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September 26, 2008  RSS feed
Street Fair, Homecoming Parade This Saturday
The Chamber of Commerce's 29th annual Fall Festival Street Fair - Garden City's all-community day, is set for this Saturday, September 27. For the past 29 years, the Chamber has joined with the Garden City High School in the presentation of its annual Homecoming Day Parade to step off on Seventh Street at 11:30 a.m. The fair will feature two trackless trains ... More...
Street Fair Cancelled

The Chamber of Commerce's annual Street Fair, which was to be held in conjunction with Garden City High School's Homecoming Day, has been cancelled due to predicted poor weather on Saturday, September 28th. The Chamber is considering rescheduling the event, but no date has been announced yet. According to the GCHS Athletic Department, the football game against Long Beach will still take place. Kickoff time is 1:30. More...

Recent Vandalism Poses Concern
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Robert Feirsen expressed concern at the recent increase in vandalism at Stratford Avenue School and discussed ways to help mitigate-or hopefully eliminate-the problem. "I encourage people to report things when they happen...," Dr. Feirsen said at the Sept. 16th school board meeting. More...

 Community
• Resident Presents Green Documentary
Garden City resident Leslie Segrete, star of the TLC television show "Trading Spaces," will present "Going Green Long Island" on Saturday, September 27 at 3 p.m. (rebroadcasts at 3 a.m. Sunday, September 28 and Tuesday, September 30 th at 1 p.m. More...
• article has image Sen. Hannon Reminds Residents About Voter Deadlines
• Clean Elections To Be Discussed
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 School
• article has image Garden City Awarded Scholar/Athlete School of Distinction
For the fourth time since the 2003-2004 school year, Garden City has been awarded the prestigious title of Scholar/Athlete School of Distinction from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. More...
• Kordes To Teach Garden City History
• article has image Cathedral Religious Education Registration
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 Sports
• article has image Cherry Valley Club Nine Hole Tournament
Blessed with lovely fall weather, the Cherry Valley Ladies Nine Hole golf group held its Mystery Tournament on September 17th. With tricks and treats at each hole, the format provided players with some "fun" golf. Co-chairladies Candace Grimes and Willis Priolo organized another very successful event, with the spirited help of their committee. More...
• CVC Hosts Men's, Ladies And Juniors Golf Championships
• article has image Garden City Girls' Summer Lacrosse League
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 Letters
• Letters To The Editor
Email: editor@ gcnews.com
Wake Up, Garden City To the Editor, The lead article in this newspaper last week reported that the Joint Conference Committee of the POAs had turned over to the Village Board of Trustees the matter of an opinion poll of residents on St. Paul More...
• A Word From The Publisher
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
In an unwelcome surprise, the American economy has been rocked with a series of shocks and emergency governmental responses. The reasons for the crisis in confidence are difficult and complex, and few people, inside or out of government, has a grasp on all of factors involved. More...
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