April 25, 2008 RSS feed / Community

Chamber To Hear About Lighthouse Project

In order to provide information to Garden City's business and residential communities about proposed projects that impact the entire Village, the Chamber of Commerce continues to provide programs as venues for project representatives to speak More...

"Clean Out The Closets Weekend"

"We're ready to haul for Saint Vincent de Paul on Clean out the Closets Weekend." That's the challenging successful Springtime collection theme for the worthy charity's unit at Saint Anne's Church, Garden City. More...

Do Your Last Minute Mother's Day Shopping with No Hassle

Have you left your Mother's Day shopping to the last minute? Well there is an easy no hassle solution to this problem. More...

Defensive Driving Course

Mercy Medical Center is pleased to offer the community the Empire Safety Council's Defensive Driving Course. The course will be held on Tuesday, June 10th and Thursday, June 12th, 2008 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. More...

Kiwanian Jack Gearns To Be Honored

Kiwanis Club of Garden City President Arthur Anderson is pleased to announce the Club's decision to honor member John "Jack" Gearns at a dinner celebration set for Thursday, May 15th at LaMarmite Restaurant in Mineola. More...

Garden City Resident A Keynote Speaker

Planners of the Annual Northrop Frye Festival are pleased to announce that Dr. Glenna Sloan of Garden City, New York is the keynote speaker at the 2008 Festival, April 22-27 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. More...

Community Church Palm Sunday Breakfast

Garden City Community Church Palm Sunday Breakfast: On Sunday, March 16, the Board of Membership Life and Development of the Garden City Community Church prepared and served a delicious hot breakfast for its members. More...

Dancer to Appear At Community Club

The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead is pleased to announce that Felicia Lovaglio, former member of the Metropolitan Opera's Corps De Ballet, will present a lecture demonstration on dance at the club's May 7th general program to be More...

AAUW Annual Book And Author Luncheon

The community is invited to attend Garden City Branch AAUW annual Book and Author Luncheon which will be held on Friday, May 2, 2008 at The Swan Club in Glenwood Landing at noon. the program will feature three authors. More...

Local Family Makes Great Strides Against CF

Join the Genova family of Garden City as they take "great strides" in raising awareness and money for cystic fibrosis research on Saturday, May 10, and help them meet their personal goal of $100,000. More...

The Winning Team

The American Legion Auxiliary of Garden City Post 265 honors Ms. Megan Belger and Elizabeth De Bold as their representative in the Girls State Program for 2008. More...

Nassau County Programs For Seniors

Get Active! If you are 55+, become a member of the Retired and Senior Volun-teer Program (RSVP). You will find many exciting, enjoyable assignments. Call the Department of Senior Citizen Affairs at 227-8988 today. 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...

Family/Caregiver Support Group

The Long Island Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in collaboration with Winthrop University Hospital Division of Oncology & Hematology is offering a FREE family/caregiver support group. More...

Pet Zoo On Wheels Visits Library

The Children's Department of the Garden City Public Library hosted "Pet Zoo on Wheels," a family program by The Pet Den, on Tuesday, April 22. More...

PTA Nominating Committee Slate

The PTA Nominating committee, chaired by Ronda D'Antonio, is pleased to pre-sent the following slate of Officers to be voted upon by the membership at the General PTA meeting on April 29, 2008: Executive Committee Officers * More...

News From The Children's Room

Libraries are not just books anymore!Did you know that The Garden City Library's Children's Room has a multitude of subscriptions to many magazines for all ages covering many different topics? More...

Library Friends Sponsor Free Program:"Adventures Around The World"

Travel photographers Mary & Theresa Dinh will present a free powerpoint lecture "Adventures Around the World' at 2 p.m. More...

Garden City Senior News

Trip for Lunch in Centerport and the Vanderbilt Museum

The Recreation Department has planned a trip to the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport and lunch at Nicky's for Wednesday, April 30th. The Recreation bus will pick us up at St. Paul's Senior Center at 10:15 a.m. More...

G.C. Duplicate Senior Bridge Clubs

Mondays: 7:00 to 10 pm Garden City, Golf Lane To all duplicate bridge players we extend an invitation to play bridge with us Monday evenings. 7:00 pm coffee, tea refreshments. More...

Senior Connections Public Forum On Caregiving

The Garden City Public Library will offer the second in a series of Senior Connections Public Forums - "Elder Law" on Wednesday, April 30th at 1:30 PM. Ellen G. Makofsky, Esq. More...

Women's Health Program At GCHS

The Garden City High School senior girls attended the annual Young Women's Health Awareness Program on March 27th in the Garden City High School Library. This presentation was coordinated by the Garden City High School Nurse, Mrs. More...

Mineola-Garden City Rotary To Host Prospective Members

On Wednesday evening May 7 the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club will host its annual "Welcome New Members" cocktail party at 6 p.m., at the Cherry Valley Club, Rockaway Avenue, Garden City Officers, directors and club members will welcome prosp More...

Generosity Makes Sugar & Spice a Success

Tri-town Auxiliary of United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County is proud to announce that due to the following merchants, local businesses and generous families we had another successful Sugar, Spice & Everything Nice luncheon fundrai More...

Welcoming Club Day At The Races

For the first time ever, the Welcoming Club is holding a Day at the Races! This event will take place on Saturday May 3rd at the Belmont Racetrack for the Nassau County Breeders Cup. More...

TWIGS' Spring Membership Reception

Twigs of Winthrop University Hospital's Women Auxiliary cordially invites you to its Spring Membership Reception to be held at 7 pm on Thursday evening at di Salvo Interiors located at 840 Franklin Avenue in Garden City. More...

THE OFFICE CAT

City Café of 987 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, is hosting "A Taste To Remember" fundraiser on Thursday, May 15, 7 to 10 p.m. to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island. More...

Special Ascension Day Choral Eucharist

Thursday May 1 is the holy day which marks the Ascension of Jesus into heaven. The combined Cathedral Choirs will be offering a very special Solemn Eucharist written especially for Ascension Day. More...

AAUW Honors Resident

AAUW Garden City Branch past president Sally Richmond was among those honored on March 29 at the Long Island Interbranch Luncheon at Milleridge Inn. Sylvia Ebert, current co-president of the branch, introduced Mrs. More...

Socially Speaking

You know its Spring when the trees start to bloom, the Daffodils give their all with their sunny yellow heads, and Clark Botanic Gardens announce their Spring Plant Sale. More...

Common Garden Trees And Their Care

Spring has arrived and that means time to get out in the garden! This Sunday, April 27th, at 9:15am, Alexis Alvey will address the Adult Forum at the Garden City Community Church. More...

Dance Project Prepares For Performance

Garden City Dance Project dancers have been preparing for their end-of-year performance, "Calling All Angels," to be held at SUNY Old Westbury's Maguire Theater on Saturday, May 17, at 7p.m., and Sunday, May 18, at 4:30p.m. More...

Spring Ahead To The Plant Sale

Set your clocks ahead to 9am-4pm Saturday, May 3rd, for the 3rd Annual Mother's Day Plant Sale at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection. 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...

Nassau County Bar Association Lectures

A series of three lectures in cooperation with the Garden City School District's Continuing Education Program. Reducing Your Real Estate Tax Assessment - Tuesday, May 6th, 7 - 8 PM. Do you think your real estate taxes are too high? More...

Free Infant CPR Class

Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre invites the community to a free Infant CPR Class on Sunday, April 27 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. More...

Inquirer's Class Forming

The Cathedral of the Incarnation is now forming Inquirer's Classes for those who are new to the Episcopal Church, those who are returning to the church, those who desire to be confirmed/received into the Episcopal Church and those who wish to More...

Library's Winter Reading Club Ends With Summer Celebration

The second annual Adult Winter Reading Club, "Cozy Up With a Good Book", concluded with a brunch held on Friday, April 11th at the Garden City Public Library. More...

Friends Of The Garden City Public Library Presented Popular Programs

If you were looking for culturally varied live presentations this April, The Garden City Public Library was the place to be. More...

Pre-Loaded Playaway Digital Audio Books

The Garden City Public Library has added Playaways, the first self-playing digital audio books to the Library's audio collection. More...

Basic Landscape Design

Garden City Public Library Thursday, May 1st 10:00 AM Many of us dream of creating a beautiful garden, but don't know where to begin. We thumb through catalogs and read books, but are confused by the myriad of choices. More...

Garden City Retired Men's Club Calendar Of Events

The Garden City Retired Men's Club is a non-profit membership organization formed in April 1961 for the purpose of providing educational and recreational activities for the retired male senior citizens of the Garden City Community. More...

Seniors Duplicate Bridge Results

On April 14 th there were 9 tables of Seniors duplicate bridge in play. Results of the evening play were as follows. More...