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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 "Lighthouse at Long Island. More ... 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 ... 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 ... Ray Klein of Garden City, received a bachelor of arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross at its 162nd commencement on May 23. Ray majored in Political Science and received a certificate in Deaf Studies. He is the son of Robert and Suzanne Klein and a graduate of Garden City High School. He will be starting at Hofstra Law School in the fall. More ... Ryan Mullins, son of Kathleen and Dennis Mullins of Wellington Road in Garden City, received a bachelor of arts degree from Hamilton College in Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 25. More ... With Athena The weather for the Belmont Festival cleared and there was a huge turnout for the festivities on Seventh Street for the parade. More ... Senator Kemp Hannon, Chair of the Senate Health Committee is pictured here with members of the Long Island Transplant Recipients International Organization (LI TRIO), holding the resolution he sponsored to make April "Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month" in the State of New York. The current waiting list for organs has reached almost 100,000, and thousands more need tissues. More ... Senator Kemp Hannon (R-6th S.D.) recently congratulated Renee DeLorenzo as the winner from Island Trees Midddle School of Senator Hannon's 2008 "There Ought To Be A Law" contest. The annual program honors the ideas for New York State legislation, as conceived by local students. Renee's winning entry proposed the introduction of choices in topics on the New York State E.L.A. test. She said, "We would then have a choice in the stories we want to read, but we would still read five stories." More ... The Albanese Organization has announced that Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP (HPM&B) has signed a 10-year lease for 4,700 square feet at 1050 Franklin Ave. in Garden City. In an effort to better serve its Long Island clients, HPM&B's new space, which is double the size of its former Long Island office, will be staffed by up to 12 attorneys and additional support personnel. More ... Senator Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) announced the State Senate passed legislation (S.7624), to create the "I Live New York" student loan program which would provide low interest loans to New York State residents who enroll full-time at a college or university in New York State. More ... * *Mon., June 16, 9:30 a.m. Registration begins for Metamorphosis, the Young Adult Summer Reading Club. * *Mon., June 16, 9:30 a.m. Registration begins for YA Program, Creative Clay, with Rona Madri to be held June 30, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. More ... Senator Kemp Hannon (R-6th S.D.) recently congratulated Joey Ardita as the winner from Stratford School of Senator Hannon's 2008 "There Ought To Be A Law" contest. The annual program honors the ideas for New York State legislation, as conceived by local students. Joey's winning entry proposed: "There ought to be a law against cyber bullying, which is Internet bullying that is verbal abuse and probably inappropriate and explicit language being used." More ... Please join the Garden City AHRC on Wednesday, June 25, from 11a.m. until 2 p.m. for its annual membership tea hosted by Mary Ellen Buckley at her lovely home. The committee is planning an afternoon featuring a gourmet style tea table set out for all to enjoy. More ... Look up, look up wherever you are and you will see that the restoration of The Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation's spire is complete. The magnificent gold cross has been transported back to the top of the spire and the scaffolding will begin to come down on or around June 15. More ... In addition to other Memorial Day ceremonies, a unique anniversary was held at the Garden City Railroad Station on May 26th. It was to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the electrification of the railroad through Garden City and into Hempstead. More ... New this year is a special Program for 4 to 8 year olds - Quick Start Tennis the USTA's brand new format. This year there are only 2 sessions: July 7 and July 21. Payment must be received by June 30 to assure a spot. Applications are available at the Casino. More ... First-graders in Christine Oppedisano and Michelle Abatemarco's classes at Homestead School began their basic Italian studies this spring with help from sophomores in Lea Brunetti's honors Italian class at Garden City High School. Signora Brunetti's students created picture books and basic vocabulary sheets especially for the event held in the High School library. They also passed out baked goods for their younger counterparts to enjoy. As the first-graders left the library, many could be heard practicing their newly acquired Italian vocabulary words. (Reported by Kelly Keenan, GCHS Class of 2010) More ... Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and deserve to have a break from their normal daily routines. That's why girls of all ages are being called upon to bring their friends and family to the "Girls Will Be Girls" event, hosted by the Manhasset Lord & Taylor to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island. The event will be held at the Manhasset store on Saturday, June 14 from 9:30 a.m. More ... At the start of the new millennium, leaders from 191 nations, including the United States agreed on a plan to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015. Together they created the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Development is about freedom from misery and suffering, hunger, illiteracy, disease, poor housing and insecurity. More ... Members of the Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, recently took a musical trip through time during their May 6 th meeting as they listened to the songs of colonial America as presented by Tim and Mike Fitall. Chapter Regent Janet Littlejohn chaired the meeting. More ... Although the focus of the June 5th Board of Trustees meeting was predominantly centered on discussion of the deal between the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency and tentative purchaser of the Garden City Hotel, the Board did attend to other matters. More ... On Monday, May 19 th , Dr. Gary Rosenblum, an attending physician at Winthrop University Hospital since 1995, conducted an Osteoarthritis/Gout/Rheumatoid Arthritis basic 101 course for the Garden City Retired Men's Club. Dr. Rosenblum explained the arthritic difference between the various forms of arthritis. More ... The Garden City School Board of Education will meet Monday, June 16, at 9 p.m. in the lunchroom at Stratford Avenue School, 97 Stratford Avenue. This is a departure from the usual time and location. More ... The Garden City Community Council on Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention will be sponsoring the third annual Promapalooza, a pre-prom event for all prom attendees and their families on Thursday, June 26th at 6PM! Come students, dates, families and extended families and take the opportunity to mix, mingle and enjoy a fabulous beginning to a special evening! More ... 6 , The Irish American Society will hold a dance at Irish American Society, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola at 8:30 p.m. Music by The Tara Gold Band. Donation is $15. Coffee, tea and soda bread will be served. Bar will be open. For further information, please call 746-9392... More ... The Garden City Public Library invites patrons to browse the library's display area for books to read this summer. The displays located adjacent to the circulation desk feature both fiction and non fiction books which have been selected for summer interests. Readers will discover "sizzling summer reads" to enjoy at the pool or beach. More ... Register to Join Summer Reading Club The final five reasons why your child should join the Summer Reading Club are: 1.Reading to preschoolers is the most important thing families can do to prepare them for reading. 2.Reading aloud to infants stimulates their brains to create new learning pathways and strengthen existing ones. More ... On June 9 there were 11 1/2 tables of Seniors duplicate bridge in play. Results of the evening play were as follows. North-South 1. Bob & Valerie Hegeman 2. Lucile Tilitz & Barbra Burke 3. More ... On September 9th, the Recreation Department, in partnership with Prime Time Travel, will take a trip to the city to the Waldorf Astoria. We will tour this world famous landmark,visiting several of their key showplace rooms and even the posh Waldorf Towers. We will then end with a delicious luncheon buffet at Oscar's Restaurant. More ... 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. The organization is non-sectarian and non-political. More ... |
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