Login Contact Us Subscribe Advertiser Index Profile
August 29, 2008  RSS feed
Tom Nolan, FormerLacrosse Coach, Dies
Tom Nolan, a legendary lacrosse coach who helped develop the Garden City lacrosse program, passed away on Tuesday, July 29 in Tucson, Arizona after a long battle with cancer. Coach Nolan began coaching lacrosse in 1947 and completed 60 years as a coach in 2007. He coached the Garden City Recreation Summer Lacrosse program from 1964 through 1987 and is remembered well by many players. More...
Closure Craved As Controversy Continues
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Despite attempts by the mayor to gently encourage the public to comment on other topics, issues surrounding the future of the historic Main Building at St. Paul's were once again the major focus at the August 21st Garden City Board of Trustees meeting. More...

Possible Legal Woes Pose Concern
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

As the Village of Garden City inches closer to resolving the dilemma of what to do with the Historic Main Building at St. Paul's, Second Deputy Mayor Thomas Lamberti, who chairs the Mayor's Committee on St. Paul's, is looking ahead to the possible future threat of legal action from those who would not be pleased if the Board of Trustees decides to ink a more permanent deal with AvalonBay. More...

 Community
• College Notes
Fairfield University, a comprehensive Jesuit University in Fairfield Connecticut that challenges its students to lead inspired lives of leadership and service, has announced the names of the students from this area who qualified for the dean's list for the spring 2008 semester. To be selected, a student must attain a grade point average of at least 3.5, of a possible 4.0. More...
• Library Friends Sponsor FREE Comedy Play
• Seniors Connections To Host Fall Series
>> Click here for all stories
 School
• Fall Spanish Classes
Enrollment is now open for HOLA's Fall 2008 Spanish Classes! The Spanish Class program is available to children in grades K-5 and will be offered on Mondays at Stratford School. The 10 week session will begin September 29th and end December 8th. There will be two classes given on Mondays. More...
• GCPD Back To School Safety Series
• ...The Back-to-School Blues By Carol Anderson
>> Click here for all stories
 Sports
• article has image U-12 GC Warriors Place Second In Covanta Tournament
The GC Warriors kicked off their fall season with a second place finish in this past weekend's East Meadow Covanta Tournament. The Warriors faced tough competition in teams from Lindenhurst, New Hyde Park, Smithtown, Rockville Centre and East Meadow. On target passing and skillful footwork by the boys led to four solid wins, with their only loss to a strong Lindenhurst team. More...
• article has image Troop 243 Visits Historic Gettysburg
• article has image Fireballs Are Covanta Champs
>> Click here for all stories
 Letters
• A Word From The Publisher
We are all getting ready for the opening of school-it is the time of year at this newspaper when we usually hear from the PR people in school districts, anxiously lining up their press releases-and it makes for a stir of excitement! Good luck to all on this new school year-parents, students, administrators, and school staff-may we all have a productive year! More...
• Letters To The Editor
>> Click here for all stories
 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
As this is written, the Democratic convention has only finished its first day, so any analysis of its success will have to wait for next week. The first day did feature a moving tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy and a quite successful speech by the candidate's wife, Michelle Obama, who managed a bit of a makeover of her image. More...
>> Click here for all stories