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Garden City Public Library Director Alan Roeckel is retiring June 21st after working more than three decades at the Garden City Library. Mr. Roeckel joined the Garden City staff on January 5, 1976 as an assistant reference librarian and then became a reference librarian, head of adult service... More...

The deal between the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency and the reported buyer of the Garden City Hotel was approved at a special IDA meeting on June 10th, much to the chagrin of the Garden City School District, Board of Trustees and several residents. More...

The focus was on the world language department on Monday evening as the Garden City Board of Education and public listened to a presentation led by Peter Giacalone, the department's district coordinator, at the board's work session. Giacalone interjected his curriculum review with res... More...

At the Garden City Chamber's season final luncheon on May 14, some 150 members and interested guests heard Scott Rechler, CEO and Chairman of RexCorp and a principal of the Lighthouse Development Group, present an overview of the proposed "Lighthouse at Long Island. More...
The 7th grade students from the Waldorf School of Garden City recently presented their marionette puppet play, The Emperor's New Suit by Hans Christian Anderson at the Survivorship in Brothers and Sisters Place (SIBS Place), a program of South Nassau Communities Hospital that serves the well ... More...
The Garden City Xtreme hosted the East Meadow Starz last Saturday at St. Pauls. The usual breeze was absent and the 9 a.m. sun was at full strength. The good news was the heat brought out the Xtreme offense as five different players scored leading the team to a 5-0 victory. More...
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. It's a tough job to be a dad, but it's an important one too. There always seems to be less hoopla for Fathers Day than for Mothers Day, when really there should be just as much attention paid. In recognition of Men's Health Week, which culmin... More...
Truth to tell, I was planning to devote this week's column to the Belmont Stakes. Ideally, the piece would have celebrated Big Brown's victory and the first Triple Crown in 30 years and included memories of the three great champions preceding Big Brown - Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affi... More...
POOL SEASON TO BEGIN SATURDAY, JUNE 10 One of the most attractive facilities within the Village is our Garden City Swimming Pool. It's 52nd season will begin tomorrow, Saturday, June 14 All residents are encouraged to become members of the Swimming Pool and to enjoy all that it ha... More...

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