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January 9, 2009 / Front Page

Historical Society Bestows A.T. Stewart Awards

The Garden City Historical Society presented its Third Annual A.T. Stewart Awards at a December gala reception at The Garden City Historical Society Museum that benefited the Garden City Chamber of Commerce Foundation. This year's A.T. More...

Police Seek Garden City Bank's Robber

The Astoria Federal Bank located at 1150 Franklin Ave. was robbed on Monday, January 5 at 2:00 P.M. according to the Nassau County Police Department Robbery Squad. More...

Community

WPOA January Electors Meeting

The Western Property Owners Association (WPOA) will hold its annual Residents Electors' meeting on Tuesday, January 20, at 8 p.m. at Homestead School. The WPOA's Nominating Committee will present its selection for Village Trustee, Mr. More...

East's Nominating Committee Announces Candidates

The elected members of the 10-Member Garden City East Nominating Committee have nominated Dennis Donnelly to the Village's Board of Trustees for a two-year term and also selected current School Board Trustee Laura Brown for a new three-year t More...

School Board To Discuss Commencement Change

The Garden City Board of Education will conduct a Work Session on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 8:15 p.m. in the Administration Building. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

A little over a week ago, a fourteen year old boy in Suffolk County died apparently due a combination of alcohol poisoning and hypothermia. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Cuts Needed To The Editor: After reading the article in the Garden City News which indicates that our school system does not intend to cut any costs this year, but will delay until the next, it is clear to me that our schools a More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

The first major challenge confronting the incoming administration of Barack Obama is crafting a stimulus package that is targeted to the economic problems at hand, rather than a general grab bag. This will certainly be a daunting task. More...

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Garden City Hotel Moves On After Legal Victory

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Last week, the Garden City Hotel made headlines in newspapers and on television: not for hosting a grand gala or wedding, but for emerging victorious from a lawsuit they filed against the developer who was attempting to purchase the landmark More...

Impact Of Hotel Decision On IDA Lawsuit Uncertain

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Counsel for the Village of Garden City and Garden City School District are still waiting for a judge to decide their case against the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency which challenges the IDA's granting of tax assistance to th More...

School

PTA Nominating Committee Elected

The PTA nominating committee has been elected and has begun the task of searching for the best candidates for the open PTA Executive Committee positions for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year. More...

CPOA Nominates Laura Hastings For Board Of Education

Laura A. Hastings was the majority choice of the CPOA Nominating Committee for the position of School Board Trustee At-Large for a three year term commencing in July 2009. Ms. More...

Winter Concert Date Change

The Garden City Middle School Winter Concert III, originally scheduled for January 15 has been moved to January 29 due to midterms week and ELA testing. More...

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Sports

K of C Free-Throw Championship

The opening "Council Division" competition of the 2009 Knights of Columbus International Free-Throw Championship will be held on Super Bowl Sunday, February 1 from 1 to 3 P.M. in St. More...

GCAA Basketball Intramural Action Heats Up

GCAA Basketball Intramurals finished its fourth week of intramurals with three exciting Monday night Jan 5th contests. All 52 GCAA intramural teams and 200 of our K-1 clinic participants were back in action Sat Jan 3rd. More...

Boys Basketball Team Plays At MSG

The St. Joseph School Boys Basketball team was on fire as they scrimmaged during the St. John's/Notre Dame game on January 4th. They were the lucky recipients of an auction prize won by school parent and board member Brian Shea. More...

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