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Farmingdale sits in that part of Long Island where the landscape changes by inches, not miles, and where history is easy to miss if you are driving too fast. It is not a place that announces itself with a single grand monument or a sweeping waterfront. Instead, its character builds slowly, through old railroad decisions, wartime aviation, family businesses, neighborhood parks, and the stubborn everyday life of a village that has managed to keep its center while the region a