June 13, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

Arrest Made In Office Thefts

Garden City Police arrested a Roosevelt man on June 9th who they believe has committed a series of thefts in and around Garden City. According to police, Willis C. More...

Community

Chamber Hears Overview Of Lighthouse Project

At the Garden City Chamber's season final luncheon on May 14, some 150 members and interested guests heard Scott Rechler, CEO and Chairman of RexCorp and a principal of the Lighthouse Development Group, present an overview of the proposed "Lig More...

Couples Bridge Club End Of Season Celebration

The Garden City Friday Night Couples Bridge Club celebrated the end of their season with a party and bridge at the home of Helga and Howard Otte. The event marked the end of the 32nd year of play since the club was established. More...

Receives Law Degree

Douglas J. Baralo, son of Emil and Lorraine Baralo, received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland/School of Law at a hooding ceremony and commencement exercise both held at Joseph Myerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, More...

Sports

Xtreme Make East Meadow See Starz

The Garden City Xtreme hosted the East Meadow Starz last Saturday at St. Pauls. The usual breeze was absent and the 9 a.m. sun was at full strength. More...

G.C. Power Defeats North Shore Tigers

As the heat and humidity rose this past Saturday, so did the hopes and excitement of the U11 Power. More...

Power Cleat Drive Is A Huge Success

You may have seen several soccer players walking barefoot off the fields of St. Paul's after Soccer Fest this past Saturday. More...

IDA Tax Breaks Granted To GC Hotel Buyer

The deal between the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency and the reported buyer of the Garden City Hotel was approved at a special IDA meeting on June 10th, much to the chagrin of the Garden City School District, Board of Trustee More...

School Board Shines Spotlight On World Language

The focus was on the world language department on Monday evening as the Garden City Board of Education and public listened to a presentation led by Peter Giacalone, the department's district coordinator, at the board's work session. More...

School

7th Graders At Waldorf School Visit SIBS Place

The 7th grade students from the Waldorf School of Garden City recently presented their marionette puppet play, The Emperor's New Suit by Hans Christian Anderson at the Survivorship in Brothers and Sisters Place (SIBS Place), a program of South More...

Locust School Kindergarten Field Trip

Mrs. Huntington's kindergarten class, from Locust School, recently took a field trip to the Town of Oyster Bay Waterfront Center. More...

Live STRONG Day At Garden City Middle School

Students and faculty at Garden City Middle School participated in the Lance Armstrong Foundation's fifth annual LiveSTRONG cancer awareness day on May and raised $416 to donate to the Foundation. More...

Letters

A Word From The Publisher

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. It's a tough job to be a dad, but it's an important one too. There always seems to be less hoopla for Fathers Day than for Mothers Day, when really there should be just as much attention paid. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Geese Control To the Editor: I am a local Garden City resident and I own and operate K9 Geese Control LLC. Currently, I am working with the Village of Garden City Recreation Department providing Canadian geese control. More...

View From Here

The View From Here . . .

Truth to tell, I was planning to devote this week's column to the Belmont Stakes. More...