December 25, 2009 RSS feed / Community

Adelphi Report Reveals Disparity Between Affluent And Poor

This may be the season to be jolly, but a new report released by Adelphi University reveals some sobering realities. More...

The Office Cat

ETHICAL ISSUES in the news is presented by the Ethical Humanist Society of LI on the first Sunday of each month at 10 a.m. at the society, 38 Old Country Rd. Call 741-7304... More...

Garden City Resident Receives “Man of the Year Award”

On December 6th the Marinai Di Italia celebrated the Santa Barbara dinner dance and honored Biagio Fodera as Man of the year. More...

Winthrop Facility Earns Prestigious Accreditation

Winthrop-University Hospital is pleased to announce that its Positron Emission Tomography (PET) facility has been awarded accreditation for brain and oncology imaging by the Committee on Nuclear Medicine Accreditation of the Commission on Qual More...

Girl Scout Troop 1259 Celebrates Holidays

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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...

Library Schedule For New Years

The Garden City Public Library’s New Year’s hours are: Thursday, Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1 More...

What’s Up For Young Adults Rockin’ Eve of New Year’s Eve

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Girl Scout Troops Go Skating

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6 Tax Credits You Don’t Want To Miss

Did you miss out on your savings this year? It’s not too late!... but time is running out. More...

Elected To The Board Of CAPS

Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS), a not-for-profit that has led the effort to prevent child abuse and neglect on Long Island for over 27 years, is pleased to announce the election of Rachel Ruotolo, MD to its Board of Directors. Dr. More...

Ski Club To Meet

All welcome. Garden City Ski Club meeting Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 1000 Marcus Avenue, New Hyde Park. More...

Chamber’s Merchant Committee Announces Prize Winners

The Garden City Merchants Group, a committee of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the Raffle prizes donated by eight Garden City merchant participants in the Chamber’s newly formed Merchants Group. More...

Garden City Cub Pack 55’s “Night At The Museum”

With visions of T-Rex Dinosaurs bounding through corridors and dreams of Teddy Roosevelt rough riding after midnight through the halls of the American Museum of Natural History, Garden City’s Cub Scout Pack 55 made their recent “Ni More...

Boy Scouts Help Assemble Cathedral Crèche

On Saturday, December 12, two boy scouts from the Troop 55 sponsored by the Cathedral of the Incarnation helped put together the Nativity Scene in the church. The large crèche takes a lot of hard labor to put together. More...

Yuletide Slide

There’s no call to ask reindeer to wait. There’s lots they love, but that one thing they hate. Old St. Nickolas forgot, which was a crime, because a lot of presents didn't arrive on time. More...

Board To Face Old Issues in New Year

There are several issues that will likely come to the forefront of public attention as the Garden City Board of Trustees reconvenes in the new year on Jan. 14. More...

Breast Cancer Program Receives Advocacy Grant

The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline is one of 21 breast cancer programs in the country to receive an Advocacy in Action grant from the Washington-based National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund. More...

Judges Announce Holiday Window Winners

The judges have named the winners of the Garden City Chambser of Commerce’s 33rd annual Holiday Shop Window Awards Competition. The “Toast of the Town” (best of show) was awarded to the recently re-opened Things & Stuff. More...

GC Resident Uncovers Error In NYS Lottery Data

This Fall semester Garden City resident Tony Giangrasso taught introductory statistics courses at both LaGuardia Community College and Adelphi University. During his 6:45 a.m. More...

Socially Speaking

Do you know that story of the “Lost Christmas Carol”? Let me tell you. Father Josef Mohr was sent to fill the pulpit of a church in the Village of Oberndorf, Austria. More...

Resident Meets Secretary Of State

Life-long Garden City resident, Laura W. Marino, assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger, meets with Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, at Kissinger & Associates in Manhattan. More...

Garden City Senior News

SENIOR WALKING GROUP BEGINNING

The Recreation Department’s Senior Walking Group has begun! The group meets every Tuesday in the vestibule of St. Paul’s Cluett Hall at 10:30 a.m. Dress appropriately because if the weather is good, the group will walk outside. More...

Garden City Library News News From The Children’s Room

Comedy and Magic Show on December 29th More...

Cozy Up With A Good Book

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

Lunch Bag Book Talk

Strength in What Remains - Tuesday, January 19th 12:00PM More...

Save The Date


The Mercy League’s Annual Mother Daughter Dance will be Monday, March 15th, 2010 at Westbury Manor in Westbury. Please look out for your invitation at the end of January. More...

Blood Drive At GCJC

There will be a New York Blood Center blood drive in Garden City, Sunday, January 10, 2010. It will be held at the Garden City Jewish Center, 168 Nassau Blvd. (corner of Newmarket Rd.), Garden City, NY all day between 8:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. More...

AAUW Visits Restored Courthouse

On one of the windiest, bleakest October days, AAUW members braved the weather to meet County Legislator Vincent Muscarella and Nassau County Historian Edward J. More...

Tri-town Auxiliary Thanks Donor

David A. Naegele, DMD is pictured with a smiling Lucille Messina, President of the Tri-town Auxiliary of UCPN. Lucille’s smile is extra wide because she has just finished her “Zoom” teeth whitening procedure. Dr. More...

Young Leader Meets With Congresswoman

Garden City resident Ronald Eith (right) met last month with Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy in Washington, D.C. Eith was in town as part of the National Young Leaders Conference. More...

Cathedral’s Advent Day Of Reflection

Early in December members of the Cathedral of the Incarnation’s parish gathered together for a day of prayer and reflection on the meaning of Advent and the journey through the Advent season to Christmas Day and the birth of Jesus, the S More...

Garden City Resident Receives “Man of the Year Award”

On December 6th the Marinai Di Italia celebrated the Santa Barbara dinner dance and honored Biagio Fodera as Man of the year. More...