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December 19, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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Chambers Support Small Businessess

Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce shows support to Garden City retailers: Althea Robinson (second from right), Executive Director, Garden City Chamber of Commerce join E. More...

GCHS Graduate Selected To Be Energy Secretary

Dr. Steven Chu, a 1997 Nobel Prize recipient in physics, and graduate of Garden City High School was named on Wednesday as President-elect Barak Obama's choice for Energy Secretary. More...

Social Studies Program Change Discussed

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

After much discussion at both last week's work session and Tuesday's regular meeting, the Garden City Board of Education took an informal vote and decided to eliminate the Global History 10 Honors course beginning in September, 2009. More...

Community

Luncheon Celebrates 75 Years Of Service

Among the many friends of Planned Parenthood of Nassau County at a luncheon in the Garden City Hotel celebrating PPNC's 75 years of service were Garden City residents Ann Mallouk, Betsy Blattmachr and Rev. Lynn Sullivan. More...

Santa's Visit To Garden City

The week before Christmas, Santa was nowhere to be found, not up in the crisp air or down upon the frozen ground. He couldn't be located. More...

Holiday Sanitation Collection Schedule Christmas & New Year's Week

Residents are reminded that there will be no garbage or recycling pickup Christmas and New Year's Day. More...

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Sports

Garden City Basketball - Happy Holidays! NO LATE FEES !

Visit www.gardencitybasketball.org to register online. Our $50 fee remains the same. Our organization doesn't believe in charging a late fee. More...

Boys Handball Players Start Journey To Olympics

Garden City boys took an historic step toward their quest for places on the United States Olympic Team in the 2012 and 2016 International Olympics when they played the first game of international team handball against a visiting team from Hemp More...

GCAA Basketball Intramurals

GCAA Basketball Intramurals finished its second week of intramurals with two exciting Monday night 12-15 contests. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

While Democrats bask in the earned glory of a decisive victory in the 2008 federal election, the party would do well to head off a perception that it is indifferent to ethical concerns. More...

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Counsel Hired To Study Environmental Impact of St. Paul’s Demolition

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

At its Dec. More...

Deputy Mayor Won't Seek Higher Office

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Deputy Mayor John Mauk, who was next in line to be the Mayor of the Village of Garden City in April, has declined to be interviewed for the position. He will continue to serve as a Village trustee from the Estates section. More...

School

GCHS Hosts The Pierrot Consort

"We are very honored today," commented Garden City High School music teacher, Mrs. Margaret Gullotta on November 20th as she introduced the Pierrot Consort to high school orchestra members. More...

HOLA's Winter Spanish Classes

Enrollment is now open for 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. More...

College Notes

The following students from Garden City have enrolled as first-year students at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass: • Alexander W. Fox , son of Mrs. Rosemary Fox and Mr. Thomas E. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

Early Deadlines

The Garden City News will have early deadlines for the next two issues. For the issue of Friday, December 26, we will need to receive materials by Monday, December 22. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Too Important To Demolish To the Editor: As the region's leading advocate for historic places on Long Island, the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA) is dismayed to learn that the Garden City Bo More...

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