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June 26, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Fire Department Visits Nursery School

On May 15 the four year old students at Cathedral Nursery School had a very special visitor: a Garden city fire truck! More...

Community

Chamber To Hold 1st Restaurant Week IN GC

The Garden City Chamber of Commerce will proudly present its first annual "Restaurant Week in Garden City" from Monday, July 20 through Thursday, July 23 from 4-7 p.m. More...

GC Firm Cuts Ribbon On New Building

Islip Town officials joined Joseph A. More...

Time Capsule Found

by Elizabeth Malaszczyk (Girl Scout Junior Troop #1371) (age 11&1/2)

In 1981, a time capsule was buried by Girl Scout Brownie Troop 1356 at Garden City Village Hall. It was supposed to be dug up 5 years later but no one ever did it!! Twenty eight years into the future..........TIME CAPSULE FOUND!!!!!!!!! More...

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Sports

St. Annes CYO Girls Burn Rubber

Back in April the kindergarten and first grade girls for the St Annes CYO track team begin their successful 2009 Spring Season. The team was compiled of kindergarten and first grade girls all intent on burning up the track! More...

Garden City Basketball - Rocks

Applications are on our website www.gardencitybasketball.org or you may signup online. The focus of Garden City Basketball is our intramural program. More...

Recreation Dept. Roller Hockey Championship

Contending with a rainout that interrupted the final playoff game, the Junior League Avalanche took to the rink again Monday June 15th and hung tough to win the division championship! More...

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Restaurant Week Seen As Boost For Local Businesses

By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Trustees, in an effort to boost business at local restaurants hurt by the cancellation of the Belmont Festival, unanimously approved the closing of Seventh Street so that the public can enjoy the culmination of Resta More...

Garden City Library Board Remembers Former Trustee

Edward Starr, who lived in Garden City for more than 40 years and was instrumental in introducing several new community relations initiatives for the Garden City Public Library, died on June 21st at his new home in Berkeley Heights, NJ. More...

School

St. Joseph School To Celebrate 70 Years of Excellence

In September 1939 the first "first day" of school began for students at Saint Joseph School, Garden City. Sister Mary Justine O'Loughlin welcomed 169 students in grades K through 6 and a tradition of excellence in Catholic education was born. More...

Stewart School Students Learn About Colombia

Mrs. Katherine Martinus, parent of Tyler Martinus, recently visited Mrs. Guiry's and Señora Gutierrez's second grade class at Stewart School to speak to the students about a typical day in Colombia for a second grader. More...

Winner In Environmental Poster Contest

Middle school seventh grader, Nicholas Vernice, was selected as one of the top five State winners for his entry in the New York Water Environment Association/New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Poster Contest (NYWEA/NYSDEC) More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

We recently received an alert from Nassau County Clerk Maureen O'Connell that scammers have targeted Garden City residents with mass mailings urging homeowners to purchase a "certified copy" of the deed to their home. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

'The Nightmare Continues' Hidden Agenda? To the Editor: In the past, I have written several letters concerning the St. Paul's Affair and which the Garden City News was kind to publish. As Mr. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

As the recession wears on, there are clear signs that the public is becoming a bit more demanding of the Obama administration. President Obama remains popular overall. According to the daily Gallup tracking poll, Mr. More...

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