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March 6, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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A crowd of over 1000 people gathered in Ellsworth Allen Park in Farmingdale on February 28 to protest cuts to state school aid. The rally was attended by state legislators as well as residents and school board officials from all over Long Island. More...

IDA Rescinds HotelTax Breaks

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency has officially rescinded the tax abatement it granted in June to Allen Rosenberg, who had been the proposed buyer of the Garden City Hotel at the time, announced Superintendent Dr. More...

Community

No Leap Year 2009

No Leap Year in 2009, but what have we missed? A holiday so unexpected, it's hard to resist. This February there's not a day to waste, so cinch up your buckle and try to make haste. More...

Garden City PTA Dinner

* Ticket Deadline is March 12th - One Week Away * New, Fun Ways to Win Prizes * GCHS Jazz Ensemble To Perform Parents, teachers and members of the community - please come out for a memorable evening and to show your suppo More...

Film-makers Needed!

The Garden City Bird Sanctuary is offering opportunities for student and independent film-makers to create documentaries. More...

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Sports

St. Joseph School Pep Rally

The school community was out in green and gold force to cheer for the Boys and Girls Basketball Teams as they faced St. Agnes. More...

Girls Basketball Finishes Season 13-4

With a regular season record of 13-4 Garden City's girls basketball team began the playoffs as the top seed in their division. On February 13th, in the first round of the playoffs, the Trojans played host to Valley Stream North. More...

GCAA Challenger Basketball - 2009

GCAA 2009 Challenger Basketball Program has been going strong since early January of this year. Every Saturday afternoon dozens of players gather at Garden City Middle School with one objective in mind - play some serious hoops! More...

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Hard Times Means Hard Decisions For Village Board

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Trustees held a series of work sessions this past week with Village department heads in a concerted effort to lower the projected 19.76 percent tax levy increase. The increase is currently at 11.49 percent. More...

School Board, Residents Study Budget

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education and residents scrutinized several instructional components of the 2009/2010 budget at a work session held on Tuesday evening. More...

School

Middle School Recognized As "Superior"

The Garden City Middle School is pleased to announce that its literary magazine, the Dead Poets' Society Journal, has been recognized as "Superior" by the National Council of Teachers of English. More...

Dentist Visits Stewart School

In February, Dr. Stacey Reynolds, a pediatric dentist, visited Miss Ashley Cole's third grade class at the Stewart School for National Children's Dental Health Month. Dr. More...

Named National Merit Finalist

Sacred Heart Academy is proud to announce that Sarah Justvig, daughter of Sharon and Jerry Justvig, has been named a National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

In this week's issue we feature a letter by Nancy Zolezzi, Mayor of East Williston and President of the Nassau County Village Officials Association regarding the importance of local government to the quality of life for residents. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

No Increase In Taxes To the Editor: I attended the public budget meeting last week and it proved to be very interesting. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

At this writing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has now fallen below 6800, with little apparent relief in sight for investors. More...

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