July 15, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

Former Mayor Hal Hecken Dies

Harold P. “Hal” Hecken passed away peacefully on Monday, July 11, 2011, after a long illness. He was 83. More...

Community

A Word From The Publisher

On the front page of this week’s paper we feature an article about Garden City’s real estate market. More...

Wellness Program Offered

The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Program will be offering current and past breast cancer patients a free workshop on tai chi to be held on Thursday, August 4, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Adelphi University’s Alumni House. More...

Old Westbury Gardens July Update

In July and August on Friday and Saturday evenings, Old Westbury Gardens’ grounds will remain open until 8pm in lieu of our usual 5pm closing time. More...

Sports

GCAA Basketball Is Now Accepting Applications

GCAA, an entity that has been running sports in Garden City for over 50 years, is now accepting applications for the 2011-2012 basketball season. More...

Second Place In 5K Run

Senator Kemp Hannon congratulates Garden City resident Stephanie Gerland for coming in 22nd overall in the Greater LI Running Club 8th Annual Heart & Sole 5k Run and 2nd place for women Above: (L More...

Named To USA Team In World Championship

Sean Mahon (Midfielder-Chaminade) and Stephen Jahelka (Defenseman-GCHS), both residents of Garden City and both Harvard bound were among the 24 players selected for the 2012 U-19 Team USA. More...

Mayor Office

VILLAGE HALL BLOOD DRIVE

The Long Island Blood Services in conjunction with the employees at Village Hall will be holding a Blood Drive on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. More...

Boil Water Order Lifted

The Water Authority of Western Nassau County has lifted the "boil water" order which it imposed due to contamination found in water samples taken on July 18th and 19th. More...

Housing Market Looking Up For Garden City?

Local real estate brokers remain optimistic, but cautious, as they head into the second half of 2011. The real estate market, both on Long Island and nationally, has been notoriously stormy over the past few years. More...

School

School Board Holds Reorganization Meeting

The Garden City Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting on July 6th. Board members unanimously re-appointed trustees Colleen E. Foley as president and Barbara Trapasso as vice-president. More...

GCHS Makes The Grade In Newsweek Ranking

Newsweek recently published its list of the “Best American High Schools” based on “college ready” indicators. Just over 1,600 schoolsonly six percent of all the public schools in the U.S.-made the list. More...

Middle School Students Achieve On Natl. Italian Exam

Warmest congratulations to Nicole Crilly, a student in Mariangela Sorace’s eighth-grade Italian class. Nicole received Honorable Mention for her achievement on the National Italian Examination administered on March 8, 2011. More...

View From Here

The View From Here . . .

Now that I’m back after a great trip to Ireland, it’s time to do some thinking about the most important economic and political story in the United States - the attempt by the Obama Administration to raise the debt ceiling from its current More...