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At the end of a long winter, there's nothing like an outdoor party to herald the arrival of spring. MY BEST FRIEND hopes you will come celebrate life and the gift of friendship with us on Saturday, May 3rd from 7 to 10pm in the beautiful garden of Anna and Sean Miller, 25 Saint Paul's Place, ... More ...
The Annual St. Patrick's Day Luncheon was recently held at Carltun on the Park in Eisenhower Park. The tradition behind the luncheon is to honor Project Children. The project, which has been in existence since 1975, provides thousands of children from Belfast with an opportunity to have a... More ...
53rd Easter Vintage Car Parade It was the earliest Easter Sunday in some years, but nevertheless, Mother Nature came through with bright sunshine, although a bit cooler than desired for the Chamber's 53 rd annual Easter Vintage Car Parade on March 23. Hundreds of vintage and classic specimens rolled down Franklin Aven... More ... WPOA April Meeting Notice The Western Property Owners Association (WPOA) will hold a general meeting on Wednesday, April 9, at 8 p.m. at Homestead School. All residents of the Western Section are welcome. More ... Parent Chat Room The Garden City Community Council on Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention is pleased to continue to sponsor the "Parent Chat Room", an informal gathering offering parents of children of any age, the opportunity to come together and talk with each other about how issues of alcohol, tobacco ... More ...
On Sunday, April 6, come to the movie, "The Healing Gardens of NY, at 1 PM, at the Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I. U. Willets Rd., Albertson. $12 for non-members. Call Maria at 484-8603... If you are thinking of adopting a dog, call the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter at 944-8220...The Well... More ... Have A Fun-Filled Family Evening On Friday, April 4th the Cathedral Choir and Development Fund is sponsoring a Country Western Evening. The event will be held in the Cathedral House Auditorium from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Square dance caller Harry Gaulke will lead the party in some lively dances and reels. Light finger foo... More ... PTA Annual Spring Plant Sale Spring has sprung and the birds have sung!!! The Gaarden City PTA is in the second week of our annual Spring Plant Sale. We are privileged, once again, to have Bissett Nursery as our supplier of quality flowers. Our selection includes geraniums, impatiens, begonias, marigolds and beauti... More ...
Seventeen Garden City High School students were inducted into Troupe #7135 of the International Thespian Society (ITS) in February, brining the troupe's membership to a grand total of 32. The Induction Ceremony was held in the Inez Norman Spiers Theater at the High School. More ... Children's Art Exhibit Opens Treat yourself to an enjoyable exhibit of artwork composed by Garden City students, which will open this weekend at The Garden City Historical Society Museum. The children, grades kindergarten through 12, were challenged to draw or photograph "Architecture of Garden City," which was the 2008 ... More ... Auditions For High School For The Arts High school students from Nassau and Suffolk counties with dreams of becoming actors, dancers, playwrights, painters, sculptors, directors, singers or even lighting designers are encouraged to audition for the Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts (LIHSA). More ... Senior Duplicate Bridge On March 31 st there were 7 1/2 tables of Seniors duplicate bridge in play. Results of the evening play were as follows. North-South 1. Jackie West & Estelle Fischer 2 & 3 TIE 2. Joan Cowie & Grace Kelly 3. More ...
Congratulations to Garden City resident, Charles G. Torsiello in recently earning his certification as a Ski Patroller at Windham Mountain New York. Charlie, a senior at Chaminade High School, has been training the past two years for the test. The program includes outdoor emergency medical care as ... More ... New Website To Compare Drug Prices Senator Kemp Hannon, Chair of the Senate Health Committee, announced www.rx.nyhealth.gov, a new website which permits consumers to easily compare prescription drug prices for the 150 most-prescribed drugs at their neighborhood pharmacies. The website is maintained by the State Department of H... More ... Visit China Or Cruise The Elbe River Seasoned travelers Naomi and Jesse Taub share their experiences visiting China and cruising the Elbe River from Berlin to Prague. China: The Giant Has Emerged By way of a slide presentation, travel through China and explore its glorious past and exciting future. More ...
Music Teacher Meredith Stillwell with Stratford Avenue School fifth-graders in the All-County Chorus: left to right, Amanda D'Antone (soprano), Maggie O'Brien (alto), and Mollie Brosnan (soprano). More ... Annual Philanthropic Luncheon The Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, will hold its An-nual Philanthropic Luncheon at the Cherry Valley Club in Garden City on Saturday, April 12th, beginning at 11:30am. Chapter Regent Mrs. Bruce Little-john will host the luncheo... More ... A.T. Stewart Flea Market The third annual A.T. Stewart Flea Market will take place on Saturday, June 7th on the grounds of the Historical Society Museum at 109 Eleventh Street. Don't miss this exciting event which is becoming a much anticipated tradition. There will be an array of interesting items for purchase. S... More ... Class Of '58 Reunion The Garden City High School class of 1958 is planning its reunion on October 11th of 2008 at the Garden City Country Club. The following classmates are missing. If anyone knows where these people are please contact Sandy Stilz at (516) 741-2864. Thanks. More ... Aviation Lecture At Historical Society Museum The Garden City Historical Society will host guest lecturer Ray Donnelly for a rousing flight through aviation history in his upcoming presentation, A History of Mitchel Field and Aviation in Garden City. This free lecture is scheduled at The Garden City Historical Society Museum, 109 Elevent... More ... College Notes Matthew Robert Klein of Garden City has been named to the Dean's List at SUNY Potsdam. He is majoring in Music Education and Performance Music and is the son of Robert Klein of Garden City. To achieve the honor of being on the Dean's List, each student must have satisfactorily comple... More ...
Sarah V. Langan, a 1992 graduate of Garden City High School, will read excerpts from her debut novel The Keeper at the April 9 th meeting of The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead at 1:30 p.m. in The Garden City Casino, it was announced this week by Prem Chauhan, Chairperson... More ... Welcoming Club Ladies Night Out The Welcoming Club of Garden City is pleased to hold its next Ladies Night Out at the Seventh Street Café on Tues. April 29th, 7-9pm. The Welcoming Club invites you to enjoy listening to our guest speaker from The North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center to inform us on the very imp... More ...
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Irace of Garden City and East Quogue, New York, announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Ann Irace to B. Ryan Kelleher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Burleson of Upper Arlington, Ohio and Mr. W. Sean Kelleher of Worthington, Ohio. More ... Arlen Rath To Address Thursday Luncheon Group The Thursday Luncheon Group, sponsored by the Garden City Community Church, will meet on April10th at noon. The speaker will be Arlen Rath, noted for house estate sales, tag sales and her expertise in antiques. She will speak about how to dispose of your dearly-loved personal items while you ... More ...
We only have one more day in March as I write this and then comes April. Both of these months had sayings about them when I was a child and those sayings had some meaning to them. They were "If March came in like a lion, it went out like a lamb or it could be just the reverse." It does se... More ...
The Drama Club, under the fine direction of Miss Marie Impellizeri, will be presenting Looking Glass Land in the Monsignor Bennett Auditorium this weekend. The production is not to be missed! Come follow Alice as she experiences all the backward-ness of Wonderland. More ...
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hodgdon of Wilton, CT announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Pauline Joan Hodgdon, to Shaun Neil McGowan, son of Dr. and Mrs. Neil R. McGowan of Garden City. A wedding is planned for June 14, 2008. More ...
The Epilepsy Foundation of L.I. is honoring Bill Lockwood with the 2008 Corporate Leadership Award on April 18 at its 2008 Gala Dinner Dance being held at the Carlyle on the Green, Bethpage State Park. More ... Three Session Gardening Series Master Gardener Lynn Thomson will present three lectures with slide presentations on gardening for our area of Long Island. Shade Gardening - Is your property covered with trees or is your house or garage limiting the amount of sunlight reaching your plants? More ... Mercy Medical Center Chinese Auction The Employee League at Mercy Medical Center invites the community to a fundraising luncheon and Chinese Auction on Saturday, April 26th from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. The event will be held at Mill River Manor at the Best Western Rockville Centre, located at 173 Sunrise Highway. More ... Mercy Medical Center Bus Trip The Employee League at Mercy Medical Center invites the community to a fundraising bus trip to the Peddlers Village Strawberry Festival in Lahaska, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 3rd. The group will leave Mercy Medical Center at 8:00 a.m. sharp and return at approximately 7:30 p.m. More ...
The Garden City Community Theatre is pleased to present a new original musical, "That's Amore" on April 11-13 at the Garden City Community Church, located at 245 Stewart Avenue. The story, written by Guy Milone Jr., and directed by John Mezzo, features nearly 50 budding actors and actresses ... More ...
The 2008 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program has honored Jordan Bolebruch with a Certificate of Excellence for exemplary volunteer service. It is the second national community service award for the Garden City High School senior. She also is a recipient of the President's Volunteer ... More ... Library Programs For The Week Children's Programs * Sat., April 12, 9:00 a.m. Tickets available for Pet Mobile, Pet Zoo on Wheels, scheduled Tuesday, April 22, 11:00 a.m. Young Adult Programs * Tues., April 8, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Teens & Tots Training Session I. Registration began March 25. More ... Tote Bag Giveaway In celebration of National Library Week, April 13th - April 19th , the Friends of the Garden City Public Library have generously donated their eco-friendly, non-plastic quality tote bags to be distributed to each and every person checking out books. So celebrate libraries and stop by to che... More ... Senior Connections Public Forum on Caregiving The Garden City Public Library will offer the second in a series of Senior Connections Public Forums - "Elder Law" on Wednesday, April 30th at 1:30 PM. Ellen G. Makofsky, Esq. will speak about the intergenerational issue of protecting your family and your assets. Ms. More ... News From The Children's Room The Children's Department is excited to have two family events taking place this April!Pet Zoo on Wheels, a family program by "The Pet Den" will be held on Tuesday, April 22nd at 11:00 AM. This program is for Ages 3-Grade 5 with adults. Tickets are required for every child and will be distr... More ... What's Up For Young Adults At The Library YOUNG ADULT ROOM IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS The renovations are nearly completed in the Young Adult area of the Library. While the finishing touches await completion, the room is open for use. Come in and enjoy the new furnishings while becoming familiar with the new set up. Carts of boo... More ...
The Garden City Library story times celebrated Crazy Hat Day during the week of March 31st . Each of the story time participants wore a favorite hat and enjoyed stories about hats. Joanne Van Meter, Head of Children's Services, is pictured wearing her spring straw cap with the Little Listeners story... More ... Library To Host Renovation Celebration The Garden City Public Library will host a Renovation Celebration on Saturday, April 19th from 10 am - 12 noon. The public is invited to take a tour given by student pages of the library's renovated facilities. There will be speeches by local dignitaries followed by light refreshments in the ... More ... Garden City Library Programs Old-Time Radio Nostalgia Garden City Public Library Tuesday, April 29th 2:00PM Joseph Mittleman will take you back in time. If you miss those old classic radio programs of the 30's and 40's, you can return to those thrilling days of yesteryear and relive those drama... More ...
Michael Abatemarco, Thomas Arning, and Emmett Collins are Boy Scouts in Troop 56 who have made substantial progress on their Eagle Projects. Michael Abatemarco collected materials and then built two large storage shelves for the Interfaith Network at the Mary Brennan Inn in... More ... AAUW Annual Book And Author Luncheon The Garden City Branch of the American Association of University Women will hold its annual Book and Author Luncheon on Friday, May 2, 2008 at The Swan Club in Glenwood Landing, Roslyn. The luncheon begins at noon and the community is cordially invited to attend. The program will featur... More ... St. Anne's Blood Drive For the seventh consecutive year, "Msgr. John's Knights" will coordinate the St. Anne's Parish Blood Drive, Knights' Advocate and Blood Drive Coordinator Brian E. McKeever has announced. The first of the semi-annual sessions will be held in the School Cafeteria on Sunday April 13 from 9:15 ... More ... Calling All Sandwich Makers Would you like to make a difference in a hungry person's life right here in Nassau County? Then come to the Sandwich Making Event sponsored by The Garden City Clergy Fellowship. The event will be hosted by The Cathedral of the Incarnation on Saturday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the ... More ... Concert Cancelled The Adelphi Symphony Orchestra on Friday, April 18, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. has been cancelled. More ... Attention St. Anne's Class Of 1973! A 35 year reunion is being planned for October. If you're interested in attending and/or know the whereabouts of our classmates, contact Elisa (Fala-bella) Dillman at 516-445-0418 or email pickle3180@aol.com. More ... College Notes Kristen Silecchia of Garden City has been named to the fall 2007 Dean's List at Hofstra University. Kristen is currently studying Elementary Education and English at Hofstra. More ... AAUW Meeting The monthly meeting of the Garden City Branch of the American Association of University Women will be held on Monday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Garden City Library. The guest speaker will be Naginder Singh, a 30-year resident of Long Island and active member of the Nassau County Branc... More ... Homemakers Date Changed Homemakers of Garden City: In our best interest the April 9 th Once A Year fundraiser has been changed to April 30 th , 12:00 at the Community Church in Garden City. By changing the date we will give those ladies who had other commitments the opportunity to support our worthy charities. Flyers are going out. More ...
Over 100 children gathered for the Children's Medical Fund Annual Bingo Night. A special "thank you" goes out to high school students Mathew Diller, Laura Steinhardt and Mike Castellano for making this event extremely successful. This year, we are proud to announce that Garden City High Schoo... More ...
On Wednesday, March 26 Stratford School presented awards to all of the winners of the PTA Reflections Art Contest. This year's theme was "I Can Make a Difference...." We had almost 100 entries school-wide in various artistic disciplines including Music Composition, Film/Video Production, Visu... More ...
In connection with the Lenten project that was announced in a Letter to the Editor written by Marta Waters, on March 7th, the children of the St. John's Kenyan Children's Foundation celebrated a very special Easter, thanks to the generosity of many Garden City families, who participated in ... More ... Garden City Senior News MAKE A SPRING WREATH! The Recreation Department will sponsor a spring wreath workshop on Tuesday, April 8th at St. Paul's Senior Center. Royce from A.C. Moore will again visit us with her floral expertise and will bring enough supplies to make everyone happy. This workshop will cost $5.00 and pre-registrat... More ... Garden City Retired Men's Club Calendar Of Events The Garden City Retired Men's Club is a non-profit membership organization formed in April 1961 for the purpose of providing educational and recreational activities for the retired male senior citizens of the Garden City Community. The organization is non-sectarian and non-political. More ... PTA Dinner-Fundraiser The Garden City PTA cordially invites you to the PTA dinner on Thursday, April 10th, at the all-new and beautifully renovated Inn at New Hyde Park. Show your support and join us at the PTA's annual major fundraiser. Come and enjoy the evening with friends, neighbors, teachers and admini... More ... GC Post Office Hosts Passport Fair As a convenience to postal customers, the Garden City Post Office will host a Passport Fair and accept passport applications at select Long Island Post Offices on Saturday, April 19. The Post Office will be open until 4 p.m. to process passport applications. More ...
The Garden City Community Church's PlaySchool program offers the opportunity for 2 year olds to have a positive first "school" experience shared with a parent or caregiver. PlaySchool offers gradual and optional separation in the second half of the year. The children enjoy playtime, teacher ... More ... |
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