. Nobody is telling us to who; nobody has come in with any applications. At this point, I think it would be unfair to the public to continue the hearing.”

Friday, 17 February 2012 00:00

Tax Certioraris Burden to Fall on School Districts 2013-14

At the Wednesday, Feb. 1, public board meeting of the Farmingdale School District 34 people were in attendance, including many student teachers from Molloy College in Rockville Center, observing as part of a classroom assignment.

Many of the student teachers in attendance were shocked to learn firsthand how the state-mandated learning objectives and student assessments will be evolving, as presented by Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Joan Ripley.

Ripley gave an overview of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) and Assessments. SLO and assessments for students are related to the legislation on annual professional performance (APPR) for teachers, instructors.

Friday, 17 February 2012 00:00

Councilman Joseph Muscarella and Legislator Joe Belesi recently joined in celebrating the many accomplishments of the players and cheerleaders of the Farmingdale Titans Youth Football and Cheerleading Organization, at their annual awards dinner held at the Sterling in Bethpage. Among those on hand for the nights festivities include the players, cheerleaders, and Rob Rodriguez, Flo Hilbrandt, Marty Hettrich, Laura Cincotta, Bob Thompson, Eric Roache, and Tina Gangale.

Friday, 17 February 2012 00:00

Island Harvest (“A Food Bank for Long Island”) describes its mission as “Fighting Hunger, Touching Lives.” You could certainly say that the mission of the Greater Long Island Running Club (GLIRC) is “Promoting Fitness, Touching Lives.” So it is quite natural that the Club would find a way to combine resources in some way with Island Harvest to do good things together!

Island Harvest will be a beneficiary of the 2012 Runner’s Edge-TOBAY Triathlon, and everyone will be urged to bring a canned or packaged non-perishable item of food to Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in August for collection and distribution to people who are hungry on Long Island.