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March 20, 2009 / Front Page

GCHS National Merit Scholarship Finalists

Two Garden City High School students, Sarah D'Antonio and Elizabeth DeBold (center left and right), pictured here with guidance counselor Mr. Timothy Casale and high school principal Ms. More...

Arrest Made In Home Invasion Robbery

Garden City Police Commissioner Ernest J. More...

Tensions Simmer Between Trustees and CBRC

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

Voices were raised during a heated exchange between the chairpersons of the Board of Trustees' finance committee and the Citizens' Budget Review Committee as the March 12th Garden City BOT work session drew to a close after more than three h More...

School Budget TaxLevy Lowered

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The projected tax levy increase has been reduced from 2.48 percent to 2.33 percent, announced Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Feirsen at the March 10th Garden City Board of Education work session. Dr. More...

Community

EPOA Discusses Village Budget, Other Issues

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

53rd Easter Car Parade To Be Gala Event

Plans are in motion for the Garden City Chamber of Commerce's 54th annual Easter Sunday Vintage Car Parade to be held April 12. 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...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

As readers will see from our extensive budget coverage (which starts on page one but continues to pages 21-24) there is a great deal of conflict in the village over the budget for the coming fiscal year. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Different Interpretation To the Editor: Your recent story on the deferral of the vote on the St Paul's demolition study states that in the recent straw poll, "Demolition came in first with 2,272 votes." (45%) I think it is import More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

Twenty years ago in 1989 (the exact date is unclear), the World Wide Web was created and the rest, as they say, was history. More...

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Potential Superfund SiteIn East Announced

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The property at 71 Clinton Road in Garden City is the site of a current environmental investigation by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. More...

Big Issues Lie Ahead, But For Now, Trustees Focus on Budget

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

As they carefully pored over a report which detailed proposed expense reductions and revenue enhancements to the 2009-10 budget at a March 12th work session, the Garden City Board of Trustees occasionally were derailed by larger issues that More...

Village Election Results

The Village election was held on March 18. Below are the total number of votes: Mayor - Robert J. Rothschild 204 Trustees Andrew J. Cavanaugh 196 Dennis C. Donnelly 207 Laurence J. Quinn 194 Justice - Allen S. More...

Many Cuts Being Considered To Lower Tax Increase

By Stephanie Mariel Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Trustees is currently considering how to increase revenue and where to make cuts in the proposed 2009-10 budget. More...

School

Stratford School To Present A "Tale as Old as Time"

By Christine Economos

What is love? That question will be explored by Stratford School this spring as they present the fairy tale/musical extravaganza, Beauty and the Beast. More...

Garden City PTA School Supply Sale

Once again, the Garden City PTA is happy to announce that we will be offering you the opportunity to order your child's school supplies for the following year. More...

Named To Honor Roll

William Chu , a fifth form student at Kent School in Kent, Connecticut, was named to the Honor Roll for the Winter Term of 2008-2009. William is the son of Howard Chu of Garden City. More...

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Sports

A Journey Ends - A Legend Is Born

In the waning days of late November, 2008, the idea of playing in a winter indoor soccer league was hatched by several Garden City Centennials U-12 coaches. More...

Grapplers Bantams Are Tops

The GC Grapplers didn't need to leave the practice gym to determine who were the best two wrestlers in the State in the 55lb Bantam class. More...

GCAA Celtics Win Intramural Championship

The 3rd Grade GCAA Celtics beat the Pistons 19-17 in the exciting 3rd grade championship game. The season started with 8 coaches at a draft in an effort to make our teams and even and fair. The season ended with a 2 point contest. More...

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