Local Farmingdale News - At Your Fingertips

Hi All,

Farmingdale is known for many things: Grumman, Republic Aviation, the Farmingdale Public Library, Farmingdale State College (remember the Aggie school?), Mile-a-Minute Murphy, Bethpage State Park and much more. 

Which, of course, means there is plenty of history and news relating to Farmingdale.

For a timely, unbiased, current, interesting and well written site that covers the ins-and-outs of Farmingdale...check out the Farmingdale Patch.  Click on this link to learn a bit more about Patch.com - basically its the Patch FAQ. 

The Farmingdale Patch has a wide variety of sections relating to Farmingdale: including a section on Arts and Entertainment,  Business, Community Corner, Health and Fitness, Home/Garden, Jobs, Kids/Family, Politics/Government, Schools, Sports and Weather.

As you can see and read; the Farmingdale Patch has Farmingdale very well covered.

Enjoy the site and the news!

Regards,
Stu

What to Do In Farmingdale

Hi All,

Farmingdale is a great town to live and play in.  There's so much to do for adults and kids! 

Farmingdale Patch (local newspaper) has a whole section each week dedicated to events and goings-on around Farmingdale.  Link can be found here. 

Other lists of things to do in and around Farmingdale include TripAdvisor's article 'Things To Do in Farmingdale', Yelp's article 'Best Fun Things to Do in Farmingdale' and believe it or not, a link from the Courtyard Republic Long Island Marriott link titled, 'Things to Do in Farmingdale'.

Groupon has a list as well, as does a site called Life on Long Island.  Click the links above to visit the sites. 

Finally, NYMetroParents has a link titled '7 Things For Families to Do in Farmingdale'.

So there ya have it....stuff to do in these hot, July days of summer!

Stay cool and get out and enjoy the best that Long Island has to offer!

Regards,
Stu

Historic Landmarks in Farmingdale

Hi All,

Farmingdale is a historical town - check out these various links to sites in and around Farmingdale that are historic!

Newsday wrote an article about Republic Aviation (they built 9087 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters for the USAAF during World War II) on 7/21/15...

The American Airpower Museum is another of Farmingdale's historic sites - click here for a link to the museum!

Click on this link from YouTube for a video in which local historian William Johnston discusses origins of Farmingdale village and more. 

This link comes directly from Farmindale Village Hall and is a quick summary of Farmingdale's history - from its Hardscrabble start to the current day.


For an excellent overview (and for contact information) about various famous local landmarks in and around Farmingdale, check the Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society page - clicking here.

So there you have it - five links to Farmingdale's esteemed history!

Enjoy the links!
Stu

A Little Summer Turbulence in Farmingdale

Hi All,

Summertime means fun in the sun and days at an amusement park or beach or park or kayaking on the water or well, anything to do with the 'great outdoors'. 

So what better way to say summer than an article about Farmingdale's Adventureland?

Indeed, a brand new, $5 million roller coaster opened at Adventureland amusement park recently. 
Click on this link to read more about this - directly from The Farmingdale Observer - from an article written on 6/2/15!

Click on this link from Adventureland to see a few pictures of the new behemoth roller coaster. While on the site, users can buy season passes, get park information, learn about birthday parties, where to eat, shop the online store and see pictures of the various rides/attractions at the amusement park.

Enjoy the summer - enjoy your trip to Adventureland!

Finally, if you like roller coasters or amusement parks, click on this link which goes to the library card catalog where you'll find books on amusement parks and roller coasters - we have - or can get any of the books on the list for you!

Enjoy the links!

Regards,
Stu