May 28, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Board Approves Weekly Farmer’s Market

After some debate, the Garden City Board of Trustees approved an inter-municipal agreement with Nassau County that will allow the annual farmer’s market to return to its location within the Village for the fourth year in a row. More...

Community

Garden City Resident Honored

United Way of Long Island honored Garden City resident Ronnie Renken with its Elena M. Perez LIVE UNITED Volunteer Leadership Award at its 45th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon on May 11. More...

Memorial Day Interfaith Prayer Service

As it has done every year, the Garden City Clergy Fellowship (GCCF) will conduct the Memorial Day Interfaith Prayer Service at the Cathedral of Incarnation. This year the Prayer Service will be held on Monday, May 31 at 9 a.m. More...

A Message From The Commissioner

Police Commissioner Ernest J. Cipullo announces that during the period of May 24, 2010 through June 6, 2010, the Garden City Police Department will participate in the statewide initiative Buckle Up New York. More...

Obituaries

In Memoriam

Michael John Zapf, Jr Michael John Zapf, Jr. suddenly but very peacefully passed away May 5, 2010. He would have been 41 in June. More...

Letters

A Word From The Publisher

We were very happy to hear that the man who was saved by the quick actions of Garden City firefighters last week is now out of the hospital. More...

Letters To The Editor

Email: editor@ gcnews.com

Funds Not Endless To the Editor: Hallelujah! More...

Mayor Office

From The Mayor’s Office

www.Gardencityny.net

MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE - MAY 31 On Monday, May 31, under the direction of the William Bradford Turner Post - American Legion, the annual Memorial Day observance in our Village will commence with the memorial church services at 9:00 a.m More...

Additional Work Needed On St. Paul’s DEIS

The Garden City Board of Trustees has hired the environmental, planning and engineering services consulting firm AKRF, Inc. for approximately $42,225 to supplement the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed demolition of St. More...

Citizens’ Budget Committee Praised By Board

Mayor Robert J. Rothschild extended his gratitude to the Citizens’ Budget Review & Advisory Committee, department heads and Village Administrator after a resident said he believed this year’s budget process ran much smoother. More...

School

Attention GCHS Senior Class 2010

GCHS 2010 seniors should have received the invitation to TMA’s Post Graduation Pool Party in the mail. The party will follow graduation on Saturday, June 26th from 8pm until midnight. This party will celebrate the class of 2010. More...

WPOA Congratulates Scholarship Winners

The Western Property Owners Association (WPOA) established its high school scholarship program nine years ago, granting its first scholarship in 2002. More...

Homestead School Celebrates Spring Planting

The Homestead Plant Sale Committee Chairs (Jacee Pollo and Tina Ottomanelli) helped distribute plants on pick-up day, Friday, May 7 th . The sale was a great success and hopefully inspired the start of many beautiful gardens. More...

Sports

The Sky’s The Limit For The G-U11 Shooting Stars

On Saturday May 22, 2010 the Shooting Stars, G-U11, of the Garden City Centennials Soccer Club were victorious against the previously undefeated Elmont Raging Fire by a 3-1 margin. More...

Pre-K Girls Player of the Week

May 22, 2010 Team # 1 - The Dolphins Shelia Mullins Erin O’Connor Gianna Bommarito More...

1st Grade Boys Players of the Week - 5/22

USA Brendan Haggerty Matthew Colucci Michael Reinhardt England The Entire Team More...

View From Here

The View From Here . . .

I am very pleased that Barron’s magazine published an article this week by my law colleague, Dudley Kimball, and me proposing the concept of “performance trusts” as a tool for compensating executives. More...