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March 23, 2007  RSS feed
Community Achievement Award For Robert Salvatico
At its 5th annual Pineapple Ball at the Garden City Hotel on Friday evening April 20, the Garden City Chamber of Commerce will proudly present to Robert (Rob) Salvatico, the prestigious Community Achievement Award. Established in 1974, this recognition commemorates outstanding professionalism and major contributions to the Village of Garden City and beyond through one's profession. More...
Resolution Near In Contract Dispute
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City School District and the Garden City Teachers' Association (GCTA) have reached a preliminary agreement, announced School Board President Kenneth Monaghan at Monday evening's meeting of the Board of Education. More...

Village Adopts Budget With 0% Increase In Tax Levy
By Meg Morgan Norris

The Garden City Board of Trustees voted not to raise the tax levy for the Village during the upcoming 2007-08 fiscal year, which begins April 1st. In order to do so, the Trustees decided to reduce the amount of money which the Village has been putting aside to pay possible increases in contributions to the state's retirement system. More...

 Community
• A Word From The Publisher
Congratulations to the winners of this week's village election and thank you to those who came out to cast a vote. As we said last week, while the candidates are unopposed, voting in the election is a way to show one's support for the Community Agreement. More...
• PTA Spring Plant Sale
• Did You Get Your Adult Ed Brochure?
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 School
• article has image Stratford School Annual Science Fair
Stratford School bustled with the activity earlier this month as third graders busily erected the science projects they had spent weeks preparing in anticipation of Stratford's 24th Annual Science Fair held on March 9. The students worked together in small teams at home on their own time to complete the projects. More...
• article has image Jungle Madness Strikes Stratford School
• College Notes
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 Sports
• Men's Senior Tennis Tournament
For all Garden City residents 60 years and above the Recreation Department has joined with the US Tennis Association to sponsor a men's round robin doubles tennis tournament. This fun tournament will take place at the community Park bubble and players are encouraged to sign up as a single because partners will be assigned and will rotate throughout the morning. More...
• Want To Ref For The Centennials?
• GCAA Baseball Update
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 Letters
• Letters To The Editor
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Postcards Sought To The Editor: I am a fifth grader at Bluford Grade School in Bluford, Illinois. My class is studying the states and regions of our country. I am writing to you in hopes that your readers might be willing to send me any information or postcards about your state and region. More...
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war, a long and difficult struggle. When the war started in the early spring of 1993, the United States and its allies were primed for a relatively brief campaign that primarily involved removing Saddam Hussein. More...
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