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February 29, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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53rd Easter Car Parade Planned

Plans are in motion for the Garden City Chamber of Commerce's 53rd annual Easter Sunday Vintage Car Parade to be held March 23. More...

Superintendent's Contract Extended

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education approved a three-year contract extension for Superintendent Dr. Robert Feirsen at their February 25th meeting. His salary will increase from $204,800 to $234,500 for the current year. More...

Community

School Aid Rally Tomorrow By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

An Education and Taxpayer Rally is scheduled for Saturday, March 1st at noon at Ellsworth W. Allen Park in Farmingdale, Garden City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Feirsen reminded residents at the Feb. More...

Parents Raise Dismissal Concerns

By Stephanie MarielPetrellese

Two Garden City residents who have students in the Middle School expressed concerns about the safety of the dismissal process at the Feb. 25th Garden City Board of Education meeting. On Feb. More...

"Garden City Loves To Celebrate Students"

On February 8, 2008 Garden City High School student, Colin Ripp, celebrated his seventeenth birthday. Sharing the spotlight are Dr. Banta, interim high school principal, Joan Smith, Paraprofessional, and fellow classmate, Christine Sheh. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

We were sorry to hear that John Mauk has decided to step down from the Mayor's Committee on St. Paul's. Although we have not yet come to a conclusion on the merits of the AvalonBay project, the committee and Mr. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com Stepping Down To the Editor: Several days ago, I advised Mayor Bee of my decision to step down as chairman of the Mayor's Committee for St. Paul's, and to leave the Committee altogether. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

As editors of The New York Times found out in the last few days, but has been apparent for years, the public is frequently not all that receptive to "gotcha" attacks on political candidates. More...

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Mayor's Committee Chairman Resigns

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Deputy Mayor John L. Mauk has submitted his resignation as chairman and member of the Mayor's Committee on St. More...

School Board Assures Public On Attorneys

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education put aside budgetary discussions this week to concentrate on other school district business during their regular meeting on February 25th. Budget work sessions will resume on Monday at 8:15 p.m. More...

School

Students To Display Works In Adelphi Art Exhibit

A total of 41 students from Garden City public schools-18 High School students, 12 Middle School students, seven elementary school students, and four primary school students-have been selected to display examples of their work in the Art Super More...

St. Joseph School Progressive Dinner

The families and friends of St. Joseph School enjoyed a night out recently at the Progressive Dinner fund raiser to kick off the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. More...

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Sports

Cheerleader Tryouts Begin Monday

Girls in grades 8 through 11 interested in cheering on the GCHS Varsity and Junior Varsity Cheerleading squads are invited to try out next week. More...

GCAA Intramural Standings/News

* Playoffs have started with first round games last Monday night. All teams play every week regardless if they win or lose the prior week. * K, 1st and 2nd graders last day is March 15th. More...

Garden City Basketball - Rocks!

The season is NOT over! Our Saturday intramural program is active with games on March 1st and March 8th. Friday Night lights boys 7th - 10th grade is off Friday February 29th and is ON Friday March 7th and March 14th. More...

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