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March 13, 2009  RSS feed
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. Quick action was taken by SPO Dave Bliss, SPO Bob Anderson, and Lt. Steve Browand, to handle the large flow of voters. More...
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 Statement for the possible demolition of the Historic Main Building at St. Paul's and Ellis Hall. 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. State law requires villages in New York State to file a tentative budget by March 20th. 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
• New York Young Musicians' Ensemble
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 School
• article has image 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. Students were told to invent an identity for their model. They then had to think of an interesting outfit to model for the class. More...
• Garden City - The Course
• Key Club / Interact Collects Clothing
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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. Join us for meetings on the first and third Wednesdays through April (except for holidays). More...
• article has image Menges Leads GC At State Championships
• GCAA Basketball Wrap-Up
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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
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
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. I am 5/8 Irish (i.e., 5 of my 8 greatgrandparents were of Irish descent) and thus the St. Paddy's Day celebration did not go unnoticed when I was growing up. More...
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