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November 21, 2008  RSS feed
Operation Wounded Warrior Continues
Garden City Volunteer Firefighters, under the direction of Chief James Meehan, are once again co-sponsoring Operation Wounded Warrior this year with area volunteer fire departments. Operation Wounded Warrior will be on the road again and will travel to deliver Christmas & Holiday Care Package Items to soldiers wounded in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. More...
District Braces For Possible Mid-Year Budget Cuts
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Feirsen ended the November 12th work session of the Garden City Board of Education on a gloomy note as he announced what had been widely reported by the media that day: Gov. David A. Paterson has proposed a cut of $585 million from state aid for public schools in an effort to close a serious budget deficit estimated to total $1.5 billion. More...

Committee Explains St. Paul's Building Options

Members of the Public Information Committee of the Board of Trustees, Nicholas Episcopia, chair, and Robert Rothschild, approved this report. Trustee Donald Brudie did not. More...

 Community
• WPOA Trustee Applicants; Resident St. Paul's Survey
The Western Property Owners Association (WPOA) alerts Western residents to two important issues-the selection of a candidate for trustee from the West and AvalonBay's plan for development of Village property at the St. Paul's complex. The WPOA seeks applicants for the position of Village Trustee, a two-year term that begins in April 2009. More...
• Candlelight House Tour
• AHRC Christmas Luncheon
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 School
• Warm Welcome On A Nippy Night
As has become the usual routine at meetings of the Garden City Board of Education, Tuesday evening began with district and student accomplishments, and then became more subdued as school administrators and board members dealt with several district-related issues. More...
• article has image Holiday Boutique At Cathedral Nursery School
• Last Week Of SJS Christmas Wreaths CHRISTMAS WREATHS AND POINSETTIAS
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 Sports
• College Sports Notes
Garden City resident Raymond Fitzpatrick , a sophomore at SUNY Oneonta, was a member of the 2008 Oneonta State men's soccer team. The Red Dragons finished the season 10-7-2 overall. This year's team made it to the SUNYAC Tournament. He played in six games for the Red Dragons this fall. More...
• Garden City Basketball
• article has image Strong Finish For The Garden City Power
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 Letters
• A Word From The Publisher
When Dreams Die
"The first brick in the Stewart Colleges at Garden City will be laid at 7 o'clock this morning. That brick will form part of the great Boys' School, toward the erection of which the cement work underlying the massive foundations was finished on Saturday. The building thus begun will be part of a system of colleges devised by the late A.T. More...
• Letters To The Editor
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
While America has made its choice of a new leader, President-elect Barack Obama will not take office until January 20. Nevertheless, there are numerous economic challenges in the immediate future. It was debatable whether the United States was in a recession earlier in the year, or just in a period of slow growth, but there is no doubt now. More...
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