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Village Tree LightingHeralds Holiday Season

L-R: Village Trustee Gerard Lundquist, Mayor Peter Bee, Deputy Mayor John Mauk; Santa; George L. Engelke, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Astoria Federal Savings, sponsor; and Roger Eltringham, president, Garden City Chamber of Commerce, coordinator. More...

Senator: No Consensus

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

If the results of the Village opinion polls weren't bad enough, AvalonBay's proposal took another hit when Senator Kemp Hannon posted a message on his Web site announcing that a consensus has not been reached in favor of obtaining the necess More...

Community

Tree Lighting AtMercy Medical Center

Skies were threatening, but the rain held off and did not to interference with the annual Tree of Lights holiday celebration conducted by the Council of Leagues of Mercy Medical Center. The December 9th ceremony included caroling by the St. More...

Board Hires New Hub Consultant

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Trustees voted to hire government relations and public affairs consulting firm Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP to research current transportation proposals and those in development by the Metropolitan Transportation A More...

Entertainment Book 2008

The Garden City Chapter of Children's Medical Fund, Schneider Children's Hospital, is offering the Entertainment Book jam-packed with lots of money-saving offers for restaurants, shops, hotels, airport parking, movies, museums, fast food, day More...

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Sports

Chaminade JV Football Wins Championship

Chaminade Junior Varsity Football Team avenged their only loss of the season to Monsignor Farrell by defeating them on their home turf in Staten Island to claim the NY Metropolitan-CHSFL Championship. More...

Winter Track Kicks Off

The winter track season got underway this weekend with the Nassau County Coaches Invitational being run at the Armory in upper Manhattan. The Garden City varsity girls showcased much of their young talent throughout the night. More...

Travel Basketball Teams Play At Hofstra

Coaches Tom Granville and Dan Dignam took their 3rd grade travel teams to Hofstra for the Hofstra home opener last monday night. The 22 boys enjoyed the action then played on the court at half time to the delight of the crowd. More...

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All Eyes On Board As Public Awaits St. Paul's Decision

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Although many Garden City children are waiting for Dec. 25 to arrive, adults are counting the days until Dec. 18, when it is possible the Garden City Board of Trustees will decide the fate of the historic Main Building at St. Paul's. More...

Superintendent Sets Budget Guidelines

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Feirsen presented a set of guidelines he plans to use when determining the budget for 2009-10 at the Dec. 9th work session of the Garden City Board of Education. More...

School

District Disavows Involvement In Security Breach

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City School District is assuring residents via their Web site that they were not involved in any way with a recent security breach involving an outside computer consulting company. More...

HOLA's Winter 2009 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 January 5th and end March 23rd. There will be two classes given on Mondays. More...

Middle School Students In Art Exhibit

Two students from Ms. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

We were glad to see that the Village has hired a firm to make sure the Village's concerns about the Nassau Hub proposal are heard. More...

Letters To The Editor

Tap New Energy And Talent To the Editor: In last week's editorial, the publisher of this newspaper chose to quote one phrase from The Committee to Save St. Paul's recent letter without presenting the context of our thoughts. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

Before the 2008 campaign fades into history, it might be useful to memorialize some of the reasons why John McCain lost the election. No doubt the single biggest factor was the economy and in particular the fall financial meltdown. More...

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