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January 25, 2008
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Local Teens "Adopt A Family"
Matthew Diller and Laura Steinhardt delivered gifts to a needy Long Island family this holiday season as part of an Adopt-a-Family program coordinated by the Nassau County Department of Social Services. This is the second year Matt & Laura adopted a family. "We loaded up the minivan and visited ou... More...
New Committee Discussed At Work Session
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Anxious to get the ball rolling on further study into the possibility of issuing a bond to fund capital improvements in the district, the Garden City Board of Education laid out expectations for ad-hoc committee members at their January 14th work session. More...

School District Reviews Risk Assessment
By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City School District is actively working to mitigate both internal and external risks, but some improvements are still needed, according to an Initial Risk Assessment presented to the Garden City Board of Education at their Jan. 14th work session. More...

 Community
•Resurrection Celebrates 60 Years Of Ministry
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection announces a 60th Anniversary celebration. The year of celebration kicks-off at the end of January with a weekend of activities, including special Saturday and Sunday services on January 26th and 27th welcoming Pastor Emeritus William Meyer, one of only thr... More...
•School Board To Meet
•Yoga Classes Offered
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 Schools
•St. Joseph School Students Receive Top Honors
The Diocese of Rockville Centre is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and two students of St. Joseph School received top awards at the presentation ceremony. More...
•"Treasure Time For Twos" Registration
•Garden Manor Nursery School
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 Sports
•GCHS Cheerleaders Place 2nd and 3rd in Competition
Garden City High School's Varsity and Junior Varsity cheerleading squads had an outstanding showing at a recent cheer competition sponsored by Wantagh High School. The GCHS Varsity squad placed third in the large varsity division and the JV squad captured second place honors in the junior var... More...
•Garden City Boys Swim Team Defeats Syosset
•United Soccer Team Retires
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 Letters
•A Word From The Publisher
Recently, New York Governor Elliot Spitzer called for an end to pay and benefits for commissioners of "special districts" which handle sanitation, water and parks in unincorporated areas. The governor proposes that those services be instead provided by towns. He charges that the pay and extra... More...
•Letters To The Editor
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 The View From Here
•The View From Here...
As the Bush Administration and the Congress attempt to stimulate the economy in the wake of the current turbulence, it is interesting and instructive to review what happened during the greatest economic crisis in the nation's history, the Depression of the 1930's. More...
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 From The Mayor’s Office
•From The Mayor's Office www.Gardencityny.net
I would like to remind you that the Board of Trustees will be conducting work sessions to review the proposed 2008/09 Operating/Capital Budgets on: - Thursday January 31, 2008 7:00 p.m. (Operating Budget/Work Session) - Saturday February 2, 2008 8:30 a.m. More...
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 In Memoriam
•In Memoriam Sturges B. Shields, Jr.
Sturges B. Shields Jr., whose career at the United Nations spanned 30 years and included posts in Jamaica, Jerusalem, the Congo, Mexico City and Geneva, died January 15th at the Hospice Inn, Melville. He was 91. He was a resident of Stewart Manor, New York since 1944. He was an active... More...
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