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March 13, 2009 / Front Page

GC Special Police Officers Honored

On December 2, 2009, Garden City held the St. Paul's Opinion Poll. The voter turnout was tremendous, over 5,000 residents attended at a rate of 600 per hour. The Garden City Special Police was assigned traffic control at St. Paul's. More...

School Board Faced With Bond Decisions

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Decision time is drawing near for the Garden City Board of Education after an architect presented a timeline revealing they will have to act soon if they want the public to vote on a bond to fund capital improvements by October. More...

Community

Correction

Last week's article "Hard Times Means Hard Decisions For Village Board" contained an inaccuracy: There are 6,600 homes in the Village, and not all of them utilized special pick-up. We apologize for the error. More...

Support Groups For Kidney Disease

Winthrop-University Hospital is pleased to announce that it will hold support groups for both patients dealing with chronic kidney disease and their caregivers. More...

New York Young Musicians' Ensemble

The New York Young Musicians' Ensemble will perform a concert of chamber music on Sunday, April 5, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. The performance will include the Vivaldi Concerto for Three Violins in F, plus works by Grieg, Mendelssohn, and Mozart. More...

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Sports

Ski Club To Meet

The Garden City Ski Club will hold a meeting Wednesday March 18 th , at 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 1000 Marcus Avenue, New Hyde Park. More...

Menges Leads GC At State Championships

As most coaches and athletes are preparing for the Spring season, Coach Erica Fregosi still has the winter track team working hard to achieve their goals. More...

GCAA Basketball Wrap-Up

GCAA Intramural basketball ends this weekend. Thanks to all the volunteers who made this a great season for GCAA basketball. More...

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Board Defers Vote On St. Paul's Demolition Study

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Trustees once again deferred approval of a $35,000 professional services contract with Greenman-Pedersen, Inc., an engineering and construction services firm, to coordinate the preparation of an Environmental Impact More...

Tentative Budget Deadline Nears

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

As the deadline for filing the tentative Village budget approaches, the Garden City Board of Trustees continues to scrutinize meeting agendas and brainstorm ways to increase revenue without dramatically reducing services. More...

Garden City Mayor, Trustee Election

The annual Village Election will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 from 12 Noon until 9:00 p.m. at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue. Village residents will be voting for the following candidates: Robert J. More...

School

A Spanish Fashion Show

Seventh grade students in Senora Porter's Spanish classes at Garden City Middle School recently put on a fashion show. This activity was the culmination of their three week study of clothing and colors in Spanish. More...

Garden City - The Course

Once again Garden City Public Schools "Continuing Education" is offering the ultimate course on Garden City and its history. This very popular course is designed and taught by Village Historian John Ellis Kordes. More...

Key Club / Interact Collects Clothing

The Garden City High School's Key/Interact Club has been incredibly successful in collecting clothes for the Mary Brennan INN. The Mary Brennan INN, a soup kitchen located in Hempstead, serves lunch to over 400 people a day five days a week. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

This week Garden City residents will go to the polls to select a mayor, three trustees and a village justice. This might be confusing to some newer residents who might remember a runoff election for trustee just a few months ago. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Mothballing Light? To the Editor: In the difficult Village budget discussion one item being considered is an appropriation of $171,765 for maintaining the St. Paul's main building for the next year. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

In light of the prevailing gloom in the country right now, the arrival of St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday, March 17 will come none too soon. We truly need something to celebrate. I will admit to a little bias about this holiday. More...

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