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January 13, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

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GCHS Students Win Fall Stock Market Game

Congratulations to two teams of student “investors” from Garden City High School who entered Newsday’s Fall 2011 Stock Market Game for finishing 1st and 3rd in the Long Island division. More...

Community

A Word From The Publisher

Meg Morgan Norris
Publisher

In our letters column this week Vincent Maroney asks an interesting question about whether the vote against spending money to demolish St. Paul’s was a vote to (a) save the building OR (b) not spend any more money on it at all. More...

POAs Seek Candidates For Village Committees

The Joint Conference Committee of the four Property Owners’ Associations in the Village of Garden City is seeking volunteers to serve on the Environmental Advisory Board and the Citizen’s Budget Review and Advisory Committee. More...

Chamber To Draw Super Raffles At Luncheon Program

On Wednesday, January 25, at its 2012 kick-off Luncheon Program, the Garden City Chamber of Commerce will feature Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice as keynote speaker. More...

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Sports

Garden City Ski Club

All Welcome. Garden City Ski Club meeting Wednesday January 18th, 2012 at 7:30 pm at the Knights of Columbus, 1000 Marcus Avenue, New Hyde Park. Join us for meetings on the first and third Wednesdays through April (except for holidays). More...

GCAA Travel Basketball

GCAA Travel Basketball once again has a combined 18 teams (boys and girls from Grades 3-8) playing in the very competitive Island Garden Super Leagues. These teams practice 1-2 times per week and play 18 regular season games (plus playoffs). More...

GCAA Intramural Scores And Standings

GCAA Basketball will be in full action this Saturday Jan 14th with a full slate of games. Come down to St. Paul's and check out the hoop action as we gear up for 2012 madness! The recent game results and standings are as follows: More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

This is written on the day before the New Hampshire primary, but it still may be a good time to assess the state of the Republican race for the Presidential nomination. More...

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School Board Discusses “B-List Projects

By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education continued discussion of which lower priority projects to undertake now that many of the completed projects included in the 2009 School Investment Bond have come in under budget, at a work session held on January 10t More...

School District Risk Assessment Reviewed

By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City School District is actively working to mitigate both internal and external risks, but some improvements are still needed, according to a Risk Assessment presented to the Garden City Board of Education at its Jan. 10th work session. More...

School

New State Testing Dates, ERBs, And Middle School Art Reception

New York State has finalized the state assessment dates for administration of the English Language Arts and Mathematics exams for all grades 3-8 public school students. More...

East POA Nominates Trustees For Village, School Boards

The elected members of the Garden City East Nominating committee, otherwise known as the 10-Member Nominating Committee, have unanimously nominated Nicholas P. More...

Bereavement Group For Adults

Individuals dealing with the loss of a loved one to cancer are invited to join Winthrop-University Hospital’s free Bereavement Group beginning Monday, January 30, 2012. More...

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Letters

Correction

In the article “Another St. Paul’s Lawsuit?,” which was published in last week’s issue, it was incorrectly stated that James M. Kenny is a resident of the Village of Garden City. We apologize for the error. More...

Not A New Lawsuit

To the Editor: More...

Vote Has Been Mischaracterized

To the Editor: The letter of James M. Kenny concerning the St. Paul’s schoolhouse, published last week, contains a classic example of illogical and wishful thinking. Mr. Kenny states: “The... More...

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Mayor Office

VILLAGE OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY - JANUARY 16, 2012

By Donald Brudie
WWW.GARDENCITYNY.NET

Please be advised that Village Offices will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2012 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. Offices will re-open at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 17th. More...

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