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March 2, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

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Firefighters Battle House FireIn Frigid Temps

At 1:58 A.M. on Saturday, February 24th, Garden City firefighters were summoned to a house fire at 8 Middleton Road at the corner of Vassar Street. More...

Arrest For Criminal Impersonation

Garden City Police along with Rockville Centre Police Department, NYPD, NCPD Narcotics Bureau and the Nassau County Districts Attorney's Officer are investigating a Criminal Impersonation that occurred on Friday February 23, 2007 at 5:27 p.m. More...

St. Patrick's Day Parade

The 57th annual Garden City-Mineola St. Patrick's Day parade will be held on Sunday, March 4 on Franklin Avenue. The parade will step off at 9th Street and Franklin Avenue, Garden City, at 1 p.m. Grand Marshal will be Patrick J. More...

Community

A Word From The Publisher

This week we are very happy to announce the local winner of the New York Press Association's First Amendment contest, Garden City High School junior Amanda Gogh. More...

Cathedral Sponsors Habitat For Humanity Meeting

There will be an informational meeting for Habitat for Humanity at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on Sunday, March 18, following the 9:30 a.m. Family Mass. The meeting will be held in the Resurrection Chapel in the undercroft of the church. More...

Chamber Members Make Generous Donations To Child Life Program At Winthrop

Special thanks to Anthony (Tony) F. Libertella, Ph.D., J.D. More...

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Sports

Twigs Of Winthrop Hoops That Help

On Sunday, March 25th, The TWIGS of Winthrop University Hospital will partner with Garden City Basketball for a fun-filled day of basketball clinics sponsored by John Skramko and hosted by Adelphi University's Athletic Department. More...

Winthrop's Sixth Annual Swim-a-Thon

Winthrop-University Hospital will host its sixth annual Swim-a-Thon on Sunday, April 22, from 7:00 - 11:30 AM at Hofstra University's Swim Center. Open to swimmers age six and older, the event was initiated in 2002. More...

Centennial Soccer Coach Application

The Garden City Centennial Soccer Club is looking for qualified coaches to head our new U10 teams that will tryout in June, 2007. The birthdates for the children on these teams will fall between August 1, 1997 and December 31, 1998. More...

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Public Meeting To Discuss Water Contamination

The USEPA has scheduled a public meeting for Tuesday March 6, 7PM at Garden City Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue in conjunction with a 30-day comment period on the Proposed Plan and preferred remedy to address groundwater contamination affect More...

2007-08 School Budget Proposal Up 6.83%

The Garden City Board of Education discussed the proposed 2007-08 budget during its regular monthly meeting on Monday night. More...

First Amendment Contest Winner Announced

During February, this newspaper participated in a statewide essay contest sponsored by the New York Press Association. High school juniors and seniors were invited to submit an essay on the role that the First Amendment plays in American life. More...

Upcoming School Board Budget Meetings

All meetings will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. The budget vote will be held in the high school gymnasium from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. More...

School

Nursery School News

Garden City Nursery School's mission is to nurture and educate young children in a warm and caring atmosphere. Children are encouraged to expand their natural curiosity, to build positive self-esteem and to learn to interact with others. More...

Masquers To Present "The Little Shop Of Horrors"

The Garden City High School Masquers will present the Howard Ashman / Alan Menkin play The Little Shop of Horrors on Friday and Saturday, March 23rd and 24th, in the High School's Inez Spiers Theatre. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. More...

Budget Work Session

The Garden City School District Board of Education will meet for Budget Work Session #4 at 8:15 p.m. on Monday, March 5, in the Cafeteria of the High School, 170 Rockaway Avenue. More...

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Letters

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Not An Auxiliary Officer To the Editor: Please include this 'Letter to the Editor' in response to Carl Garraffo's 'Letter to the editor' that was published in the February 23rd edition of The Garden City News titled - "Unfair T More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

It is still more than 20 months before Election Day, 2008, but the long, long Presidential campaign is very much in full swing. But are the voters quite ready for this marathon? More...

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