February 10, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Board Schedules Public Hearing on Tax Cap Override

The Garden City Board of Trustees unanimously voted to hold a public hearing on March 15th to hear comments regarding a possible override by the Village of the state’s two percent tax levy cap. More...

Community

A Word From The Publisher

In this week’s issue we feature stories about the development of the school and village budgets. Each spring the Board of Trustees and the School Board must create budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. More...

Steak House To Host Chamber Networking Party

The Garden City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to invite members of Garden City’s business and residential communities to it’s mid-winter networking party at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 600 Old Country Road, Tuesday evening, March 6, More...

Red Wine, Dark Chocolate & Almonds...

Antioxidants...we hear about them in the news. But exactly what are they? Are they as beneficial as we may think and how do they impact our heart-health? More...

Sports

GCAA Intramural Basketball Playoff Brackets

The GCAA Intramural Playoff Brackets for the 3rd boys, 4th boys, 7-8 boys and 4-6 girls division are set forth below. The 7-8 boys started their playoffs Saturday Feb 4th and the remaining divisions start Saturday Feb 11th. More...

Girls Basketball Beats Roslyn 50-20

With the gymnasium adorned with posters and photographs of the six seniors on the team, Garden City’s girls basketball team played host to the Roslyn Bulldogs on Friday evening, February 3rd for Senior night. More...

Village Sports

The Recreation Department’s Winter Program Series, sponsored in part by a generous donation of $1000 from Garden City Rams Girls’ Lacrosse, continues with the following family show: Sunday, February 5 Plaza Theatrical Production’s p More...

Superintendent of Schools Presents Budget Overview

Emphasizing the challenge school districts are facing in the “era of the tax levy cap,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. More...

Portion Of St. Paul’s Roof, Clock Tower To Be Repaired

The clock tower and a portion of the roof on the Main Building at St. Paul’s damaged during Tropical Storm Irene in late August will now be repaired after the Garden City Board of Trustees voted to approve the work at its February 2nd meeting. More...

School

GCHS PTA Hosts New York Times Blogger

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...

Garden City Public Schools’ “Question Of The Week”

In alignment with the Board of Education’s goal to enhance communications with the community, Garden City Public Schools continues its “Question of the Week” feature to provide information and address concerns of Village residents. More...

Garden City Teacher Receives Honor

Locust first-grade teacher Millie Joyce was recently awarded a $400 grant from Target to fund a field trip to the Queens Zoo for all Locust first-graders next month. More...

Letters

America And Saint Paul's

To the Editor: I would appreciate it if your paper could publish the attached letter from the Chief of the National Register of Historic Places, J. Paul Loether. More...

Response To Preservation Questions

Dear Professor Vassalotti, More...

Slow Down!

To the Editor: More...

View From Here

The View From Here . . .

First, let’s salute a remarkable season by the New York Giants, who survived six straight elimination games and perhaps saved their best for last in a thrilling 21-17 victory over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. More...

Mayor Office

FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE

ST. PAUL’S More...