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May 29, 2009 / Front Page

Garden City Bird Sanctuary Groundbreaking

Nassau County Legislator Vincent Muscarella attended the"Official Groundbreaking Ceremony" of the wetlands meadow to be installed at the Garden City Bird Sanctuary. Funding was provided under the 2006 Nassau County Environmental Bond. More...

Community

Garden City Budget News

By Roy S. Ryniker and Bob Sundius

The Board of Trustees recently approved a $44.3 million tax levy to pay for Village operations. More...

EPOA Invites All Residents To Hear Hempstead Supervisor

The Eastern Property Owners' Association is inviting residents from all sections of Garden City to hear Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray address the concerns of property owners at its joint annual meeting on Monday, June 1, in the larg More...

Firefighters Help Neighbors Tackle Blazes

In the last month, Garden City's volunteer firefighters were busy assisting neighboring fire departments in tackling two serious fires. More...

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Sports

County Champs - Girls Track

The Varsity Girls track team continued their stellar season with their third consecutive Spring County Championship, defeating nearest competitor Hewlett by 44 points. More...

Garden City U-8/9 Boys Play At Adelphi Field

On Sunday, May 3 rd , a group of U-8/9 GC boys were kindly invited by Adelphi University and their Men's Baseball Team and head Coach Dom Scala to their game on "Senior Day" against C.W. Post. More...

Boys Lacrosse In Playoffs

In the first round of the Nassau County Class B boys lacrosse playoffs, Garden City hosted Mepham on Wednesday afternoon May 20th. Devin Dwyer led the scoring for GC with three goals and two assists as the Trojans went on to win 15-0. More...

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Condos Cause Rift Between Neighbors

By Stephanie Petrellese

A proposed nine-story condominium project at 250 Old Country Road has some Mineola residents seeing green-and a group of Garden City residents, particularly those in the Cherry Valley Co-operative Apartments, seeing red. More...

Bond Cuts Made As Discussion Continues

By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education focused its attention once again on the bond being considered to fund capital improvements in the district during a special May 26th work session. More...

Arrests Made In Credit Card Scam

The Garden City Police report the arrest of four Queens residents for a credit card scam involving the encoding of credit cards. On Monday May 18th Garden City detectives were contacted by Sears Loss prevention of a possible credit fraud. More...

School

Second Graders TourGarden City

Miss McCavera's second grade class at Stratford School spent a special morning touring their home town. Village Historian Mr. John Ellis Kordes conducted the almost two-hour tour for the children as part of their study of communities. More...

Summer Enrichment Program 2009

It's that time again! It's time to register for the Garden City Summer Enrichment Program. For the first time, applications are now available online on the district's website and on the schools' web sites. More...

Forum To Preserve St. Paul's

The Garden City Historical Society will host a free forum on the preservation of the former Cathedral School of St. Paul (known by its familiar name, St. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

A bill to allow the consolidation of local governments which is flying through the New York State Legislature at high speed could remake the landscape of Long Island, but has received minimal publicity. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Collecting Instruments To the Editor: My name is Charlie Eschmann I am 17yrs. old. I am a Boy Scout in Troop #243 in Garden City. Currently I am working on my Eagle Scout Project. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

Whither the Republican party? There has been a sharp debate in recent days. One possible direction would be to move the party a bit to the left. More...

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