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August 28, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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State Assembly Honors Local Women

By Stephanie Petrellese
Five Garden City residents were among 21 women honored on Saturday at the New York State Assembly's annual Women of Distinction awards ceremony sponsored by Assemblymen Tom McKevitt and Dave McDonough at the Merrick Public Library. More...

70 Years Later, Resident Reflects On Sinking

By Stephanie Petrellese

The popular phrase "don't sweat the small stuff" takes on a greater meaning after you hear Garden City resident Barbara Rodman Wilson's story. More...

Community

Irish Society Starts Season

The Irish Cultural Society starts its 2009-2010 season with a literary topic. Kathleen S. Tully will speak on the subject of The Women Who Inspired William Butler Yeats at the September 8 meeting at 8:00 p.m. More...

The Beauty Of The Spirit

The date is fast approaching: Saturday, September 19th we will usher out summer at St. Anne's annual Spirit Day. There will be rides and games of chance for the kids. More...

Auditions For Production Of Nutcracker Saturday, September 12, 5-7 pm

The Eglevsky Ballet, Long Island professional dance troupe, announces auditions for the children's cast of this year's production of The Nutcracker, which plays four performances at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts December 19-21. More...

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Letters

A Word From The Publisher

As summer winds down we have again hit our slowest time of the year. Schools have yet to open, sport teams haven't yet formed and many families are enjoying their vacations. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Not Enough Water To The Editor: There have been many letters to you concerning the Lighthouse Project. Their writers expressed a variety of opinions concerning the Project. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

By Bob Morgan, Jr.

During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama promised to transcend what he called "slash and burn" traditional politics by offering solutions that would go beyond liberal and conservative labels. More...

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Arrest For DWI In Fatal Accident

Nassau County Police have arrested James Farr, 33, a Marine stationed in Garden City, for two counts of vehicular manslaughter stemming from a fatal accident that occurred in East Meadow on Sunday August 23. More...

GC Police Help Launch "School's Open - Drive Carefully" Campaign

With area schools opening shortly, Police Commissioner Ernest Cipullo reports that the Garden City Police Department will be helping the Automobile Club of New York launch its annual "School's Open - Drive Carefully" campaign by mounting color More...

Times Ranks GC Schools In99th Percentile

On August 11, in a comprehensive analysis of 3,500 schools' student achievement rates on New York State Assessments for the past ten years, the New York Times released data which placed Garden City Public Schools in the 99th percentile - rank More...

School

College Notes

Natalie Corriss , a 2003 graduate of Garden City High School, has been admitted to Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C. More...

Garden City Union Free School District Free, Reduced Price Meal Policy

Garden City Union Free School District today announced a free and reduced price meal (Free Milk) policy for Garden City UFSD school children. More...

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Sports

Garden City Casino Women's Tennis Team Takes First Place

Wow!! What a great tennis season for the Garden City Casino Women's Tennis Program! More...

Centennials Host Friendly Matches

Usually this time of year the fields at St. Paul's are somewhat deserted, with only the most dedicated of team's holding soccer practices under the tough heat conditions of the summer. More...

Garden City Basketball - The Right Place To Be!

Applications for Garden City Basketball are now available on our website www.gardencitybasketball.org or you may signup online. More...

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