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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. Coverage and more photos on pages 2A-3A. More...
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. The session focused on Pupil Personnel Services (PPS), instructional and administrative technology and athletics. 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
• Film-makers Needed!
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 School
• article has image 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. Kent Williamson, Executive Director of NCTE, writes, "It is my pleasure to inform you that your school's literary magazine... received a rank of Superior - Nominated for the Highest award... More...
• article has image Dentist Visits Stewart School
• article has image Named National Merit Finalist
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 Sports
• article has image 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. Both teams put up a tremendous fight and the pep squad did an outstanding job in rallying the crowd, with the help of their raccoon and Scooby-Doo mascots! Many thanks to Meg Rogers, school board member, for organizing the pep rally and to Mr. More...
• article has image Girls Basketball Finishes Season 13-4
• article has image GCAA Challenger Basketball - 2009
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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. We agree with her wholeheartedly. More...
• Letters To The Editor
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
At this writing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has now fallen below 6800, with little apparent relief in sight for investors. Of course, this decline affects not just rich Wall Street fatcats, but university endowments and ordinary people attempting to fund their retirements through 401(k) plans. Not to mention Mom and Pop attempting to build a little nest egg. More...
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