December 24, 2004 RSS feed / Community

Oops! No Snow Day For Garden City Schools

Winter officially came to the area a day early on December 20th with frigid temperatures and a blanket of snow. Due to a staff error, people who visited the school district More...

Plea In Case Of Accident

Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon announced today that Omar Syed Afzal, 18, of Mineola, plead guilty to two counts of Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree, a Class D Felony and one count of Driving While Impaired By Drugs, a Class A More...

Have You Seen The Gingerbread Man?

Locust School first-graders love gingerbread! Students in Mrs. Link More...

News From The Children’s Room

Magic Beyond Imagination with Garden City native, Magic Bob McEntee is a one-hour show is appropriate for children age 4 through Grade 5. It is to be performed on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at 11 A.M.at the Garden City Public Library. More...

First Graders Celebrate Fall

To celebrate fall, the children in Mrs. Abatemarco More...

Congregational Prayer Breakfast A Big Hit

Members and friends of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, located at 420 Stewart Ave., Garden City, gathered for a Congregational Prayer Breakfast as part of their ongoing mission to share the saving message of Jesus Christ, care for those with More...

Halloween Fun At The Casino

On Halloween night the Garden City Casino rocked to the More...

Winners Of Local Contest

Suzanne Eigl & Jeanie Verdis of Coach Realtors, Hubbell & Klapper/Fennessy Assoc. of G.C. sponsored a photo contest for children at Thanksgiving. More...

Suozzi Honors Douglas Noll Of Garden City For Dedicated Service

Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi was happy to honor Douglas Noll of Garden City at the Nassau County Service Awards Ceremony recently for his many years of valuable service to Nassau County. More...

Cadettes On Broadway

Cadettes from Garden City Girl Scout Troop #1416 spent a day on Broadway on Nov. 6 participating in a backstage program given by actors from the show More...

Army Certificate Of Appreciation

Corene Norniella, a senior at Garden City High School, has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Army for her efforts in organizing a neighborhood project to consolidate food and supplies that were sent to Iraq for the members of the 20 More...

Church Holds Election Day Fair

The Women More...

Cub Scout News

Pack 7 had a busy November, with lots of fun and charitable activities. On Veteran More...

Asian Club Attends Show

The Asian Club experienced a bit of India on November 7 by enjoying the Broadway show More...

Celebrating Thanksgiving Through Skits

The students in Stella Guiry More...

Community Club Greens Day

The Garden Dept. of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead held their annual Greens Day on December 8 More...

Named Chairman Of Insurance Council

The Life Insurance Council of New York, Inc. (LICONY) has elected Paul Rivera to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors for 2005 at their Annual Meeting on December 2. Mr. More...

Community Club Presents “Christmas Hour Of Music”

The weather outside may have been frightful, but inside the Cathedral of the Incarnation everyone was delighted as members and guests of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead warmly welcomed the Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble back to once aga More...

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a christmas eve Candlelight Service is being held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Garden City on December 24 at 5 pm. Meet and enjoy the company of other Catholic singles on the first Saturday of each month. More...

T.R.A.C.K.S. Program At Hemlock

The children of Hemlock School participated in the Long Island Railroad T.R.A.C.K.S. Program (Together Railroads And Communities Keeping Safe) on November 16. More...

Play Ball!

The commissioner of Major League Baseball had quite the dilemma! He knew that the new Garden City baseball team had to be named after a vertebrate, but he was out of ideas for names. Luckily for him, word had spread that the students in Mrs. Andrews More...

Locust School Students Collect Toys

The kindergarten and first-grade students from Locust School were asked to donate a toy for More...

Local Nurse Joins Medical Reserve Corps

Dr. Kristine Qureshi, RN, DNSc, of Garden City (fourth from left) was among the hundreds of medical professionals who recently received their credentials in the Nassau County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). Dr. More...

The Joy Of Giving

Christ Episcopal Church in Garden City held its annual Harvest Fair on Saturday, November 6, offering delight to old and young. When Mrs. Elena Leiter of Garden City entered her sweepstakes ticket, she had no idea she would be a winner. More...

League Luncheon A Success

The Garden City Casino was the site of the festive Fall Dessert Luncheon and Card Game on Thursday, October 28 for the Garden City League for Helen Keller Services for the Blind. More...

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To find answers to their many questions about whales, their habitat and physical characteristics such as body and bone structure, Homestead kindergartners visited the Theodore Roosevelt nature center at Jones Beach. More...

Local Resident Presents Programs

Mrs. Lana Noone of S. More...

Stratford Student Named Newsday Art Contest Winner

On November 5 th , Richard Pietrzak, a 5 th grade student at Stratford School, was notified that his art entry was selected as a winner in the 26 More...

Group Volunteers For Make-A-Difference Day

The Emmaus service group from Chaminade High School spent a day at the Garden City Bird Sanctuary in support of the October 23 More...

St. Anne’s School Celebrates Fall

Fall is fabulous at St. Anne More...

CMP Media’s Names Dan Dignam New Publisher Of CRN

CMP Media%27s Channel Group has named Dan Dignam, of Garden City, as publisher of CRN, the newsweekly that provides vital information for value-added resellers (VARs) and technology integrators, effective Jan. 1, 2005. More...

Suozzi Honors William J. Dempsey Of Garden City For Dedicated Service

Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi was happy to honor William J. Dempsey of Garden City at the Nassau County Service Awards Ceremony recently for his many years of valuable service to Nassau County's District Attorney's Office. More...

Educator Of The Week

Mr. Joseph Papa, Director of Technology of the Learning Center/Computer Lab at Stratford School, recently received congratulations from his students, fellow faculty members, and administrators when he was named WLNY, Channel 55 More...

Learning About Native Americans

Mrs. Pat Groarke and her kindergarten class recently completed a unit of study on Native Americans. The children learned about the Indians of North America and their way of life, which included discussion of food, clothes and tools. More...

Suozzi Honors Carole Russo Of Garden City For Service

Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi was happy to honor Carole Russo of Garden City at the Nassau County Service Awards Ceremony recently for her many years of valuable service to Nassau County. More...

Two GC Residents Honored At Philanthropy Day 2004

Honorees and APFLI Officials Celebrate PHILANTHROPY DAY 2004 More...