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Chamber Easter Vintage Car Parade

A 1932 Pierce Arrow was one of John Mesloh's seven spectacular classic cars in the Chamber of Commerce's 53rd Easter Sunday Vintage Car Parade.(More photos in upcoming issue.) More...

Village Election Results

The annual election for members of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden City was held on Tuesday, March 18th. The results were as follows: * John J. Watras 461 * Donald T. Brudie 461 * Nicholas P. More...

Community

Everyone's Irish At St. Paddy's Day Carnival

Last Friday saw the return of the wildly popular St. Patrick's Day carnival at St. Joseph School. The students and teachers were encouraged to donate $1 to wear their Jeans and Greens and were treated to a Irish wonderland in the gym. More...

Chamber Names Stuart Lubow Business Person Of The Year

The Garden City Chamber of Commerce proudly announces that Stuart H. More...

Valentines For Vets At Hemlock

Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino (left, back row) gathers with students at Hemlock Elementary School in Garden City to thank them for their participation in the Valentines for Vets program, which the Town instituted in 2001. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

This week, in addition to the many letters to the editor we have published, we also received several emailed letters without signatures. As we explained to the senders, we don't use letters without signatures. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com Broadcast Meetings To the Editor: Over the years I have had the opportunity of viewing town hall meetings on television. More...

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Court Rules Against Village in Benefit Assessment Case

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

A recent State Supreme Court ruling that found the Village of Garden City's calculation of special assessment against the owners of 1200 and 1300 Franklin Avenue was not "just and equitable" could substantially impact other commercial proper More...

EPOA Pushes For St. Paul's Decision

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Perhaps sensing the public's restlessness as they eagerly wait for more AvalonBay proposal details, the board of directors of the Eastern Property Owners' Association presented a timeline for the Mayor's Committee on St. More...

School

College Notes

The following residents were named to the Dean's list at the State University of New York at New Paltz for the fall 2007 semester: Katherine Ketigian , a resident of Garden City. More...

College Notes

John J. Maloney , a resident of Garden City has earned a Bachelor of Science from Excelsior College. More...

Student Essay Read

The Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, met on March 4 th at the Garden City Library to hear the reading of a winning student essay in this year's annual American History Essay contest. More...

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Sports

Centennial News

The Garden City Centennial Soccer Club will be opening their spring season on Saturday April 5th. Girls play 9:00AM until 1:00PM and boys play from 1:00PM until 5:00PM. More...

Knights To Honor Free-Throw Champs

"Msgr. John's Knights" will play host to their 2008 K of C Free-Throw Champs and their families at the traditional "Pizzas & Trophies" party to be held at 7 P.M. in the School Cafeteria prior to the regular council meeting on Wed., Apr. More...

Named Rookie of the Week

After a hot three-game set in Asheville, N.C., that gave him the team's highest batting average on the season, Brown freshman catcher Matt Colantonio (Garden City, NY) was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Tuesday. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

This is written in an internet cafe in Buenos Aires. Young Robert, who turned 14 last week, and I are on the last day of our annual spring break foreign vacation trip. More...

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