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April 3, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Benefit Yard Sale At Bird Sanctuary

The Garden City Bird Sanctuary and Garden City High School's H.O.P.E. club (Hands On Protecting the Environment) have teamed up to help facilitate recycling in our community. More...

Board Of Ed To Meet

The Garden City Board of Education will conduct a Regular Work Session on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 8:15 p.m. in the high school library. More...

Community

INNKeepers' Ball Honors GC Residents

The 2009 INNkeepers' Ball will be honoring Vicki and Joseph Ferrara of Garden City and Maureen and Ralph Nappi of East Hills. These two couples have been volunteers and supporters of The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) for many years. More...

Cathedral Youth Collect Socks For Homeless

The Rite 13 Youth Group of the Cathedral of the Incarnation is collecting new, adult, white, athletic socks for homeless people. The socks will be blessed during the Maundy Thursday Foot Washing Service on April 9 at 8:00 p.m. More...

Free Workshops ForBreast Cancer Patients

Free workshops on Art and Reiki are offered to those who have had breast cancer. They are sponsored by the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program and held at Adelphi University's Alumni House in Garden City. More...

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Sports

Girls Varsity Track

The Spring season continued with positive results on a somewhat gusty day last Monday at NHP High School as the girls took on the host school, as well as Calhoun. More...

GC Centennial Spring Intramural Season

The Garden City Centennial Soccer Club will be opening their spring season this coming Saturday, April 4th. More...

GC Soccer Player Travels To England

Raymond Leto of Garden City is about to embark on the soccer experience of a lifetime when he travels to England to play against the famed soccer academies of Liverpool, Manchester City and Fulham. More...

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Residents To See Lower School Tax Levy

By Stephanie Petrellese

Garden City residents will see their school tax levy reduced from 2.33 percent to 1.57 percent, thanks to money from the federal economic stimulus package and the restoration of state aid by Gov. David A. Paterson. More...

The Current Budget Problem

Submitted by The Board Of Trustees Public InformationCommitteeNicholas P. Episcopia Chairperson

The 2009 - 2010 Village Budget process presented the Board of Trustees with a set of problems not faced in recent years. The current economic situation has affected all levels of government, from the State to the Villages. More...

School

PTA School Supply Sale Extended

The school supply committee sincerely apologizes for the current situation with the EPI website.EPI (the company handling the Garden City PTA's school supply program) is experiencing difficulties with its main website. More...

Stewart School Valentines For Vets

Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino (right, back row) congratulates pupils at Stewart Elementary School in Garden City for their participation in the Valentines for Vets Program, which the Town instituted in 2001. More...

Homestead School Valentines For Vets

Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino (right, back row) congratulates students at Homestead School in Garden City for participating in the Valentines for Veterans program, which the Town instituted in 2001. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

Now that spring is here, we are starting to receive a large volume of sports materials. As we have in previous busy seasons, we ask that teams voluntarily reduce the number of photos provided to no more than four or five for ordinary games. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Response to Lamberti To the Editor In a letter to the Editor last week, former Trustee Tom Lamberti maintains that I supported the transfer of $1.7 million that had been reserved for the maintenance of St. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

The proposed New York State budget, whose passage appears likely at this writing, proves that all the bad news lately is not confined to Wall Street or even to Washington. Even supporters of the budget are not singing its praises. More...

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