March 20, 2009 RSS feed / Community

Author Visits Cathedral Book Club

At its March 9 meeting, the author of Necessary Heartbreak, book one of the When Time Forgets trilogy, M.J. Sullivan, attended to discuss the book. More...

The Office Cat

ON SATURDAY, March 21, the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola, will hold a Ceili featuring Pete Kelly's Ceili Band at 8 p.m. Donation is $15 and will include coffee, tea and Irish Soda Bread and there will be an open bar. More...

Art Exhibition On Display At Adelphi

Adelphi University is proud to present "Ruminations," an exhibition of abstract paintings by John Anderson on display in the Adele and Herbert J. More...

Clavin Speaks At A RecentTaxpayers Forum

Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin, left, discusses important tax issues with Nick Vannios of Garden City at a recent Taxpayers Forum held at the Garden City Public Library. More...

Family/Caregiver Support Group

The Long Island Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in collaboration with Winthrop University Hospital Division of Oncology & Hematology is offering a FREE family/caregiver support group. More...

Stratford Black Belts

Bridget Strysko and Caroline Allen, both Stratford fifth graders, received their 1st DAN black belts at Shin's Tae Kwon Do Center on Friday, March 6. They have been students at Shin's since kindergarten. More...

Prayer Service

A Prayer For Healing Service will be held on Sunday, April 5 at 6:00 p.m. at the Faith Evangelical Church, 306 Nassau Boulevard South (located in the VFW Hall) Garden City. Phone: 516 489-9383 All are welcomed. More...

Socially Speaking

The big topic of conversation lately is the economy. You hear it from people everywhere as well as the newspapers, the TV and the radio and possibly on the Internet - but I wouldn't know about that. More...

Lincoln's Birth Celebrated

Members of the Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met on February 3 rd at the home of chapter member Leslie Dimmling to celebrate the 200 th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincol More...

"Gatsby's Long Island"At Community Club

On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, members and guests of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead Inc. were pleased to welcome Dr. More...

Brownie Scouts Through The Years

In preparation of earning her Gold Award, Ali Sa researched the 1940's and came to a meeting for the 2nd year Brownie Troop #1253 to discuss with them what the country was doing during that decade. More...

"My Best Friend" Makes An Impact

Kevin & Chloe Rogers at the FiestA for FA More...

Annual Book Reviews At Community Club

The members of The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead were treated to the annual and always popular Book Review Program on Tuesday, March 7 th at the Casino. More...

Nassau County Senior Citizens Programs

April: Are You a Good Listener? Do You Want to Help Others? There are some situations in life that are not spoken of often, but they still exist. Frail elderly enter nursing homes and assisted living facilities. 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...

Stroke Prevention Screening

Precision Screening Plus will once again be in the Cathedral House on March 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to screen for Stroke/Carotid Vascular issues, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, Peripheral Arterial Disease and Osteoporosis. More...

Library Programs For The Week CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

* Wed., March 25, 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Go Forth! Book Discussion for 4th Graders. Registration began January 12. Sat., March 28, 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. More...

News From The Children's Room

Upcoming Programs Include Book Discussions, Yoga and Magic Yoga for kids! Om! Namaste! Bend and stretch with MaryClare Chiofalo on Saturday, March 21, at 1:00 p.m. for children in Grades K-2 and at 2:15 p.m. More...

Friends Sponsor Irish Concert

The Friends of the Garden City Public Library continue to fulfill the needs of the Garden City community. On March 12, the Friends sponsored a free concert "Return to Ireland in Song" with vocalist/guitarist Ed Deacy. More...

The Watercolor Experience Workshop

Garden City residents learned different approaches to the watercolor medium in a four session workshop during March at The Garden City Library. More...

"Bedwetting" Topic Of Free Parenting Lecture

What are the causes of bedwetting and what can you do to help your child? Is it an overactive bladder or is there some other medical reason? More...

Daisy Troop Earns Green Petal

Kindergarten Daisy Troop #1261 earned their green petal, "Use Resources Wisely", at a recent meeting. They discussed and read about how to keep the earth clean and to make it a better place by recycling, reusing and conserving energy. More...

Agency Owner To Serve On Advisory Board

Robert Bennett, Allstate Personal Financial Representative, has been appointed to join a select group of only 36 agency owners and personal financial representatives throughout New York to serve on Allstate Insurance Company's New York Advisor More...

Toys For Tots Program

Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino (2nd left) visits the United States Marine Corps Base on Stewart Avenue in Garden City for a briefing on its Toys for Tots program. Also pictured (left to right) are Corporal John J. More...

CMF At Salon Beyond

In February, Paulette of Salon Beyond in Garden City offered her services to CMF members. Chairpersons Lilly Diller and Elena DiLemme reported everyone had a good time and a nice profit was made for Schneider Children's Hospital. More...

College Notes

Andrew Menges , son of Elizabeth and Peter Menges of Garden City, is one of 95 Hamilton College students participating in Alternative Spring Break. More...

EPOA Discusses Village Budget, Other Issues

The Eastern Property Owner's Association (EPOA) continues to follow the important issues facing the Village. More...

Legislators Push For Breast Cancer Program Restorations

Senator Craig Johnson (D-Nassau) and Assemblyman Marc Alessi (D-Wading River) last week called for funding to be restored for two vitally important breast cancer research and outreach programs. More...

"Laugh Your Way To Health"

I'm sure we've all heard the old saying "Laughter is the Best Medicine." Well, Dr. More...

Cousins Visit Police Commissioner

Three lucky Garden City cousins, Elaina Blair, 11, Amanda Blair, 10, and Harry Blair, 9, recently visited their great-uncle, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, at Police Headquarters at One Police Plaza with their grandmother Ell More...

GC PTA Dinner: Sold Out!

The 2009 GCPTA Dinner is officially sold out! More...

"Not My Child"

The Nassau County District Attorney's Office Narcotics and Gangs Bureau will present a program on heroin on Monday, April 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM in the Library at Garden City High School. More...

CMF Spring Card Party

CMF Bridge Group members making reservations for March 30 card party at the Garden City Casino. For reservations call Patrice at 516-564-4854 or send your check for $18 to P. Giordano, 312 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530. More...

Casino Bridge

The wearin-of-the-green was in evidence at the Saturday night casino bridge! Everyone felt the spirit of the leprechauns cheering us on - perhaps a slam or two!! More...

Community Church Thursday Lunch

The Thursday Luncheon, sponsored by the Garden City Community Church, will meet on Thursday, March 26 at noon. More...

Benefit Yard Sale At Bird Sanctuary

Garden City High School's H.O.P.E. Club (Hands on Protection of the Environment) and the Garden City Bird Sanctuary announce their First Annual Benefit Yard Sale. More...

Historical Society Children's Art Exhibit

The Garden City Historical Society will host an open house to display the entries in its fourth annual Children's Juried Art Contest, "Porches of Garden City," on Saturday and Sunday, March 28-29 and April 4-5. More...

May 8 Book And Author Luncheon

Laurence Cone, author of For Candlesticks & Corset Stays: Long Island's Yankee Whalers, will be one of the three outstanding authors featured at AAUW's annual Book and Author Luncheon on Friday, May 8, 2009. More...

Charlie's Champions Looks Back

A New Year brings reflection on the past, fills the mind with new dreams, and the heart with new expectations. More...

Eagle Scout Award

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray (center) presents an official Town of Hempstead Citation to Garden City resident Brian Way of Troop 243 (4th right), who recently attained scouting's highest honor, the Eagle Scout Award, at his Eagle Cour More...

Garden City Senior News

Senior walking program Our Senior walking group has become so popular that we are adding a day! Our group will now meet at Cluett Hall at 2:15 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday and walk for at least 20 minutes. More...

Seniors Duplicate Bridge

On March 16th there were 10 tables of Seniors Duplicate Bridge in play. Results of the evening play were as follows. More...

Garden City Retired Men's Club Calendar Of Events

The Garden City Retired Men's Club is a non-profit membership organization formed in April 1961 for the purpose of providing educational and recreational activities for the retired male senior citizens of the Garden City Community. More...

Patient Support Group

The Long Island Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in collaboration with Winthrop University Hospital Division of Oncology & Hematology is offering a FREE patient support group. More...

Garden City Library News

What's Up For Young Adults YAK & SNACK

At the second winter meeting of Yak & Snack, YAs will be discussing the book, Ender's Game. In this book, the earth is under attack. Aliens are posed for a final assault. More...

Teens Learn 10 Ways To Cook With Twinkies

Under the guidance of Lee Perotta, Garden City teens (from left to right) Jenna Muscarella, and Allison Miller transformed Twinkies into wraps, sushi, and petite fours at the Garden City Library on Saturday, March 7th. More...

Children Jump For Joy!

Jump for Joy! With Joy Oddo, a fun dance and movement program for children ages 21/2 -5 with an adult was held at the Library on Saturday, March 7th. Children are pictured catching bubbles blown by Joy Oddo (left). More...

Club Members Enjoy Tribute

Veteran screen stage and television star Danny Kaye entertained a capacity audience at the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead on Wednesday, March 4 th at 1:30 p.m. More...

Art Exhibition At Adelphi

Upcoming artist Vartouhi Zerdelian-Pinkston's "Recent Work" will be exhibited at Adelphi University*s Swirbul Library Gallery through June 30, 2009. A free reception will be held on Sunday, March 29, at 2:00 p.m. More...

Senior Girl Scouts Take Part In Yoga Event!

Garden City Girl Scouts enjoyed an exhilarating and relaxing afternoon of Yoga with instructor Kathy Nolan on a Saturday in late February. More...

Appointed Adelphi Provost

Adelphi University has announced that, following a national search, Dr. Gayle D. Insler has been appointed as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. For 11 years, Dr. More...

Charlie's Champions Receives Donation

Margie Suga, President and Tara and Charlie Schmitt, Karen Barnes of Charlie's Champions Foundation recently received a donation from Women's Club of Flower Hill. More...

Scouting's Highest Honor

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray (center) presents an official Town of Hempstead Citation to Garden City resident Frank Billanti of Troop 243 (3rd right), who recently attained scouting's highest honor, the Eagle Scout Award, at his Eagle More...

GC Girl Scouts Enjoy "Green" Craft Night

The Garden City Association of Girl Scouts of Nassau County held their annual leader/daughter craft night Thursday, March 12. The theme was "green" with St. More...