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June 20, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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A Time For Goodbyes

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese
The Garden City Board of Education and administrators ended the school year by saying farewell to Veronica Agostinelli, school board and Superintendent Dr. Robert Feirsen's secretary; Kenneth J. Monaghan, school board president; and Dr. More...

Community

Mercy Bridge Marathon Held

The annual brunch for the Bridge Marathon, a fundraiser on behalf of the Garden City League of Mercy Medical Center, was recently held at the home of Joan Hildreth, co-chairperson of the event along with Marygene Anderson. More...

German Club Update

The Garden City German Club (Garden City Deutsch Verein) attended the annual Gottscheer Volksfest on Sunday, June 1 st at Plattdeutsch Park in Franklin Square. More...

Bank Grand Opening

On Tuesday, May 20, 2008, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a cocktail reception were held at The First National Bank of Long Island to celebrate the grand opening of their Nassau County Regional Office and the conversion of their Garden City Comm More...

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Obituaries

In Memoriam

Mary Lyons Mary (nee McKenna) Lyons passed away from this world on January 5, 2008. Garden City lost a treasured resident on that day. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

As high school students around the area finish their last Regents exams this week, seniors are preparing for graduation and proms. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Tax Breaks Warranted To the Editor: Nassau Tax Assessor Harvey Levinson stated in his June 6th letter to the editor that he opposed incentives that were being considered by the Hempstead Industrial Development Agency related t More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

The sudden passing of Tim Russert last Friday is a major blow to American journalism and American political life. Few politicians particularly enjoyed being interviewed by Mr. Russert, but that was the point. More...

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Village Responds To Questions About St. Paul's

Numerous citizen questions which have arisen over the last few weeks suggest that erroneous information has been circulating about the status of the St. Paul's project, according to Trustee Nicholas P. More...

School Board Sets Goals

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

As the school year draws to a close, the Garden City Board of Education and administration took some moments at the June 16th school board meeting to reflect and prepare for the year ahead. More...

School

Waldorf Alumni Enjoy Beautiful Memorial Day Weekend

For the fifth year in a row, alumni, their families and friends of the Waldorf School of Garden City convened at Camp Glen Brook, the school's 250-acre extension campus located in Marlborough, New Hampshire over the Memorial Day Weekend. More...

Stephen K. Tompsett Memorial Awards

The Trustees of the Stephen K. Tompsett Memorial Fund for Technology in Education are pleased to announce the winners of the Stephen K. Tompsett Memorial Awards for 2008. Stephen K. More...

GC Scholarship Fund Winner

The Garden City Student Aid and Scholarship Fund is pleased to announce that Jenna Kirschner has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Fund's Julia Maloney Scholarship. More...

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Sports

Xtreme Defuse Rockets

In the last match of the season, the Garden City Xtreme hosted the Farmingdale Rockets last Saturday. The Rockets are one of the top U-11 teams on Long Island. They are the co-champions of the Waldbaums Cup in the Major Division. More...

Rovers Compete In Fathers Day Tournament

The Garden City Centennials 2nd Grade Rovers team took to the road on Fathers Day Weekend to compete in the Plainedge Soccer Tournament. The Rovers started out the week by dealing with the extreme heat for practices on Monday and Tuesday. More...

U-8 Girls Compete At Plainedge Tournament

A team from the Garden City U-8 Developmental Program played in the Plainedge Soccer Tournament over Father's Day weekend. More...

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