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November 11, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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Officials Plan 57th Village Tree Lighting Ceremony

Chamber and Village officials are planning for the return of Santa Claus to Garden City on Sunday, December 4 at 3:30 p.m. at the Village Gazebo. More...

Schools To Implement State Learning Standards

By Stephanie Petrellese

Administrators and faculty members of the Garden City School District are preparing to implement New York State Common Core Learning Standards in the 2012-13 school year. More...

Community

A Word From The Publisher

Meg Morgan Norris
Publisher

The Village Board of Trustees has voted to hire a consultant to do an engineering and architectural analysis of the recent proposal of the Committee to Save St. Paul’s before either rejecting or moving forward on the plan. More...

At The Garden City Homecoming Parade And Street Fair

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray (right) and Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin (left) greet Garden City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Althea Robinson (center) at the 2011 Garden City High Sc More...

Taste Of Garden City At Lord & Taylor Next Week

Come join the Garden City Chamber of Commerce and its member restaurants when Lord & Taylor hosts the Chamber’s 7th annual “ Taste of Garden City” next Thursday evening, November 17, 6- 8 p. m. More...

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Sports

Garden City Country Club And Cherry Valley Club Women’s Challenge Cup

The first ever Challenge Cup Women’s Golf Competition was held this season between the women golfers of Garden City Country Club and Cherry Valley Club. More...

GCAA Basketball Is Still Accepting Applications

GCAA, an entity that has been running sports in Garden City for over 50 years, is still accepting applications for the 2011-2012 basketball season. The application can be downloaded from the GCAA website, www.gc-aa.com. More...

Garden City Wings Varsity Ice Hockey Club

Fall '11 - '12 Season More...

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Mayor Office

FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE

By Donald Brudie
WWW.GARDENCITYNY.NET

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR THEIR VETERAN’S DAY SERVICES More...

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Architectural Firm To Study St. Paul’s Options

By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Trustees voted 5 to 3 at its November 3rd meeting to hire an architectural and engineering consulting firm to review any new proposal submitted by The Committee to Save St. More...

Decision Needed On Elevated Water Storage Tank

By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Trustees will need to decide soon whether to rehabilitate or replace the 79-year-old elevated water storage tank on Old Country Road in Garden City. More...

First Veterans Day Ceremony At New Garden City War Memorial

Everyone in Garden City is invited to celebrate Veterans Day this coming Friday at the new Garden City War Memorial. More...

School

School Board Focuses On Committees

By Stephanie Petrellese

In an effort to increase public involvement in district management, the Garden City Board of Education is asking for resident volunteers to serve on select committees and task forces. More...

Student Achievement Report To Be Presented

On Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30pm the school district will host its annual Student Achievement Report at Garden City High School. This report, presented by Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. More...

The Class of 2019 Joined Together For F.O.C.U.S. Activities

On September 16th, fifthgraders from Stewart and Stratford donned “Class of 2019” tee shirts and traveled to Garden City Middle School for a morning full of F.O.C.U.S. More...

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Letters

Late In The Day

To the Editor: More...

Mediation Important

To the Editor: More...

Donations Needed For Thanksgiving

To the Editor: On Thursday, November 24th, Thanksgiving Day, we will be preparing and delivering hot meals to homebound senior citizens, coordinating this program from our home. More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

A year ago this week, a new far more Republican and conservative Congress was elected. Republicans won over 60 new seats in the House, easily gaining control. The GOP also gained six seats in the Senate, trimming the Democratic margin to 53-47. More...

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