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42-600: The headquarters of the magazine is in Farmingdale, New York . The monthly magazine which had a circulation of 50,000 stopped publication of its print version on its 30th anniversary in April 2004 with withdrawal of Stanley Foundation and instead put its focus on the electronic version. Worldpress.org publishes originally written articles and analysis on various world issues from environment and human rights to regional politics and armed conflicts , as well as reprinted material from

84-525: A 15-square-mile (39 km ) tract of land from three Native American tribes. This is known as the Bethpage Purchase and includes what is now Farmingdale – in addition to Bethpage , Melville , North Massapequa , Old Bethpage , Plainedge , and Plainview . One of two houses he erected in the area (built c. 1738) still stands on Merritts Road in Farmingdale. In the 1830s, anticipating construction of

126-521: A comprehensive directory of world newspapers and magazines. Farmingdale, New York Farmingdale is an incorporated village on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York , United States. The population was 8,466 at the time of the 2020 Census. The Lenox Hills neighborhood is adjacent to Bethpage State Park and the rest of the town is within a fifteen-minute drive of

168-568: A mile a minute. For many years, the town celebrated its birth with the annual Hardscrabble Fair, with music, food and games. It was normally held in May. Farmingdale is also associated with several unincorporated areas outside the village limits, including South Farmingdale (also in the Town of Oyster Bay), and East Farmingdale (in the Town of Babylon , within Suffolk County ). Many nearby places not within

210-535: A second purchase, in 1699, called the "Rim of the Woods Purchase", which includes land to the west of the original Bethpage Purchase; including most of present-day Bethpage and all the land in the northern section of present-day Plainedge (Boundary Avenue, north to Old Motor Parkway, and Hicksville Road east to Cedar Drive). By 1700, very little of Long Island had not been purchased from the Native Americans by

252-634: A separate county until 1899, and was, at the time of the purchase, part of Queens County . Most of the Bethpage Purchase is in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau. The portions in Suffolk were all then within the Town of Huntington. In 1872, the Town of Huntington was subdivided, and East Farmingdale became part of the Town of Babylon . Almost eight years later, on October 18, 1695, Mawmee (alias Serewanos), William Chepy, Seurushung, and Wamussum made their marks on

294-933: A study carried out by Georgetown University of Washington, D.C. after the launch of the electronic version of worldpress.org in 1997, "the magazine counts among its readers all 535 members of Congress , the 9 justices of the United States Supreme Court , senior officials in the White House ." According to the study, "World Press Review is the journal of record for a small but influential global audience, providing an unprecedented platform for ideas and opinions on topics of significant international concern." The free online magazine, run by Teri Schure, financially relies on website design and optimize projects from other independent websites, educational projects such as publishing political maps, advertisements, as well as donations. Since 1975, World Press Review has also presented

336-503: Is approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east to west and 5 miles (8.0 km) north to south. This land covers both sides of the present-day border between Nassau and Suffolk counties — all or parts of present-day Bethpage , Farmingdale , Old Bethpage , Plainedge , Plainview , and South Farmingdale (all in Nassau), and East Farmingdale and Melville (both in Suffolk). Nassau County was not

378-621: The International Editor of the Year Award to an editor or editors outside the United States "whose work best exemplifies the principles of journalism ." According to Worldpress.org editorial, the award is granted to journalists "in recognition of enterprise, courage and leadership in advancing the freedom and responsibility of the press , enhancing human rights and fostering excellence in journalism." World Press Review's Editor of

420-720: The Long Island Rail Road 's Farmingdale station. Major roads are New York State Routes 24 (Conklin Street), 27 (Sunrise Highway), 109 (Fulton Street), and 110 (Broad Hollow Road), as well as the Southern State Parkway and Bethpage State Parkway . The village is the site of a transit-oriented development centered around the LIRR station. A Long Island Greenway is planned from Farmingdale to Montauk. Thomas Powell (1641%E2%80%931722) Thomas Powell (1641–1721/22)

462-536: The Long Island Rail Road , land developer Ambrose George purchased a large tract of land between a community then known as Bethpage, now Old Bethpage, and an area in Suffolk County known as Hardscrabble . He built a general store in the western part of this property which he named Farmingdale . When the LIRR started service to the area in October 1841, it used the name Farmingdale for its latest stop, here, on

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504-802: The Netherlands back to England and finally to America in the spring of 1637. The group arrived in Boston on the ship Hector on June 26, but decided to strike out on their own, based on their impression that the Massachusetts Bay Colony was lax in its religious observances. In April 1638, the main party of five hundred Puritans left Massachusetts under the leadership of Davenport and the London merchant Theophilus Eaton , and sailed into their new haven . The Quinnipiac Native Americans, who were under attack by neighboring Pequots , had sold their land to Eaton and

546-809: The Pilgrims , Plymouth Colony (in Massachusetts ) was founded in 1620 by those who sailed aboard the Mayflower . The colony was one of the earliest successful colonies to be founded by the English in North America, and the first sizeable permanent English settlement in what is now the New England region. Soon other colonies were established in New England. A Puritan minister named John Davenport led his flock from exile in

588-590: The United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km ), all land. Between the 1990 Census and the 2000 census, the village gained territory. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Farmingdale has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Farmingdale was 102 °F (38.9 °C) on July 6, 2010, and July 22, 2011, while

630-513: The 3,216 households 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 29.8% of households were one person and 11.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.19. The age distribution was 21.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% 65 or older. The median age

672-542: The Bethpage Purchase. One of two houses Powell built in the area ( circa 1700) still stands on Merritts Road in Farmingdale, just north of the Bethpage-Hempstead Turnpike . Powell died February 28, 1722 [ O.S. February 28, 1721], in Westbury, New York , another Quaker settlement. His remaining property was split among his children and their heirs , in accordance with his will. Children mentioned in

714-540: The Bethpage State Park golf courses and the Long Island Railroad trackage, encompassing rolling hills and a wide boulevard, are known as the more upscale part of Farmingdale Village. Later, Farmingdale became a locus for the aircraft industry, notably Republic Aviation Company . In 1899, Mile-a-Minute Murphy rode a bicycle along the Long Island Rail Road 's Central Branch through the Farmingdale area at

756-609: The English colonists, and townships controlled whatever land had not already been distributed. Powell and his first wife Abigail Wood had eight children, including another Thomas Powell (1665–1731), the fourth Thomas Powell. His first wife died before 1688 in Westbury, after which Powell married Elizabeth Phillips, of Jericho, Long Island, February 9, 1690, in Westbury. They had seven children. Most sources, when mentioning where Powell himself resided, state Westbury. Powell sold pieces of Bethphage to other Quaker farmers. His sons did live in

798-666: The Hempstead-Bethpage Turnpike; the second was present-day Old Bethpage; and the latest is present-day Bethpage.     "In 1638 a company of English landed at Boston under the leadership of Davenport and Eaton. Almost immediately they went by boat to settle at New Haven, Conn. Among them there was a Thomas Powell and his wife, Priscilla. He was born in England in 1616 and died in New Haven in 1681... A daughter, Hannah (born 1641 died 1710) she married Thomas Tuttle. There

840-763: The Jonas Halifax Wood home living with them nine years. After almost nine years of service to Master Good Wood, and Good Higbe, Powell gave written testimony for the inventory books against the estate of Jonas Halifax Wood of Hempstead regarding an unpaid debt for rum and wine at Daniel Whiteheads store following Wood's death. Records from 1666 show Powell acting as attorney for Matthews in the sale of lands in Oyster Bay. Sources list Powell's first wife's name as unknown . After completing his service, Powell lived for several years in Huntington. Powell filled positions within

882-586: The Mayor of Farmingdale is Ralph Ekstrand, the Deputy Mayor is William Barrett, and the Village Trustees are Cheryl Parisi, Walter Priestley, and Craig Rosasco. In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the majority of Farmingdale voters voted for Donald J. Trump (R) . Farmingdale is served by Republic Airport , a major general aviation reliever to the east of New York City ; NICE routes n70 and n71; and

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924-765: The Quaker Act (1662) and the Conventicle Act 1664 . This was relaxed after the Declaration of Indulgence (1687–1688) and stopped under the Act of Toleration 1689 . Peter Stuyvesant , the Dutch Director-General of New Netherland , had also banned Quaker worship despite the 1657 Flushing Remonstrance . Many Quakers settled further east in Oyster Bay, which was near the boundary between Dutch and British land. George Fox later visited Oyster Bay in 1672. Until 1664, Long Island

966-633: The Year recipient is selected by magazine's editors in consultation with its correspondents, translators, contributing editors and others. The International Editor of the Year Award in 2005-2006 was granted to three Mexican journalists, Raúl Gibb Guerrero , Dolores Guadalupe García Escamilla and Alfredo Jiménez Mota . Other features of the Worldpress.org include information and documents on education , think tanks and NGOs , travel and dining as well as profiles on weblogs and countries. The website also provides

1008-524: The administration of Huntington, including town recorder in the year 1658 and is listed as doing so in the Huntington town history timeline., constable, surveyor, overseer, and trustee. In 1682, Powell declined to serve again as constable, because the job required the officer to swear to levy and collect rates for the Church of England , and he had, by then, become a Quaker . Founded by a group of Separatists and Anglicans , who together later came to be known as

1050-515: The biblical town of Bethphage (meaning "house of figs") was situated between Jericho and Jerusalem in Israel . Today, the Long Island place formerly called "Jerusalem" is known as Wantagh and Island Trees , while the placename Jericho, also a Quaker settlement at that time, still has that name. Over time, the second "H" was dropped from the name, to spell "Bethpage". Sources also mention he made

1092-469: The coldest temperature recorded was −1 °F (−18.3 °C) on January 4, 2014. As of the 2010 census The population of the village was 88.2% White, 71.1% Non-Hispanic White , 2.6% African American, 0.4% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 4.7% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.7% of the population. At the 2000 census there were 8,399 people, 3,216 households, and 2,051 families in

1134-414: The line it was building to Greenport . Stagecoaches took people from the Farmingdale station to Islip, Babylon, Patchogue, Oyster Bay South, and West Neck (Huntington area). In 1886 a fire department was organized, and in 1904, Farmingdale incorporated as a village. The Lenox Hills Country Club, an 18-hole private golf course designed by Devereux Emmet , was developed north of the community in 1923 and

1176-481: The park. It is also approximately 37 mi (59 km) southeast of Midtown Manhattan and can be reached via the Ronkonkoma Branch of the Long Island Rail Road . The Long Island Expressway and Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway are the best way to reach Farmingdale from the city and the mainland. The first European settler in the area was Thomas Powell , who arrived in 1687. On October 18, 1695, he purchased

1218-615: The press outside the United States . The magazine describes its mission as "to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information." According to its editorial guideline, Worldpress.org mostly focuses on the issues which are barely reflected in the mainstream press, translating, reprinting, analyzing, and contextualizing what it evaluates as "the best of the international press" from more than 20 languages. For its originally written material, World Press relies on its web of freelancers from approximately 40 countries. According to

1260-646: The settlers in return for protection. These settlers established the New Haven Colony . In 1662, the colony merged with the Connecticut Colony . The English Civil War took place from 1642 to 1651, and England was without a monarch until 1660. Quakerism was founded by George Fox (1624–1691) in England in the late 1640s. The first Quaker missionaries arrived on America in Boston in 1656, and 1657 on Long Island. Quakers were officially persecuted in England under

1302-512: The sheepskin deed for the purchase. The deed, which recognizes Powell had already been in possession of part of the land for more than seven years, is recorded in the Queens County Clerks office, and in it, the Native Americans reserved the right to pick berries and hunt on the property sold. Powell called the land he purchased "Bethphage", because it was situated between two other places on Long Island, Jericho and Jerusalem , just as

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1344-713: The southernmost part of Bethpage State Park, where the clubhouse is located. A road sign on Main Street in the south-east section of South Farmingdale (and over a mile from the Village of Farmingdale) welcomes travelers to Farmingdale. Farmingdale is also the name of the local Farmingdale Water District and Farmingdale Fire District, both of which also include areas outside the boundaries of the Village of Farmingdale. Farmingdale State College and Republic Airport are in East Farmingdale, both with Farmingdale mailing addresses. According to

1386-521: The village limits have Farmingdale as their postal address and the same 11735 ZIP code. Residents of East Farmingdale must use Farmingdale as their mailing address, while residents of South Farmingdale can use either Farmingdale or South Farmingdale . Bethpage State Park , which is mostly in Old Bethpage, also has a Farmingdale mailing address. Farmingdale Union Free School District (UFSD 22) includes parts of both Nassau County and Suffolk County and

1428-430: The village. The population density was 7,432.2 inhabitants per square mile (2,869.6/km ). There were 3,289 housing units at an average density of 2,910.4 per square mile (1,123.7/km ). The racial makup of the village was 87.03% White, 1.61% African American, 0.12% Native American, 3.70% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 5.06% from other races, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.57%. Of

1470-431: The will are Thomas, Abigail Willets, John, Jonas, Caleb, Wait, Elisha, Solomon, Elizabeth Titus, Sarah, Amey, Mercy, Hannah Willis, Phebe Willis, and Rachel Willets. As a result, several farming communities developed. Three separate communities within the original Bethpage Purchase have, at one time or another, been named Bethpage. The first community was centered in present-day Farmingdale around Merritts Road, just north of

1512-494: Was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males. The median household income was $ 58,411 and the median family income was $ 68,235. Males had a median income of $ 46,104 versus $ 36,021 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 27,492. About 3.0% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over. As of July 2023,

1554-542: Was a landowner in the middle section of Long Island in the Province of New York during the colonial period of American history. He secured the land transaction known as the Bethpage Purchase with local native tribes on Long Island. Powell was born in August or October 1641. Puritans Thomas Powell (1616–1681) and Priscilla Powell ( nee Whitson) are sometimes given as the names of his parents. Sources disagree on whether Powell

1596-624: Was born in Wales , United Kingdom or in Connecticut . Some sources say that Powell's parents were involved with the Reverend John Davenport , who led a group of Puritans to settle in the New Haven Colony in present-day New Haven, Connecticut . Several sources say Powell's father was involved with the sack and rum trade . Court records from 1662 for the Town of Huntington , New York, indicate that thomas Powell indentured servant in

1638-451: Was chosen by the town to offer to buy more lands from the Native Americans. The Bethpage Purchase was a 1687 land transaction in which Powell bought more than 15 square miles (39 km ) (about 10,000 acres) in central Long Island, New York for £140 (English pounds sterling) from local Native Americans in the United States tribes, including the Marsapeque, Matinecoc, and Sacatogue . It

1680-515: Was owned and operated by Benjamin F. Yoakum . This golf course was purchased by the State of New York, was greatly expanded, and then re-opened as Bethpage State Park in 1932, with much of the golf design work carried out by golf architect A.W. Tillinghast , later inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame . The original 1920s era Lenox Hills subdivision and later adjacent subdivisions, located between

1722-564: Was split, roughly at the present border between Nassau County and Suffolk County , between the Dutch in the west and Connecticut claiming the east. The Dutch did grant an English settlement in Hempstead (now in Nassau), but drove settlers from Oyster Bay as part of a boundary dispute. In 1664, all of Long Island became part of the Province of New York within the Shire of York . Present-day Suffolk County

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1764-562: Was the East Riding of Yorkshire, while present-day Queens and Nassau were just part of the larger North Riding. In 1683, Yorkshire was dissolved and Suffolk County and Queens County were established. (Nassau County was not formed until 1899, when it split from Queens County.) In 1686, Governor Thomas Dongan of New York urged the Town of Huntington to complete the purchase from the local Native Americans of any lands not already purchased. Powell, who had substantial holdings of land in Huntington,

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