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December 7, 2007 / Front Page

Annual Andy Foundation Breakfast with Santa

Santa Claus is coming to town with his list and elves to the annual Andy Foundation Breakfast with Santa! The date is Saturday, Dec. 15th from 9:30 to 12:30. More...

Holiday Windows, Restaurant Interiors To Be Judged

For the 29th year, shop windows in the central business district and on New Hyde Park Road will be judged and awarded for the best in holiday style and spirit next Thursday, December 13 between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. More...

Community

Friend Of The Chamber Merchant Cards Have Arrived!

Just in time for your Holiday Shopping the Friend of the Chamber Merchant Cards have arrived. What could be easier, these cards make the perfect holiday gift. More...

STAR Tax Rebate Program Extended

Assemblyman Tom McKevitt (R,C,I - East Meadow) wants to inform his constituents that the deadline for the STAR Rebate Program has been extended until December 31, 2007. More...

GC Hotel General Manager Joins Advisory Board

The Garden City Hotel announces that Nasser Samman, General Manager, has joined the advisory board of Seven Stars and Stripes. More...

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Sports

Team Sweden Completes Great Season!

Team Sweden of the Centennials 3rd Grade Girls Soccer league completed a great, fun-filled season and finished 6-1-1. More...

GCAA Basketball Intramurals

The Garden City Athletic Association (GCAA) Intramural basketball program started Saturday December 1st and will run saturdays up to and including March 15, 2008. Team assignments have been made. More...

Named To All Stars

Junior place kicker Adam Cox from Garden City, New York was named to the New England Small College Athletic Conference All Conference first team for his performance during the 2007 Bantam season. More...

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County May Grant Funds For St. Paul's Cleanup

By Meg Morgan Norris

A Nassau County advisory committee has recommended that St. Paul's school be given a $300,000 grant towards the removal of lead paint and asbestos from the lower level of the main building as well as the demolition of Ellis Hall. More...

CPOA Meeting: PresentationBy Avalonbay

Please join us at the next meeting of the CPOA at the Garden City Senior Recreation Center on Golf Club Lane on Tuesday, December 11 at 8PM. Our guest speaker is Matthew Whalen, Vice President - Development for AvalonBay Communities Inc. More...

School

School Board To Meet

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

Unexpected Guests At Stratford School

Second graders in Miss McCavera's class at Stratford Shool recently performed the play "The Unexpected Guests," for parents, relatives and friends. The performance was the culmination of weeks of preparation. More...

Principal Jon Segerdahl Retires

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray (right) and Councilman Gary Hudes (left) present an official Town of Hempstead Citation to Island Trees Memorial Middle School Principal Jon Segerdahl during his retirement party, which was held at Westbur More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

This week State Senator Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) held a hearing on why the New York State Health Department failed to inform patients for three years that they may have been inadvertently exposed to life threatening viruses during medical t More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Don't Bully Teachers To the Editor: The Garden City School Board has made public a claim that certain retired teachers are "dead beats" in failing to pay a very small portion of their health care insurance premiums to the schoo More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

A topic which may not have attracted the attention of people across the New York metropolitan area, but which should, is the proposed imposition of congestion pricing by New York City. More...

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