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February 3, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

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GC Educators Serve On Dignity For All Students Panel

On January 13th, Dr. More...

Community

A Word From The Publisher

Meg Morgan Norris
Publisher

Congratulations to the winners of Tuesday’s POA runoff elections in the East and Estates. More...

GC Republicans To Hear Assemblyman

On Wednesday, February 8, Assemblyman Ed Ra will join members and their guests at the next meeting of the Garden City Republican Club at the Garden City Senior Recreation Center, corner of Eleventh Street and Golf Club Lane beginning at 8 PM. More...

Garden City Public Library Capital Improvements

Submitted By the Garden City Public Library

The members of the Garden City Board of Library Trustees, Randy Colahan, Gloria Weinrich, Jack Pascal, Barbara Brudie- Martis, and John Schultz would like to make clear that at all times with problems concerning the library roof, the Village Engineer More...

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Sports

Girls Fencing Team Conference Champions

The Garden City girls fencing team lead by Coach Michael Kreidman are the Conference I Champs. The team finished their regular season with a 12-2 record, securing their 1st place ranking. More...

Boys Varsity Swim and Dive Suffers Loss to Great Neck South

The Boys Varsity Swim and Dive Team traveled to Great Neck South on Friday, January 27th to take on a very powerful and versatile team. The boys swam strong and put up a good fight but came away with 97-78 loss. More...

GCAA Travel Baseball Tryouts

The GCAA will be holding travel baseball tryouts in mid- March for the spring, summer and fall 2012 seasons for any child between ages 8 and 12 who lives or attends school in Garden City. More...

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Incumbents Win Run-off Election

By Stephanie Petrellese

Less than 100 votes separated the winners in both runoff elections held on Tuesday. In the Eastern section, Second Deputy Mayor Nicholas P. Episcopia beat Jon Segerdahl by 90 votes. The official tally was 463 to 373. More...

Board Of Education To Hold School Budge Meetings

In a series of public meetings over the next few months, the Board of Education and district administration will be discussing the 2012-2013 school budget under the State's new tax levy limit law. More...

School

Inside Garden City High School

By Victoria Bee

With midterms over, school is now back to normal, and honestly the next thing everyone’s looking forward to is February break; but until then, GCHS will definitely be busy. More...

GCHS PTA Hosts "The Choice" Blogger, Jacques Steinberg

The Garden City High School PTA hosted a packed house at its January 30th PTA meeting, featuring Jacques Steinberg, writer of the New York Times college admissions blog, "The Choice." Mr. More...

GCHS Library Hosts After School Nook Book Discussion Club

By Margaux DelGuidice, Garden City High School Library Media Specialist

Is the unattainable character the most desirable? What would it be like to live in District 12? Should Katniss choose Peeta or Gale? More...

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Letters

Clarification On Library Story

To the Editor: I am interested in clarifying some additional points made in the article "Village Facing More Roof Issues-This Time, At Library," which was published in last week's issue. More...

'We, The Forgotten Seniors'

To the Editor: More...

Too Much Speeding

To the Editor: There was a time when Garden City ,especially Stewart Ave., was considered one of the most feared places for speeders .The traffic court was usually filled to capacity with speeding offenders resulting in motorists keeping to the speed More...

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View From Here

The View From Here . . .

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

For many people, particularly in the New York metropolitan area, politics tends to mean the national battles in Washington or, in suburban areas, fights over very local issues like school budgets or property taxes. More...

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Mayor Office

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

By Donald Brudie
WWW.GARDENCITYNY.NET

Whether you are a jogger, bicyclist, dog walker or just plain stroller out for a walk, if you elect to do this when it is dark, we urge, for your own safety and the safety of vehicle operators, that you wear some type of reflective vest. More...

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