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May 1, 2009  RSS feed
A Friend's Farewell
The Parente family of Garden City has been laid to rest. Most people who attended Tuesday's funeral have gone back to work or school. Television news vans have left the Village; reporters have moved on to cover their next story. However, before life fully resumes and the memory of this tragedy begins to fade, Betty Parente's best friend Marianne E. More...
Adelphi Breast Cancer Program Saved

State funding that had been vital for the continued operation of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program has been restored under the 2009-2010 budget, Senator Craig M. Johnson (D-Nassau) and Assemblyman Marc Alessi (D-Wading River) announced. More...

 Community
• Garden City Budget News By Roy S. Ryniker and Bob Sundius
The Board of Trustees recently approved a Village budget for 2009-2010 that included a 5.9% increase in taxes, with a total tax levy of $44.3 million. Substantially all of the discussion surrounding this year's budget process concerned the propriety of individual operating and capital expenditure appropriations. More...
• Receives National Accreditation
• EPOA Annual Joint Meeting
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 School
• Music Department Spring Concert
The Garden City High School Music Department will present Green & Gallant Spring, the Women's Chorus, Chamber Choir, Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble Spring Concert I, on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at the high school in the Inez Norman Spiers Auditorium. More...
• GC Schools Upcoming Important Dates
• article has image Second Grade Career Day
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 Sports
• article has image Garden City vs Manhasset 2009 Mini Woodstick Classic
The entire Garden City Youth Lacrosse 4th Grade was hosted by Manhasset as part of the annual Mini Woodstick Classic. The boys played a series of games culminating in a pizza party, which seemed to be the highlight of the evening for many. More...
• GCYL 3rd Grade Boys Hitmen
• GCYL Leprechaun Warriors Rough It Out
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 Letters
• A Word From The Publisher
With swine flu in the news this week, we thought we'd pass along some advice we received from the NAPSI news syndicate this week on how to protect your family from the flu: (NAPSI)-Heeding a few hints can help you protect your family from the flu. That's just as well, considering that in the United States the disease affects up to 60 million people a year. According to Dr. More...
• Letters To The Editor
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
This week marks the completion of 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency. While the 100 day milestone is obviously an artificial one, it is so widely used (including by President Obama himself, who is scheduling a prime time news conference to mark the day), that it is probably worthwhile to play along with a few observations on how Mr. Obama is doing, and what the future might hold. More...
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