May 8, 2009 RSS feed / Community

Miracle Foundation Hosts Golf, Tennis Classic

The Miracle Foundation, one of Long Island's most influential not-for-profit cancer foundations, will host its tenth annual Michael J. More...

Car Seat Safety Event

Assemblyman Thomas McKevitt will be sponsoring a FREE car seat safety event on Friday, May 22nd , from 9:30am to 1:30pm at Village Parking Field 6E in Garden City. More...

Multi-Family Garage Sale

The Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island will hold a Multi-family "garage sale" on Saturday, May 23. Doors open at 9 am. Runs until 2 pm. More...

Rotary To Honor Two Distinguished Residents

On Wednesday evening, May 27, at the Inn at New Hyde Park, the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club will hold its 18th annual Community Service Award Dinner in honor of two distinguished Garden City residents: the Honorable Peter A. More...

Play Reviews At Community Club

The Broadway season ends on April 30th and, just under the wire on April 29th as the members of The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead heard a panel of their peers present their own personal assessment of the current offerings on The More...

Cathedral Prayer Shawl Ministry Tops 150

The Prayer Shawl Ministry of The Cathedral of the Incarnation has busily been knitting and crocheting shawls for those in need. Over 150 prayer shawls have been completed. More...

SEPTA Mother's Day Jewelry Event

On Friday, May 8 th , from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Garden City Special Education PTA will be holding its first Mother's Day Jewelry and Accessories Fundraising Event. More...

Adelphi University Honors Joan Kuster

Joan Kuster '51 will receive the Ruth Stratton Harley Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Adelphi University at its 113th Commencement on Thursday, May 21, 2009. The ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. More...

Thursday Luncheon May 14

On May 14, at noon, the Thursday Luncheon Group, sponsored by the Garden City Community Church, invites community members to join in an exercise program for seniors. More...

Town And Last Hope Protect Pets

Micro-chipping pets helps lost pets return home. That's why Supervisor Kate Murray and Last Hope have joined together to offer a low cost microchip clinic at the Last Hope Dog Walk on Saturday, May 30, 2009 from 1-5 p.m. More...

Calling All Girls In Garden City

Become part of the largest organization of girls and women in the world! Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place! Do you like Crafts? Science? Math? Camping? Trips? More...

Free Patriotic Recitals At Memorial Day Fair

Mr. Larry Tremsky and Mr. Alistair Nelson will be giving free organ recitals as part of The Cathedral of the Incarnation's 56th Annual Memorial Day Fair and Craft Fest to be held on the Cathedral grounds from 12 noon to 4 p.m. More...

Garden City Library News

What's Up For Young Adults At The Library? String Bracelet Making

Join Young Adult pages Alex and Maria on Saturday, May 23rd from 2:30 - 4:30 PM for an afternoon of designing and crafting popular string bracelets. More...

Winter Reading Club Concludes With A Spring Celebration

The Garden City Library's Third Annual Cozy Up With A Good Book Winter Reading Club concluded with a Spring celebration, which was coordinated by Reference Librarians Laura Flanagan and Susan Nolan. More...

Friends Of Garden City Library Book Sale

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray (right) greets Barbara Nothel of Garden City and Friends of Garden City Library President Sal Catania at the recent the 2009 Friends of Garden City Library Book Sale. More...

Garden City Library Welcomes New Director

J. Randolph Colahan, (left), Chair, Library Board of Trustees, and Gloria Weinrich, (right), Vice Chair, Library Board of Trustees, welcomed the Library's new Director Carolyn Voegler, (center), whose appointment became effective on April 30, 2009. More...

Friends' Book Sale

A Bargain "Book Sale" will be held on Saturday, May 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Garden City Public Library located at the corner of 60 Seventh Street and Hilton Avenue, in Garden City. More...

TAKE A TRIP WITH RECREATION TO THE VANDERBILT PLANETARIUM

On Wednesday, May 20th the Recreation Bus will take the seniors on a trip to the Vanderbilt Planetarium in Suffolk County. The bus will leave St. Paul's Senior Center at 10 am. More...

Retired Men's Club Hosts GC Fire Dept.

On Monday, April 27, the Garden City Retired Men's Club hosted a fascinating and educational presentation by members of the Garden City Fire Department. Speakers were two lieutenants: Peter J. Clancy and Mark Frappied. More...

Seniors Duplicate Bridge

On May 4th there were 11 tables of Seniors Duplicate Bridge in play. Results of the evening play were as follows. More...

An Eventful Spring At Christ Episcopal Church

Springtime has been busy and eventful at Christ Church in Garden City. Two dedicated long-time parishioners, Ken Gunn and Bob Seaman, a Garden City resident, received the Bishop's Medal for extraordinary service to the parish. More...

Meet The Easel Artists

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray (3rd right) presents an official Town of Hempstead Certificate of Recognition to members of EASEL at a "Meet the Artists" Art Exhibition held at the Garden City Library. More...

Stratford Wows Audiences With Beauty And The Beast

"Each year the fifth grade production is more amazing," commented Garden City's Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Feirsen after attending Stratford School's performance of Alan Menken's Disney musical Beauty and the Beast. More...

CPOA Annual Meeting, Elections

All Central Residents are cordially invited to join us at the Garden City Library on Tuesday, May 12 at 7:30 PM to participate in our Annual Elections. More...

Hannon's Links To Swine Flu Information

Nothing spreads fear faster than a lack of knowledge and what to do when a problem presents itself. From newspaper, television and the Internet folks have a hard time not hearing about this topic. More...

Arrest Made In Office Burglaries

The Garden City Police Department have reported the details of an arrest for a burglary that occurred on Sunday, May 3, at 5:03 P.M. in Garden City. More...

Exchanges...Brought to you by The Garden City Historical Society's, A.T. Stewart Exchange

A Little Bit Of History... Welcome to our first column. For those of you who have visited the A.T. Stewart Exchange, you know it is a treasure trove of interesting finds. More...

New Ground Program

On April 17, the Garden City branch of AAUW Diversity Study Group hosted a program on homelessness. The speaker was Shannon Boyle, MSW, Executive Director of New Ground. More...

Socially Speaking

Do you remember the "good old days?" That was when a subway ride cost a nickel, you could get lunch at Chock Full of Nuts or the Automat for twenty-five cents, and a child's favorite stores were Woolworth's, Lamston's and Kresge's where the More...

So You Think You Can Dance

Access Broadway hosted a dance competition at the Sheraton Conference Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The dancers stormed the stage from April 3rd thru April 5th three days of exciting routines of team and individual talent. More...

Charlie's Champions Raise Funds For Winthrop

Sometimes it takes more than one village. More...

Annual Steak Dinner At Christ Church

Everyone is welcome at the Steak Dinner at Christ Episcopal Church in Garden City on Sunday, May 17, 5:30 p.m. Come for steak, potatoes, salad, dessert and more. Just by coming you might win a door prize. More...

Children's And Youth Ethics Program

The Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island is hosting an open house for its Children's Ethics Program (for children ages 4 to 12) and its Youth for Ethical Societies (for teens) on Thursday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m., for enrollment in Sunday clas More...

GC Resident Opens Charity Gala

Garden City resident Gregory Kraff, Board President of the CARES Foundation recently opened the program for the Everyone CARES gala that was held in March. The event was held at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. More...

The Welcoming Club Of Garden City

The Welcoming Club of Garden City hosted a truly fantastic wine and food tasting at la nonna bella. This was the final Ladies' Night Out for the 08-09 season. More...

Brownies Help Out At The INN

Brownie Troop #1356 worked hard and made over 300 sandwiches for the Inn in Hempstead as their community service project. More...

Shop The Block At Community Church

The Auxiliary of the Garden City Community Church will hold its annual "Shop the Block" event on Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vendors will be selling boutique items and the Auxiliary will hold a bake sale. More...

Library Calendar For The Week Adult Programs

Monday, May 11 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Helen Keller Services for the Blind *1:30 p.m. - Monday's Marvelous Movie Matinee - Guarding Tess, 1994, 98 min. More...

Friends Of The Library Book Discussion

Wednesday, May 13th 10 AM The international bestseller Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie will be the selection for a book discussion, which will be moderated by Gloria Weinrich, on Wednesday, May 13th a More...

Friends Programs A Success Story At The Library

A capacity audience "got a kick out of" the tribute to Ethel Merman on May 3 as The Friends of the Garden City Public Library sponsored a free concert "Berman Does Merman: Lisa Berman vocalized legendary Merman songs as Ruthe McKeown narrated More...

Garden City Library News

News From The Children's Room

Read during the summer? After a busy school year, children look forward to the summer, a time of rest and relaxation. But it's very important for students to maintain and improve their literacy skills. More...

Library Closed

The Garden City Public Library will be closed Mother's Day, Sunday, May 10 . More...

Library Board To Meet

There will be a Regular Meeting of the Board of Library Trustees on the second Monday of May, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. More...

Friends Sponsor FREE Art Lecture: "Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece"

Kathryn Stanley Podwell, Professor at Nassau Community College will present FREE slide/lecture "Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece" on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. 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...

Seniors Connections Forum

The Garden City Public Library will host "Education in Retirement", the third and final program in a series of Spring Senior Connections Public Forums. More...

"Weight Management: Take Control of Your Health"

Winthrop-University Hospital's Perspectives in Health community education program will offer a free lecture, "Weight Management: Take Control of Your Health," on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM. More...

Lutheran Church Sponsors Baby Equipment Drive

The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection is planning a community event to help provide much needed baby items to mothers in need. More...

GC Resident Helps Wounded Soldier

Army Pfc. Justin Kalenits of the 173rd Airborne Brigade was released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. today, after 18 months of treatment. More...

Chamber Stages 54th Easter Vintage Car Parade

Despite one of our latest dates for Easter, the Garden City Chamber's 54th annual Easter Vintage Car Parade was equally as cold - with added wind chill. as the March event in 2008. More...