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September 4, 2009  RSS feed
Donations Help Bird Sanctuary With New Tractor
Readers of the Garden City News noted an appeal by the Garden City Bird Sanctuary for help in funding to purchase a new riding mower ractor and have responded. President Alvey received a call and met with local resident Robert Taylor offering assistance and asking about the type of tractor the local community preserve needed. More...
Some Hard Feelings After County Meeting
By Stephanie Petrellese

Last week's editorial in The Garden City News has raised the ire of Village officials as it was the first time they heard that the Nassau County Planning Commission held a bidders' conference on the Nassau Hub study for those interesting in constructing a mass transit system. More...

Eight Arrested For AssaultOf Westbury Man

Garden City Police Commissioner Ernest J. Cipullo has announced the arrest of eight people for a gang assault on August 15th . At about 12:30 a.m. on that date, several young men from West Hempstead and Franklin Sq went to the Nassau Blvd Railroad Station to meet another group of young men from Mineola. The subjects were meeting in order to fight over a previous incident. More...

 Community
• article has image Garage Sale And More At Christ Episcopal Church
Christ Church in Garden City is busy again this fall. On Saturday, September 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. you can find some great bargains at our Garage Sale. During this time of "belt-tightening" you can afford these household items, games, crafts, costume jewelry and more. More...
• CPOA To Meet On September 8th
• HOLA Of Garden City Begins Year
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 School
• Garden City Police Department: Back to School Safety Series
This is part-three of the four-part series of articles by the Garden City Police Department addressing Back to School Safety Issues. In the previous two newspaper articles paper we addressed Safe Driving Practices and School Bus Safety. If you missed either of these articles, you can stop by the Garden City Police Department and pick up a copy. More...
• St. Joseph School 70th Anniversary Gala
• article has image 2009 Garden City Friends Of Music Achievement Awards
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 Sports
• Women's Platform Tennis At Community Park
Any Garden City resident interested in playing Platform Tennis for the Long Island Women's Platform Tennis League should contact Sue Tarzian. Please e-mail Sue at Kanstarzian@aol.com for information. This is a day time league. More...
• Garden City Centennials Soccer
• GC Centennial Soccer - Reg. Deadline Approaching
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 Letters
• A Word From The Publisher
We continue to be outraged that the County is moving forward with the proposed mass transit system which would run through residential areas of this village. In last week's editorial we mentioned our surprise that the Nassau County Planning Commission had called a meeting for bidders on the HUB transit project during July. More...
• Letters To The Editor
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 View From Here
• The View From Here . . .
For those of us of a certain age, the death of Senator Edward Kennedy last week represents the passing from the scene of a truly memorable, if flawed, political figure. We first became aware of Ted Kennedy in the 1960 presidential campaign as the youngest brother in a family that was already starting to become a dynasty. More...
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