September 25, 2009 RSS feed / Community

2009 PTA/SEPTA Sportswear Sale

The PTA/SEPTA sportswear sale is back! The collection features some great new apparel items and the return of a few favorites. More...

CMF Fall Brunch And Ladies Comedy Show

The Garden City Chapter of Children’s Medical Fund invites you to join us at our upcoming Fall Brunch and Fashion Show on November 12, 2009 at the Hempstead Country Club. More...

The Office Cat

ON SATURDAY, September 26, come to the dance at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Ave., Mineola. 8 p.m. Music by Pete Kelly’s Premier Ceili Band. Coffee, tea and Irish soda bread will be served. Bar open for your pleasure. More...

EPOA Announces Important Upcoming Meetings

The Eastern Property Owners’ Association is urging all residents of Garden City to attend one of the upcoming informational meetings on the $36.5 million School Investment Bond. More...

Free Lecture On Leukemia, Lymphoma

Winthrop-University Hospital’s Advances in Cancer Care educational series will offer a free program, “Leukemia & Lymphoma: Personalized Therapies, Targeted Treatments,” on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 7:00 PM. More...

Works By Rodin And Pissaro On Display

Adelphi University is pleased to host an exhibition of artwork on loan courtesy of the Adele and Herbert J. Klapper collection from Sunday, October 4 to Thursday, October 8. More...

Socially Speaking

Manners! You must remember them. Parents constantly told us to say PLEASE and THANK YOU! We were sent off to our childhood parties with the statement - mind your manners and we did. More...

Concert At Garden Stage

Julia Joseph and Milton will perform at Garden Stage at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Garden City, NY on Friday, October 2nd at 8 p.m. More...

Operation Christmas Child Announces Campaign

Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan’s purse, will host a kick-off event at THE LIFE Church, One Old Westbury Rd, at Jericho Tpke., Old Westbury, on Saturday, October 3, at 11 a.m. More...

Friends Of Music Membership Drive

Do You Know What the Acronym FOM Stands For? More...

The Health Fair In Your Backyard

Senator Kemp Hannon (6th Senate District) is sponsoring his 8th annual Health Fair and Awareness Day on Thursday, October 29th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the David S. More...

Irish Society Meeting

The St. Patrick’s Battalion, also called in Mexico Los San Patricios, is the topic at the October 6 meeting of the Irish Cultural Society. More...

Troop 56 Canoe Trip

Over Labor Day Weekend 40 scouts and parents headed from Troop 56 headed upstate for a canoe trip down the Delaware River. Everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather, during the 10 mile canoe trip. More...

Garden City Senior News

ADULT YOGA CLASSES AT CLUETT HALL

Our fall session of Yoga with Connie McKnight will begin the week of September 14 according to the following schedule: Mondays 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. 13 classes for $65 Wednesdays 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. 12 classes for $60 More...

Seniors Duplicate Bridge

Sept. 14, On Sept. 14, there were 13 tables of Senior Duplicate bridge in play. Results of the evening play were as follows. north-south 1 & 2 TIE More...

Garden City Retired Men’s Club Calendar Of Events

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. More...

Garden City Public Library Calendar of Events September 28 -

Monday 1:30 p.m. Monday’s Marvelous Movie Matinee - Shadow of a Doubt with Joseph Cotton and Theresa Wright, 108 min. September 30 - More...

New Look for Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events for the Garden City Public Library has received a makeover. The Library is using EventKeeper to enhance the functionality of its events list. More...

Seated Aerobics Is Back

Garden City Public Library Friday Mornings, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 More...

Monday Movie Milestone

When the lights dimmed in the Garden City Library’s auditorium at 1:30 p.m. More...

Fall Storytime Registration Begins

Parents lined up in the Children’s Room at the opening of the Garden City Library on Monday morning, September 13th to register their children for storytime programs with Librarian Barbara Grace. More...

Seasonal Influenza Immunization Program

Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi has announced the start of the County Seasonal Influenza Immunization Program for older adults. More...

Grant For Financial Literacy Program

Adelphi University’s Long Island Center for Nonprofit Leadership (LICNL) received a $35,000 grant from the Allstate Foundation to facilitate a program that will assist victims of domestic violence and the region’s nonprofits to bec More...

No Load Too Heavy For This Resident

As a cantor, Garden City resident Elizabeth Tanzola Cavaluzzo lifts the spirits of those attending religious services in various parishes throughout both the Diocese of Rockville Centre and Brooklyn by sharing her voice. More...

Grantees Honored At AAUW Tea

The telltale signs of AAUW’s successful 2009 Membership Tea are revealed in this picture display. Appearing in the first photo are three AAUW Educational Awards recipients, who were featured speakers at the tea. Shirley J. More...

Chamber To Salute Shoe Shop’s Owner

Bob Cangemi, owner/operator of the Garden City Shoe Shop, 178 Seventh Street for the past 40 years, and his wife Elizabeth (Betty), will be a special guests of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon next Wednesday, October 30, at More...

Chamber To Hold Fall Restaurant Week

The Garden City Chamber invites the community to turn out for the second Restaurant Week in Garden City to begin on Monday, October 19 through Thursday, October 22. More...

Blessing Of The Animals At The Cathedral

The annual St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals Evensong will take place at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City on Sunday, October 4th at 4:00 p.m. You are invited to bring your pets for this very unique service. More...

Community Club To Celebrate 90th Anniversary

The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead extends a cordial invitation to all its members and guests to join them at the Garden City Casino on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 for a festive celebration commemorating the Club’s 90th bir More...

Friends Support Justice Bucaria

Linda and John Brunning and Pat and John Witton recently hosted a neighborhood gathering to show support for the re-election campaign of life-long Garden City resident Stephen A. Bucaria. More...

“Legislation And The AED”

To raise awareness and promote education about the use of AEDs (automated external defibrillators) in our schools, Winthrop-University Hospital’s “Long Island Miracles” Advocacy Group, the Long Island Chapter of the Sudden Ca More...

Jupiter String Quartet Returns to Adelphi

Adelphi University welcomes back the Jupiter String Quartet for its second season as Adelphi’s Ensemble-in-Residence. The group will perform its first of three programs on Friday, October 2, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. More...

Welcoming Club Mystery Movie Night

Ladies....Need a night out after a hectic back-to-school schedule? Why not join The Welcoming Club of Garden City for a Mystery Movie Night, Wednesday, September 30st at Clearview Herricks Cinema, 3324 Hillside Ave, New Hyde Park. More...

Community Club Trip To Beach

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Fall Coat Drive

Saint Anne’s Church is currently holding its Annual Fall Coat Drive until October 26, 2009. Every year, hundreds of men, women, and children in the Nassau County live through the cold winter season without a warm coat. More...

Flu Clinic Offered At Resurrection

Resurrection & THE LIFE Church will hold flu clinics open to the community to get immunized with the flu or pneumonia vaccination, delivered by a Walgreens pharmacist. More...

Defensive Driving Course

The Msgr. John’s Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a Defensive Driving Course in conjunction with the Empire Safety Council on Saturday, October 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...

HOLA Of Garden City Spanish Classes!

Registration for HOLA’s 2009/10 session has begun. The Spanish Class program is available to children in grades K-5 and will be offered on Mondays at Stratford School. More...

Girl Scouts, Volunteers Needed

Become part of the largest organization of girls and women in the world! Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place! Do you like Crafts? Science? Math? Camping? Trips? More...

Free Legal Clinic For Seniors

The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) provides free monthly legal consultation clinics for Nassau County residents 65 or older. More...

Hearing On Dept Of Senior Citizens Four Year Plan

Nassau County Executive Thomas R. More...

Garden City Library News

News From The Children’s Room

Registration Underway for Fall Storytimes and Book Discussions More...

What’s Up For Young Adults

College Prep Programs for Young Adults More...

Library Hosts Ice Cream Making Workshop

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Library Friends Sponsor Visual Lecture

Mickey Maxwell Cohen will present a FREE slide/lecture “A Naturalist Views The Galapagos Islands” on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 2:00pm at the Garden City Public Library located at 60 Seventh St., Garden City, NY. More...

When The Smoke Alarms Sounds...

When a smoke alarm sounds we all know what to do, right? Find the nearest escape route, get out and stay out! But if that exit is blocked, the best escape plan in the world will not help you and your family get to safety. More...

Former White House Physician To Speak

Adelphi University welcomes Robert G. More...

“One-Stop Shopping” For H1N1 Info

Confused and overloaded by all the Swine Flu information that is floating around? You’re not alone. More...

Pack 243 Kicks Off the Scouting Year!

St. Joseph’s Church Cub Scout Pack 243 is holding their roundup on Friday, September 25th at 7:30 P.M. in the auditorium. We invite all boys in the parish of St. More...

Nature & Wildlife Photographers Exhibit

The Garden City Bird Sanctuary has coordinated with the Nature & Wildlife Photographers of Long Island to exhibit a show in the gallery & showcases at the Garden City Public Library from October 4-30, 2009. More...

Garden City Teens Swim For Cancer Research

On a beautiful sunlit day on Saturday August 15, 2009, The GC Boy Scouts swim team was joined by fellow teens Frank Caponegro and Jacqueline Vani for the One Mile swim at Morgan Beach in Glen Cove, at the annual Nassau/Suffolk chapter’s More...