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April 18, 2008 / Front Page

Chamber Hears Condo Plans

The Chamber of Commerce's heard repsrentatives of the proposed Winston 285-unit, nine story condominium planned for the north side of Old Country Road in Mineola at its luncheon program on April 2. More...

Community

Phantom Ball To Benefit Hope Lodge, NYC

The Garden City Unit of the American Cancer Society requests the pleasure of your company at the Twentieth Annual Phantom Ball. This beloved and unique event will not be held on Saturday, the third of May, at anytime whatsoever. More...

Adelphi To Host Conference On Entrepreneurship

The Adelphi University School of Business is proud to convene the "First International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking, and Complexity" to be held from April 24 through 26, 2008. More...

Adelphi Welcomes Parenting Expert

Adelphi University's Institute for Parenting is proud to host John Grienenberger, Ph.D., who will present "What is Reflective Parenting and How Can it Help My Child?," another addition to the Parent Coffee Series on Thursday, May 8, 2008, from More...

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Sports

GC Girls Lax Beats North Shore 13-5

In a game of two undefeated teams the Garden City Trojans girls varsity lacrosse team traveled to Glen Head to take on the North Shore Vikings on Tuesday afternoon April 15th. More...

Centennial Girls Success At Roughriders!

The Garden City Avalanche, a team of girls from Centennials Division III, recently finished the indoor season at the Roughriders training center over at the Mitchell Athletic Complex. More...

Xtreme Eliminated From Waldbaums

Last Saturday the Garden City U-11 Xtreme lost their second round Waldbaums Cup match against the Farmingdale Unites. The match was played on the astro-turf at Allen Park. The United are the defending division one champions. More...

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School Board Adopts Budget

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education officially adopted a budget totaling $94,505,801 at their April 16th meeting. This is a budget to budget increase of 4.49 percent. Residents will face a tax levy increase of 4.48 percent. More...

Police Arrest Suspect In T-Mobile Thefts

By Ann Cadigan

Garden City Police recently arrested a man in connection to a recent string of thefts that had occurred at T Mobile in Garden City. More...

School

Middle School Students Get To "Move" !!!

Students in two classes at Garden City Middle School are sharpening their skills this spring through movement and music thanks to The Andréa Rizzo Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in memory of a young Special Education teache More...

PTA General Meeting, Reflections Awards

The PTA will be holding it's General Meeting and MS and HS Reflections awards on Thursday, April 29th. The PTA General meeting will begin at 7:00pm and conclude at 8:00pm. The Middle and High School Reflections Awards will begin at 8:00pm. More...

WPOA Scholarship

The Western Property Owners Association (WPOA) is once again proud to be participating in the high school scholarship program this spring. The WPOA established its scholarship six years ago, granting its first scholarship in 2002. More...

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Obituaries

In Memoriam

Mary Jane Niemann Mary Jane Niemann, age 80 of Stow, Massachusetts, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 2nd at Emerson Hospital. Her daughter, Nan Mary, and son-in-law, Carl, were with her. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

Students and teachers in the neighboring West Hempstead School District said goodbye to two seniors last week after they lost their lives in a horrific lunch time car accident. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Disingenuous Claim To the Editor: No one is disputing Eileen Collins' "right" to challenge the POA nominees for Trustee via a write-in campaign. I am questioning her judgment. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States this week comes at both a very good and very bad time for American Catholics. More...

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