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September 9, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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Opening Day At Stewart School

Garden City public schools opened on September 6th for the 2011-12 school year. Above, children arriving on the school buses to start their new year. Photo by teacher Judith Conforti. More...

Village To Mark Ten-Year Anniversary Of 9/11

The Village of Garden City will gather to mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks at a “Service of Memory and Hope” to be held at the Cathedral of the Incarnation. More...

Community

Rep. McCarthy: Irene Has Created A Blood Shortage

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Grandparents

GRANDPARENTS - Send in your grandchildren’s photos and enter our “World’s Most Beautiful Grandchildren” contest. More...

Poet Laureate At Irish Society Meeting

The Poet Laureate of Nassau County will present an evening of Irish poetry at the Irish Cultural Society’s meeting on Wednesday, September 14 at 7:30PM. More...

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Letters

A Third Way For St. Paul’s School

To the Editor: More...

No Hospitality

To The Editor, I am a senior resident of Garden City and a property owner since 1983. I always admired the comradeship of its residents, particularly in time of need. Until recently, that is. More...

Take Action On Aircraft Noise

To the Editor: I am a member of the East Williston Aircraft Safety and Noise Abatement Committee as well as being an attendee of the meetings of The Town Village Aircraft Safety and Noise Abatement Committee (TVASNAC). More...

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Garden City Pool Renovation Expected To Begin

By Stephanie Petrellese More...

Slam Dunk: Museum Scores Film Shoot

By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City Historical Society Museum has been selected as the location where several interviews will be conducted for an upcoming HBO Sports Documentary Film on Julius Erving, more affectionately known as “Dr. J.” More...

LIRR President Kicks-Off Chamber Luncheon Series

Did you know that the 77-year old Long Island Rail Road LIRR) runs a system of more than 700 miles of track on 11 different branches from Montauk to Penn Station? More...

School

PTA Events For The Week Of 9/12

PTA Membership - Don’t Miss the Early Bird Deadline More...

Garden City Police Department Back to School Safety Series

It’s that time of year again, summer vacation is almost over and schools will be opening soon. With that in mind the Garden City Police Department has put together a four-part Series of Articles to address Back to School Safety Issues. More...

Resident To School Board, Superintendent: Thank You

By Stephanie Petrellese

School administrators and members of the Garden City Board of Education are used to hearing residents present their concerns and criticisms at school board meetings. Compliments are not as common. Perhaps that is why Superintendent of Schools Dr. More...

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Sports

WOMEN’S TENNIS LEAGUES

There are still openings in the following Women’s Tennis leagues for the coming indoor season: Monday 1 - 2:30pm 3.0 doubles Tuesday 11:30 - 1pm 2.5 doubles Wednesday 11:30 to 12:30pm Learn and Play singles Friday 11 - 12pm Learn and Play singl More...

ADELPHI POOL MEMBERSHIP FOR ADULTS OFFERED

Adelphi University is now offering a “Pool Only” membership to adult resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City. This membership will give the user use of Adelphi’s lap pool during stated hours until May 31, 2012. More...

ADULT ART CLASSES AT CLUETT HALL

Beginning September 16, the Recreation Department will again offer an adult pastel class taught by Arleen Ruth Urban. This class is open to adult residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. The class will run from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

This is written on Labor Day, a holiday fraught with not a little irony in 2011, in light of the current dismal unemployment statistics. More...

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Mayor Office

TROPICAL STORM IRENE

The Village Department of Public Works has done a remarkable job both during and after the storm. However, the cleanup continues and we ask for your patience as we are doing everything possible to return to normal conditions. More...

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