December 18, 2009 RSS feed / Community

Estates Seeks Director Candidates

The Nominating Committee of Garden City Estates (Estates Nom Comm) announces that they are seeking residents of Garden City Estates who are members of the Property Owners’ Association of Garden City Estates (Estates POA) who are interest More...

Prayer Shawl Ministry At The Cathedral

Throughout the centuries, shawls have been a symbol of an inclusive, unconditionally loving, God. They wrap, enfold, comfort, cover, give solace, mother, hug, shelter and beautify. More...

Local Resident Wins Award

Local resident Lana Noone is a recipient of the First Annual Selfless Woman Award, presented viay www.joolwe.com after a comprehensive search for five American women deserving of the Humanitarian Award. More...

Holiday Sanitation Collection Schedule - Christmas & New Year’s Week

Residents are reminded that there will be no garbage or recycling pickup Christmas & New Year’s Day The holiday week collection schedule will be as follows: Garbage Rubbish More...

Socially Speaking

It’s only one week to Christmas and the news about the economic situation is still pretty much on top of the news. Therefore the following item caught my eye and I felt that you might be interested in it, too. More...

Donation To Winthrop


Ed Davis, Chef Owner of Novita Wine Bar in Garden City delighted guests at the Michael Magro Foundation’s Fifth Annual Evening of Tasting & Giving, hosted at the Woodlands in Woodbury, with his signature dishes. More...

Kiwanis Adopts Family For Holidays, Welcomes Balboni

The Kiwanis Club of County Seat was pleased to have Michael Balboni, former NYS Senator, speak at our most recent meeting. Mr. Balboni spoke about cyber crime and his past experiences with Homeland Security. More...

2010 Calendar Collection At Cathedral

Do you feel guilty throwing away all those free calendars you receive? Well there is a definite need for them. The Cathedral of the Incarnation is collecting calendars for The Seamen’s Church Institute. 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...

Middle Schoolers Learn That One Person Can Make A Difference

Just as the lone individual can do much harm in society, the lone individual can also do much good - this is the theme that subtly dominates Seedfolks, a novel by Paul Fleischman, that Niki Paloubis’ 7th grade English class studied last More...

Garden City Library News

Garden City Public Library Calendar of Events

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Tues., Dec. 29 11:00 a.m. “Comedy and Magic of Jim McClenahan” Family Show for residents ages 2 1/2 - Grade 5 and their families. Tickets required distribution began Dec. 19. More...

Adult Winter Reading Club

The Cozy Up with a Good Book Winter Reading Club is being held from Sunday, November 29th through Sunday, March 28th. More...

Fire Safety Poster Contest Winners

Congratulations to two Hemlock Primary School students for being selected as winners in Garden City Fire Department 2009 Fire Prevention Day Open House Poster Contest. More...

Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter Celebrates 80th Anniversary

Members of the Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter NSDAR, (Garden City) were delighted to hold an early celebration to mark their chapter’s 80th Anniversary. The chapter was chartered on December 29, 1929. More...

Kids Helping Kids Donates New Coats

Just in time for the holidays, Winthrop-University Hospital was the grateful recipient of more than 100 new children’s coats donated by Kids Helping Kids(r), a non-profit organization supervised by adults, but solely run by young people More...

55th Village Tree Lighting Launches Holiday Season

Mother Nature finally smiled upon one of Garden City’s community events on Sunday, December 6 when the Garden City Chamber of Commerce presented its 55th annual Village Tree Lighting Ceremony sponsored by Astoria Federal Savings. More...

Christmas Vespers & Candlelight Dinner a Special Event

Recently, the Garden City Community Church was filled to capacity with the Christmas Vespers & Candlelight Dinner Program. This year’s theme was “Candles & Carols”, featuring all the choirs of the Community Church. More...

Estates Nominating Committee Selects Candidates For School, Village Boards

The Nominating Committee of Garden City Estates (Estates Nom Comm) voted to determine the nominees for Trustee candidates for School Board and Village. More...

Don’t Miss Out On STAR Savings

Senator Kemp Hannon is reminding everyone that it’s not too late to apply for a savings on school property taxes, but the deadline is quickly approaching. More...

POAs Seek Candidates For Budget Committee

The Joint Conference Committee of the four Property Owners’ Associations in the Village of Garden City are seeking candidates to serve on the Citizens’ Budget Review and Advisory Committee. More...

Casino Bridge

The Christmas spirit was in evidence as everyone entered the Casino on last Saturday night. The tables were beautifully colored in red and green, the tree twinkled bright and merry greetings by all. More...

Donations Needed For Veterans In Assisted Living

Gently used bowling shoes, balls and monetary donations are needed for the St. Albans Community Living Center. More...

The Office Cat

ON SATURDAY, December 19, the Eglevesky Ballet, based in New Hyde Park, will open its four performances of the Nutcracker at the Tilles Center; at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., then on December 20 at 2 p.m. and December 21 at 6 p.m. More...

Community Club Winter Bridge

Ann Paulson, together with her Co-Chairladies Grace Christian Murphy and Ann Senchyshyn, has announced that the invitations are out for the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead’s Mid-Winter Bridge which will be held at the Garden More...

Annual Lessons And Carols Service

All are welcome to come to the annual service of Lessons and Carols for Christmas to be held at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on Sunday, December 20 at 4 p.m. This is a very moving and beautiful service. More...

Swine Flu Vaccine Shots Available

The New York State Department of Health has lifted the restrictions on who is eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine. As of December 10, 2009, everyone over the age of 6 months is now eligible to receive the vaccine. More...

Daisy Troop #1428 Visits Cupcake Corner

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Garden City Senior News

SENIOR WALKING GROUP BEGINNING More...

Trustee Donnelly Addresses GC Retired Men’s Club

On December 7, the Garden City Retired Men’s Club’s guest speaker was Dennis Donnelly, Trustee for the Eastern Property Owner’s Association. Dennis became a Trustee as of April 1st this year. More...

Seniors Duplicate Bridge

On December 14 there were 8-1/2 tables of Monday night Seniors Duplicate Bridge in play. Results of the evening play were as follows: North-South 1. Martha Kaiser & Ellen Flynn 2. Mary Pascale & Rosemary Brown More...

Snowflakes, Penguins, And Snowmen Crafts At The Library

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Coach Realtors Brings Holiday Cheer

Coach Realtors’ agents invited guests at their annual Christmas Party to donate a new, unwrapped toy for needy children who are clients of Family & Children’s Association, a local, non-profit organization that is devoted to helping More...

Welcoming Club Upcoming Events

The Welcoming Club of Garden City is a well-established women’s organization, which not only focuses on welcoming new members to our community through a variety of social activities, but also promotes charitable and humanitarian projects More...

Christ Episcopal Church Celebrates Christmas

Christ Episcopal Church in Garden City welcomes old friends and new to a Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 24. Families, visitors and individuals can worship and rejoice in the beautiful, candle-light service. More...

Bird Sanctuary’s Second Annual Winterfest: Tradition In Action

As Thanksgiving and the December holidays arrive, we will celebrate the great traditions of these solemn days. More...

Troop 1110 Participates In Wellness Program

Girl Scout Troop 1110 and friends from two other troops did the Spa Wellness Program. With the help of our Spa-Wellness Instructor Cheryl and her daughter Emily, we learned some helpful ways to help you with stress. More...