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June 13, 2008  RSS feed
Library Director Alan Roeckel Retires After 32 Years
Garden City Public Library Director Alan Roeckel is retiring June 21st after working more than three decades at the Garden City Library. Mr. Roeckel joined the Garden City staff on January 5, 1976 as an assistant reference librarian and then became a reference librarian, head of adult services, and acting director. He became director of the Library in 1987. More...
IDA Tax Breaks Granted To GC Hotel Buyer
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

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 Trustees and several residents. More...

School Board Shines Spotlight On World Language
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

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. Giacalone interjected his curriculum review with results of a recent survey sent via SurveyMonkey. More...

 Community
• article has image 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 "Lighthouse at Long Island. More...
• article has image Couples Bridge Club End Of Season Celebration
• Receives Law Degree
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 School
• article has image 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 Nassau Communities Hospital that serves the well siblings, ages 4-17, of children with cancer or other serious or devastating illnesses. More...
• article has image Locust School Kindergarten Field Trip
• article has image Live STRONG Day At Garden City Middle School
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 Sports
• article has image 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. The good news was the heat brought out the Xtreme offense as five different players scored leading the team to a 5-0 victory. More...
• article has image G.C. Power Defeats North Shore Tigers
• article has image Power Cleat Drive Is A Huge Success
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 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. In recognition of Men's Health Week, which culminates on Father's Day, State Senator Craig M. More...
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
Truth to tell, I was planning to devote this week's column to the Belmont Stakes. Ideally, the piece would have celebrated Big Brown's victory and the first Triple Crown in 30 years and included memories of the three great champions preceding Big Brown - Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed. More...
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