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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. in the Garden City Library, 60 7th Street, across the street from the Garden City Hotel. The meeting is open to the public and there is no admission fee. More ... 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. A disco for the teens, as well as shopping and food and drinks and fun and sun for all! And do not forget about the Big Bucks raffle, where up to $50,000 in prizes will be given away. More ... 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. Successful applicants will be 9-14 years of age, up to 5' 1" tall and have had at least three years of serious ballet training. More ... This is part-two of the four-part series of articles by the Garden City Police Department addressing Back to School Safety Issues. In last weeks paper we addressed Safe Driving Practices. If you missed last week's article, you can stop by the Garden City Police Department and pick up a copy. This week's article will cover School Bus Safety. More ... The Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, plans to kick off its 2009-2010 season with a tour of the Fire Island Light House. More ... , in the Garden City office, located at 229 Seventh St., a defensive driving, six-hour course, allows participants to get the latest driving information from AAA-certified instructors, a 10 percent discount on collision and liability insurance and a reduction of up to four points from a driver's license. One-hour lunch break on all-day sessions. More ... Assemblyman Rob Walker (R,C,I,WF - Hicksville) today joined with Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) to ask that his constituents and all of Long Island donate blood on September 11, 2009. NUMC and the Long Island Volunteer Center will be hosting a blood drive from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. More ... Winthrop-University Hospital and Kevin Marzo, MD, Chief of the Division of Cardiology, have announced that they have entered into a collaboration with Yale investigators on a research project designed to help doctors and scientists better understand heart disease in young women. More ... Finally we have a mystery that we can sink our teeth into. We have had the problems of the third rail on the Long Island Railroad running practically into the gardens of some residents; and we have the Lighthouse Project, the Code Amendments and our school district striving to improve. Now we have a full fledged mystery. More ... Donald and Ellen Lindsay of Garden City are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn, to Ryan Short, son of James and Elizabeth Short of Manhasset. Kathryn graduated from Garden City High School in 2000 and Georgetown in 2004 with a B.S. in Health Systems. She received an MBA in Finance and Management from Fordham in 2009. More ... The reservations are coming in for the Community Club at Garden City and Hempstead's annual Friendship Luncheon at the Cherry Valley Club on Tuesday, September 22. The Invitations were artfully designed. printed and mailed by a committee composed of Marge Moran, Catherine Hopkins and Joyce Lemino. More ... The Welcoming Club of Garden City is pleased to announce the 2009-2010 executive board members: Jeannine Votruba, President; Melissa Katinas, 1st Vice President; Jill Mathers, 2nd Vice President; Jennifer Feingold, Treasurer; Denise Bambino, Secretary; Leslie Lam, Historian; Courtney Keenan, Parliamentarian More ... For the sixth year, the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program is a beneficiary of the Long Island 2 Day Walk To Fight Breast Cancer, receiving a grant of 20,000. The funds received assist the breast cancer program in its Paths to Wellness Program, a series of workshops for breast cancer patients. More ... On September 7, from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Women on the Fast Track (WOTFT), a Long Island - based organization for business and professional women, will hold their Nassau County Chapter 1 meeting. WOTFT is a unique networking group for business and professional women that was launched in Nassau and Suffolk County in the later part of 2006. More ... There were six winners for the final guessing game of the summer! Jillian Aprigliano, Rebecca Phinney, Keira McGuiness, Matthew Maher, Richard Nessler, and Alexandra Kopcak all correctly guessed the amount of crayon shaped erasers in the jar. These children will have no shortage of erasers for the upcoming school year! More ... 7:30 p.m. - Eastern Property Owners' Association Tues. Sept. 8th 8:00 p.m. - Irish Cultural Society Thurs. Sept. 10th 2:00 p.m. - The Art of Illumination, Visual Lecture with Thomas Germano, Prof. More ... Learn About High School Before School Starts At the Library Come and find out "Everything You Wanted to Know About High School But Were Afraid to Ask" at the Garden City Public Library. Students can ask other students about classes, teachers, clubs, teams, coaches, clothes ... and anything else about high school that you can think of on Monday evening August 31st at 8PM. More ... Monday, August 31 9:30 a.m. - Registration begins for movie on September 12 8:00 p.m. - "Everything You Wanted to Know About High School but Were Afraid to Ask." Students asking students about classes, teachers, clubs, teams, coaches, clothes ... anything else you can think of. More ... Erin Cunningham draws her clues as Caroline Swartz and other participants look on at the Library's third annual Pictionary tournament for young adults. More ... The preschoolers who completed the requirements for the Summer Reading Program celebrated at Nancy Bugge's Toddler Tango on August 4th at the Library. More ... Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10AM Masha Hamilton's captivating novel The Camel Bookmobile will be the selection for a book discussion, which will be moderated by Gloria Weinrich, on Wednesday, September 23rd at 10 AM. More ... A professional DJ led groups of four young adults in the popular interactive electronic game Guitar Hero on Monday, August 3rd at the Garden City Library. Singing and playing drums and guitars are Grant Henneberger, James Noyes, Pantel Marinos, and Christopher Noyes. More ... WNBC Anchor Michael Gargiulo interviewed Garden City's Barbara Wilson at the Garden City Public Library on Wednesday, August 19th. Mr. Gargiulo interviewed Mrs. Wilson for a program segment commemorating the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the Athenia, which is planned to be aired during WNBC's "Today in New York". Mrs. Wilson survived the sinking of the S.S. More ... Nassau residents caught in the growing mortgage foreclosure crisis can have their questions answered by attorneys at a free clinic sponsored by the Nassau County Bar Association on Monday, September 14, 4-6 p.m. at the NCBA headquarters, 15th and West Streets, Mineola, NY. More ... Allstate Insurance Company's Field Vice President for New York, Robert Holden, has been appointed to the President's Advisory Council at Adelphi University. The members of the Council, primarily business and other leaders on Long Island, volunteer their counsel, time, and support to the institution's priorities as defined by University President Dr. Robert A. Scott. More ... Mercy Medical Center, whose Weight-Loss Surgery Program is ranked highest in New York State 2008/2009 by the HealthGrades(r) national hospital rating company, will be conducting two new facilitated weight-management support programs this fall for adults and adolescents, along with a continuation of its facilitated support group for post bariatric surgery patients. More ... 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. The organization is non-sectarian and non-political. More ... On August 23 rd there were 11 1/2 tables of Monday night Seniors duplicate bridge in play. Results of the evening were as follows. North-South 1. John & Athena Philippeds 2. Joan Cowie & Peggy Burns 3. More ... Please note that we have added another trip to our list of fun excursions! Tuesday, September 29 - Tour of West Point and a Hudson Highland Cruise - A guide will board our bus as we arrive at West Point to give us a tour of the Academy. There will be very little walking involved. We will then have lunch in the historic Hotel Thayer on the ground of the Academy. More ... Co-ed senior exercise classes will begin again at the Lutheran Church, 420 Stewart Ave, Garden City on Wednesday, Sept. 23. All are welcome!! Join friends/make new ones on Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays from 10-11 a.m. Designed for mature adults to enhance flexibility, balance, strength and endurance, exercises address the various needs and abilities of participants. More ... In these tough economic times, Legislator Dennis Dunne would like to bring attention to a program that could potentially provide some relief. The Long Island Power Authority's (LIPA) Income-Eligible Senior Energy Assistance Program can possibly offer a credit to senior LIPA customers. More ... Adelphi University is pleased to honor Christopher C. Giamo at the 21st Annual Golf Classic on Monday, October 5, 2009 at Hempstead Golf and Country Club, 60 Front Street, Hempstead, NY. Mr. Giamo is the metro president for TD Bank's Suburban New York/Connecticut Market, which encompasses Long Island and Westchester County, New York, and Connecticut. More ... The USA Junior National Race Walk team, boys and girls, competed against their Canadian counterparts on Sunday August 16th 2009 under stormy skies in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The occasion was the Twenty Sixth Annual USA vs. Canada Dual Meet. Garden City's own Molly Josephs finished in sixth place overall with a 5 K time of 28:38. More ... The summer of 2009 is turning out to be a record breaker for precipitation and the Garden City Bird Sanctuary has been more than just green this year. While the persistent rainfall has dramatically reduced watering costs, the small tractor mower was overcome by the heavy growth and died. More ... Before going off to Princeton University, 2009 Garden City High School graduate and Class Valedictorian Sarah D'Antonio, made a stop at Winthrop-University Hospital's Cancer Center for Kids (CCFK), Nassau County's largest outpatient facility for treating pediatric cancer and blood disorders. More ... On July 26th, my Girl Scout Troop went on a trip to the Brooklyn Bridge. We went to take a tour of the bridge and have our Silver Key Ceremony. The Silver Key Ceremony represents us bridging to Cadette Girl Scouts. We took a tour of the Brooklyn Bridge, and then we had the ceremony. Each of us got a necklace with a silver key. More ... The Cathedral of the Incarnation sponsored a Vacation Bible School from August 10-August 14 on the Cathedral's campus. This year's theme was Bible Times B.C. - Highlights from Hebrew Scriptures. "Old Man Moses" was the story teller. He told his own story as well as the story of The Creation, The Ten Commandments and Jonah and the Whale. More ... The Garden City Casino Held its annual LobsterFest recently to the delight of Casino members and guests. Cocktails were served on the Casino patio to the music of Brian McGeough. Chef Peter Matheos from Garden City Caterers, Inc. served up salad, fresh Maine lobster, corn on the cob, roasted potatoes, dessert and coffee. Members and guests danced to lilting music of Kenny Hendricks. More ... |
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