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July 10, 2009  RSS feed
Restaurant Week, Seventh St. Fair Update
Russell Ciolli (Grimaldi's Pizzeria), who is spearheading Garden City's first Restaurant week, Monday July 20 through Thursday, July 23 reports that there are now 19 Garden City restaurants offering 3-course Price Fix meals during Restaurant week. More...
Superintendent Responds To Audit Report
By Stephanie Petrellese

Superintendent Dr. Robert Feirsen commented on a recently released audit report from the New York State Comptroller's Office at the July 7th meeting of the Garden City Board of Education. The comptroller's office cited 18 recommendations in the report, a number Dr. Feirsen said was "not unusual. More...

School Board Holds Reorganization Meeting
By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting on July 7th. Board members re-appointed trustees Colleen Foley as president and Barbara Trapasso as vice-president and welcomed Laura Hastings, who ran unopposed for the pending open trustee position in May. More...

 Community
• GCPD Offers Burglary Prevention Tips
The Nassau County Police Department reports that a particular group of organized transient criminals commonly known as "Gypsies" are perpetrating a series of burglaries and scams throughout Nassau County. The "modus operendi" of these mostly Eastern Europeans is to drive in groups in a particular residential area in a car or van usually with out of state registration plates. More...
• article has image GC Kiwanis Foundation Sponsors Troop 56 Mission Trip
• Award To Village Pediatrics
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 School
• Response To The NYS Comptroller's Audit Report
Garden City Public Schools is grateful for the guidance and assistance provided by the Office of the State Comptroller and believes the recommendations in the Comptroller's Audit will help ensure that the District's operations reflect best practice. More...
• Stewart School Gets Squeaky Clean
• Congratulations
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 Sports
• Garden City Basketball - Hoops Info! Applications are on our website
www.gardencitybasketball.org or you may signup online. In response to the numerous emails/phone calls we have received regarding the time our program will operate next season; the GCAAhas inappropriately "announced" their winter schedule as 8am to 4pm. The GCAA does NOT have a village permit for this timeframe. More...
• GCAA Summer Baseball Registration
• GCAA Basketball Is Now Accepting Applications For The 2009-2010 Season
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 Letters
• A Word From The Publisher
Last week the Garden City News' publishers took a cruise vacation to southeast Alaska, starting in Anchorage and traveling south to Vancouver, British Columbia. This was a once in a lifetime trip in which we heard glaciers calving, watched humpback whales feeding cooperatively, and saw bald eagles flying freely. More...
• Letters To The Editor
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
It is obviously a long, long way until 2012, but the surprise announcement of the resignation of Sarah Palin as governor of Alaska has roiled the contest to be the Republican nominee against President Obama. In her short career on the national stage, Governor Palin certainly became a universally well known figure. More...
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