Garden City, New York

Village Applies For St. Paul's Grant By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese      The Garden City Board of Trustees voted 7 to 1 in favor of submitting an application for a New York State grant to be used for maintenance work on the Historic Main Building at St. Paul's at its Sept. 14th meeting. Trustee Thomas Lamberti voted against the grant. More ... Owner Of Former Saks Site To Tell Chamber What's Ahead       "What's going on at the former Saks Fifth Avenue site?" One of Garden City's most frequently asked questions will be answered at a presentation for the Garden City Chamber of Commerce at its season kick-off luncheon next Wednesday, September 27, noon at the Garden City Hotel. (Business Showcase a More ... Teacher ContractExpected Soon By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese      More than 100 teachers representing kindergarten through twelfth grade attended the first Garden City Board of Education meeting of the school year on September 18th to quietly but powerfully let the public and board know that they are currently working without a contract. More ... Proposed Fence Causes Controversy By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese      The Garden City Board of Trustees was set to vote on awarding a bid to install an ornamental fence along Stewart Avenue on the St. Paul's property at its September 14th meeting, but instead, faced with opposition from residents and two property owners' associations, the Board voted to defer the item More ... A Word From The Publisher      As the school year and the sports season ramps up, we have been receiving an increasing supply of material, particularly via email. On an average week, we get about two thousand emails per week, the vast majority of which are spam. (Fortunately we have good filtering software.) More ...