July 30, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Teens Complete Studies At Barry Tech

Nearly 740 Nassau County teenagers were awarded Certificates of Completion from Nassau BOCES Joseph M. Barry Career and Technical Education Center (Barry Tech) during a recent ceremony at the Tilles Center in Greenvale. More...

Receives Girl Scouting’s Highest Honor

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Community

Resident Achieves Highest Honor In Girl Scouting

Perseverance, determination, and endurance are just a few words to describe what is needed in a young woman when she is pursuing a Girl Scout Gold Award. More...

Named To Audit Advisory Committee

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos today announced the appointment of Joseph G. Gonzal, to the Audit Advisory Committee. Mr. More...

Named Senior VP Of Patient Care Services

John F. Collins, President & CEO of Winthrop-University Hospital, announced the promotion of Maureen Gaffney, RPAC, RN, to Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services at Winthrop. Ms. More...

Letters

Letters To The Editor

Info On Airplane Noise To the Editor: More...

View From Here

The View From Here . . .

I wrote on this topic a few years ago, but here is an updated (and hopefully nonpartisan) consumer guide to reading political opinion polls. More...

Mayor Addresses Recurring Family Court Rumor

Garden City Mayor Robert Rothschild recently announced that there are currently no plans to move the Family Court from Westbury to the former Nassau County Dept. of Social Services building in Garden City. More...

Pool Memberships Rise With Mercury

The summer of 2010 has been one of the hottest and most humid on record, and not surprisingly, the Village of Garden City has seen an increase in the number of Garden City Pool memberships purchased this year. More...

Clinical Trials Center Seeking Volunteers

Winthrop-University Hospital’s Clinical Trials Center and Bhawna Halwan, MD, Attending Physician from Winthrop’s Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, are seeking volunteers with diarrhea-predominant irritable bow More...

“Salute To Veterans” Concert On August 7

The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park will host the annual “Salute to Veterans” concert on Saturday, August 7, announced Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. More...

School

Parents Visit Throughout The Year

Students in Miss McCavera’s second grade class look forward to visits from parents throughout the school year. Every Wednesday morning a parent reads a book to the class. Sometimes a grandparent or older sibling will read as well. More...

Named To Honor Roll

Margaret T. Law, Class of 2010, and Brooke A. Van Valkenburg, Class of 2012, has been named to the honor roll of Phillips Academy for the spring term. More...

College Notes

Scott G. Stein of Brixton Road in Garden City has reserved a place as a freshman at SUNY Oswego. Fall classes will begin Aug. 30. He is a graduate of Garden City High School. More...

Sports

Undefeated Travel Baseball Team Rolls Into Playoffs

The Garden City Athletics, a privately sponsored 18-U travel baseball team, has completed its 2010 regular season in the Long Island Connie Mack League with an impressive 19-0 record. More...

B Swim Team Dominates Freeport

The Garden City B Swim Team members all put forth a top-notch effort against Freeport to win with a score of 324-83. Results of the meet were as follows: Medley Relay More...

Women’s Tennis League Players Needed

The Recreation Dept. has openings in some of the women’s tennis leagues that begin play in September for the indoor season. (25 weeks) 2.0 level players are needed for: 11- 12 noon Instructional Learn and Play League More...