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Support Bake Sale To the Editor: St. Joseph parish’s annual Palm Sunday Bake Sale to support our pro-life activities will be held this Sunday, April 1st in the St. Agnes Room after all Masses from 7:30 A.M to 1 P.M.. We invite all to join us and take home a delicious dessert for your Palm Sunday dinner. We also ask […]

The View From Here . . .



As this is written, young Robert and I are in an internet cafe in Marrakesh, Morocco. The cafe itself is a fairly colorful scene, located upstairs in a market building near the main Djemma el Fna square with Arabic music blaring. The keyboard, which also has Arabic letters, is in the French mode and not every letter is placed the […]

From The Mayor’s Office

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By Gerard Lundquist IT’S BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO SERVE AS YOUR MAYOR As I reflect on my term as Mayor, I would like to thank my fellow Trustees who have served with me. I congratulate our incoming Mayor, Peter Bee and Trustees Rothschild, Episcopia and Lamberti on their re-election. I will continue working with them on the […]

In Memoriam

Regis Marie Gill Buckley

Regis Marie Gill Buckley, 76, of Southold, NY, formerly of Garden City, part-time resident of Vero Beach, FL, died March 27 in the VNA Hospice in Vero Beach, FL. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Mrs. Buckley graduated from the high school of St. Joseph’s Academy in Brentwood and St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn. She met her husband, Carl E. Buckley, Jr. […]

GCPD Addresses School Bus Safety



Commissioner Ernest Cipullo announces that on March 27, the Garden City Police Department participated in a Statewide traffic initiative entitled Operation Safe Stop. This effort addressed the issue of bus safety, particularly motorists illegally passing a stopped school bus, which is listed as the second leading cause of student transportation fatalities. Statewide, between the years 2002 through 2004, sixty-nine students […]

Jack Morrison Is GrandMarshal Of Easter Parade



John (Jack) W. Morrison, a 30-year Honorary Member of the Chamber, will serve as the first ever Grand Marshal of the 2007 Easter Sunday Vintage Car Parade. Jack, who recently celebrated his 91st birthday and was born and raised in Garden City has served the Village of Garden City in various capacities throughout his lifetime He went to kindergarten in […]

Adelphi University Co-Sponsors Conference On Autism



Adelphi University is pleased to host and co-sponsor with the Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association (AHA), The Asperger Institute of the NYU Child Study Center, The Cody Center for Autism and Disabilities at Stony Brook University, Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism at North Shore-LIJ Health Systems, and The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership (GRASP), the 7th […]

A Word From The Publisher



This week we stumbled upon a really interesting web site which we want to share with our readers, especially those whose ancestors immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island. The website, www.ellisisland.org contains a wealth of data about passengers on the ships that passed through between 1892 and 1924. There are records of 25 million passengers available, and since […]

Supreme Court Justice Honored



Theodore Roosevelt Inn of Court Board Director and Garden City resident, Andrew M. Thaler, greeted United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at the Inn’s annual dinner this past fall. Justice Alito was honored and presented the keynote presentation at the dinner, which was held at the Nassau County Bar Association. The Inn is a local chapter of the American […]

Stephanie Healy Cullum Named Business Person Of The Year



The Garden City Chamber of Commerce proudly announces that Stephanie Healy Cullum, associate broker of Coach Realty, Garden City will be honored as Businessperson of the Year at the Chamber’s Pineapple Ball, to be held on Friday evening, April 20 at the Garden City Hotel. This prestigious award represents significant contributions to the local economy, to the advancement of aims […]