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February 16, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

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Chamber Executive Director Marks 30th Year

At the Garden City Chamber of Commerce luncheon on January 31 at the Garden City Hotel, Althea Robinson received a magnificant presentation bouquet containing 30 roses to commemorate her 30th year as the Chamber's Executive Director. More...

"Oh! Danny Boy... The Knights... The Knights... Are Calling!"

That's the theme making the rounds in St. Anne's parish in advance of the promised "roasting and toasting" of a retired advertising executive and longtime Msgr. More...

Community

Village Resident's Novel Reveals Challenges in Teaching Youth

Garden City resident and former village mayor, Richard Benack, announced the publication and release of his first novel, "Saints Aren't Angels", the detailed revelation of daily challenges won and lost by Saint John Bosco during the initial tw More...

Mercy's Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon

Top o' the mornin' ladies ... Invitations have gone out for the Mercy Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon! The date of this fun filled event is Thursday, March 8 th at Cherry Valley Club. The festivities begin at 11:00 a.m. More...

Bob Franke In Concert

Bob Franke will perform at Garden Stage (formerly Coffee House Concerts) at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Garden City, NY on Friday, March 2, at 8 p.m. More...

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Sports

Grapplers "Rock" At Counties - ALL Qualify For States!

"I WANNA ROCK!" is the GC Grapplers mantra, as the Youth Tournament Team continues to be an in-your-face presence on Long Island. More...

Garden City Centennial Soccer

Weekday Clinic Information for Boys and Girls The Centennials will be sponsoring Soccer Clinics for Girls in grades 2-9 and Boys in grades 2-6 who are registered in the spring program. More...

Garden City Basketball - S.T.A.R. Contest

Our normal Saturday intramural program is ON! The Saturday program has no off dates and runs in its normal timeslots through March 24th. More...

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St. Paul's ProposalsAre Finalized

By Meg Morgan Norris At the February 8 regular Village Board meeting, Trustee John Mauk announced that the final information has been received from those who responded to the village's Request For Proposals (RFP's) on St. Paul's. More...

Village Board Hears Capital Project Proposals

By Meg Morgan Norris The Garden City Board of Trustees started its annual budgeting process with a meeting to discuss the capital projects proposed by the various department heads in the Village. More...

Teacher Returns To Help Stewart Students Research School History

Continued From Page One Retired teacher John Ford-a 30-year veteran of Stewart School and founder of the school's Mathletes, fifth grade environmental trip, and store-returned to Stewart in January to share first-hand knowledge about t More...

School

Stratford School Lunch Aide Turns 90 in Style

Stratford Avenue School students declared Betty Errico, center, with Garden City School District Superintendent Robert Feirsen, Ed.D., and Stewart School Principal Diane Hopkins, "Queen for the Day" in honor of Mrs. More...

HOLA Offers Spanish Classes

Enrollment is now open for HOLA's Spring 2007 Spanish Classes! The Spanish Class program is available to children in grades K-5 and will be offered on Mondays at Stewart School. More...

PTA Nominating Committee Seeks Volunteers

Research shows that a family's level of participation in its children's education has a great impact on the students' grades, attendance and attitude toward school. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

The two letters in this week's paper both merit some comments. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Incorrect Information To The Editor: Thank you for taking the time to print my letter. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

Much of what happens in the 2008 presidential election will depend on the progress (or lack of it) in Iraq in the coming months. More...

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