Saint Anne's School welcomed back its students on Tuesday. This year the school has a total enrollment of 520 students, the school's highest in recent history. Above, Mrs. Arnone greets the children as the come off the buses. More...
As students headed back to school on Tuesday, Superintendent Dr. Robert Feirsen acknowledged that there was a problem with the revised student transportation policy and the printing of the school calendar. In July, the board officially adopted the changes to the student transportation policy, which affected the transportation status of 118 students. More...
The first Board of Education work session of the school year began on a positive note as Garden City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Feirsen presented his annual list of district goals. More...
Chamber members and guests will hear about the current trends of the mortgage industry at its season kick-off luncheon on Wednesday, September 30, 11:30 a.m. at the Garden City Hotel. Edward J. Thomas, Regional Sales Manager of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, will discuss trends in past 2009; expectations in the 4th quarter; and going forward in 2010. Mr. More...
This the final part of the four-part series of articles by the Garden City Police Department addressing Back to School Safety Issues. In the previous three newspaper articles we addressed Safe Driving Practices, School Bus Safety and Pedestrian/Bicyclist Safety. This week's article will cover Stranger Danger. More...
Congratulations to the U-10 Boys travel soccer team for competing for the first time as a team in their first pre-season tournament. The team competed in five games against some tough opponents at Soccer Park in Plainview, August 28 and 29. More...
Today is the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. We hope that our readers have an opportunity to attend the remembrance ceremony at the Village Green and Gazebo next to Village Hall at 7 p.m.. Garden City suffered great losses that day - help honor their memory and comfort their families with your presence. More...
With all the political turmoil surrounding health care and other issues, only occasionally are we reminded that we are a nation at war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One reason that the war is not on the front burner is that support for the Obama Administration's policies do not break along conventional political lines. More...