asked who was mayor 100 years ago in the Village of Farmingdale, in light of the election of last week. Ekstrand replaces former mayor George Starkie, .
According to the Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society, Adolph Bausch was president of the Village in 1912 (the title of mayor was not yet adopted):
At the annual election in March 1910, Adolph Bausch was re-elected as Village President to the second year of his eventual four year tenure (1909-1913).
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Two questions were also on the ballot that March. The first was to create the office of Police Justice. This was passed by a vote of 47 to 32. The second was to authorize the Village to construct a sidewalk on South Front Street from Main Street to the Farmingdale LIRR Station, a distance of approximately one thousand feet. This item would represent a major improvement in an era of unpaved streets. It was approved, 47 to 36.
Congratulations to reader who correctly guessed that in 1912 the Village was led by a "President" and that the term "Mayor" was first used in the late 1920's for Mayor Weber and leaders thereafter.
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