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November 28, 2008  RSS feed
Organizers Gear Up For Village Tree Lighting
Event organizers are gearing up for Santa Claus' return to Garden City, Sunday, December 7 at 3:30 p.m. at the Village Gazebo. The 53rd annual event is coordinated by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with Village forces and sponsored by Astoria Federal Savings. More...
Agenda Items Make St. Paul's Focus Once Again
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Three items on the formal agenda at the November 20th meeting of the Garden City Board of Trustees related to AvalonBay's St. Paul's proposal dominated Board discussion and public comment for several hours, and finally drew to a close after midnight. More...

More Information On St. Paul's Proposal

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
• Trustees To Decide On Large Lot Subdivision By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese
Believe it or not, there was a brief moment of levity at the Nov. 20th meeting of the Garden City Board of Trustees. A resident stood up and began speaking on an agenda item. However, it did not sound like the topic was related to St. Paul's. More...
• "Lost And Found" Christmas Show
• Friends of Lacrosse Poinsetta Sale 6 1/2" pots - $14
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 School
• article has image St. Joseph 8th Grade Is NASA Quest Winner
The graduating eighth graders of St. Joseph's School won the prestigious NASA Quest challenge. NASA Quest connects K - 12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission-based interactions and activities. They are web-based interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. More...
• article has image Adelphi Awards Prize to GC High School Students
• article has image PTA's Joint Primary Principals Forum
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 Sports
• article has image Thunder 11's Borges Fall To Massapequa 8-0 In Championship Game
It was a sunny but very cold afternoon at John Burns Park in Massapequa where the Garden City Thunder was preparing to play the undefeated Massapequa Mustangs in the NCYFL Championship game. The Mustangs won the coin toss and ran the opening kickoff back to the Thunder 30 yard before Conor Muldoon was able to tackle the ball carrier. More...
• GC Rams Girl's Lacrosse Late Registration
• article has image GC Field Hockey Wins Another New York State Championship!
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 Letters
• A Word From The Publisher
At last week's Board of Trustee meeting Mayor Peter Bee commented that the current atmosphere of antagonism regarding the St. Paul's property is having a damaging effect on the spirit of volunteerism in Garden City. "I am disappointed by the process and by what we as a Village are doing to volunteers," he said. More...
• Letters To The Editor
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
Each year, I dedicate this space to a list of the many things for which we should be grateful. Perhaps this makes for repetitious reading, but I do believe that is important to remember, especially during Thanksgiving week, how fortunate we are. More...
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