Showing posts with label Republic Aviation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republic Aviation. Show all posts

Sunday, January 28, 2018

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 EntertainmentBusiness, 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

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

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