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September 7, 2007 / Front Page

Garden City Police Help Launch "School's Open" Safety Campaign

Inspector Kenneth Jackson and Detective Richard Pedone of the Garden City Police Department have helped AAA New York launch its 62nd annual "School's Open - Drive Carefully" campaign by mounting traffic safety posters in the community. More...

Garden City Boy Injured

A 14 year-old Garden City boy was struck by a school bus at the corner of Yale and Garfield Streets yesterday morning, according to police. More...

Community

Garden City Budget News By Roy S. Ryniker and Bob Sundius

In April 2007, Governor Eliot Spitzer established the New York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness to examine opportunities to improve the effectiveness of local municipalities throughout the state. More...

Parent Directory Pick Up

Garden City Community Council on Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention is looking for parent volunteers to assist us in various endeavors and/or to become members of our Council. More...

Garden City Senior News

Noon Time Concert on Seventh Street

Come join the Recreation Department on Friday, September 14 th at noon for a lunchtime concert on Seventh Street. The Clusters will entertain us with the great sounds of today and yesterday. More...

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Sports

GC Centennial Girls Weekday Clinic Schedule

Below lists the clinics that will be held for the Centennial Fall Girl's soccer program. Each clinic is open to any girl registered in the Centennial Fall program according to the grades listed below: More...

U-10 Bombers: First Place in East End Tourn.

The U-10 Bombers with their First Place plaques in East End Tournament: (front) AJ Crean, Kevin McDougal. (middle) Jay McNamara, Luke McDaid, John Simmons, Jack Capetola, Andrew Wood, John Wotczak, Drew Haggerty. More...

Summer League Champions

GCAA 5th Grade Boys Basketball team displays Rockville Centre Summer League Championship Trophy after finishing season 10-0. More...

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GCFD To Hold 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

Garden City Fire Chief John P. More...

Primary Principals Host Open Houses

The Garden City School District is pleased to announce the appointment of two new primary school principals: Audrey Bellovin at Hemlock School and Jean Ricotta at Locust School. More...

School

School Board Work Session

The Garden City School Board of Education will meet in a work session Monday, September 10, at 8:15 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room on the second floor of the Administration Building, 56 Cathedral Avenue. More...

"There Ought To Be A Law" Winner

Senator Kemp Hannon (R-6th S.D.) recently congratulated Brendan Reis as the winner from St. Joseph's School of Senator Hannon's 2007 "There Ought To Be A Law" contest. More...

GCPD Back To School Safety Series

This is part-three of the four-part series of articles by the Garden City Police Department addressing Back to School Safety Issues. In the previous two newspaper articles paper we addressed Safe Driving Practices and School Bus Safety. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

Guidelines For Submitting Sports Items With the start of the fall sports season, we would like to take this opportunity to review our guidelines for submitting sports material. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Bus Service For Middle School Dear Mayor Bee: My daughter's family lives in Garden City. Her family pays extremely high property / school taxes for the privilege of living in such a visually beautiful town. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

This week will come the long-awaited announcement by Fred Thompson, lawyer, former senator from Tennessee and well-known actor, that he will seek the presidency. But will he change the shape of the race? First, a disclaimer. More...

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