American Legion Commander Honored



John C. Donovan, who served the Village of Garden City as commander of William Bradford Turner Post 265 of the American Legion for 10 years, was honored with a proclamation at the July 21st meeting of the Garden City Board of Trustees. Donovan and his wife Karen will be relocating to Char- lottesville, Virginia after living in Garden City for […]

Zoning Code Amendements Finally Approved



As the St. Paul’s issue begins to heat up once again, the Garden City Board of Trustees put another controversial Village issue to rest as they unanimously approved the removal of three new provisions for the Village’s zoning code which would allow fences and accessory structures up to front building lines at its meeting on July 21st. The amendments pertaining […]

Village Auditor Discusses Tax Cap Legislation



Garden City Village Auditor James E. Olivo noted several concerns with the New York State Legislature’s adoption of a two percent tax cap at the July 21st meeting of the Garden City Board of Trustees. This legislation will have an effect on the budget which will be prepared for the fiscal year June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013. “Probably […]

Recreation Center At St. Paul’s?



In April, with a vote of 3,290 to 1,120, residents voted not to approve the use of bonds to finance the cost of demolition of the Main Building and Ellis Hall at the former St. Paul’s School. Since that time, many have been wondering what will happen next. At the July 21st meeting of the Garden City Board of Trustees, […]

A Word From The Publisher




On Monday, August 1st, Nassau County residents will have the opportunity to cast votes on the proposed Nassau Coliseum development plan. The plan, which was only proposed in May, has been rushed to the voters, even though there really was no reason for doing so. If one were cynical, one might suppose this date was chosen to reduce voter turnout, […]

Arena Boondoggle



To the Editor, Why should the taxpayers get stuck again? The politicians will get their payoffs in the form of contributions. Political hacks will get their patronage jobs. Charles Wang will get more money for his Islanders, after destroying the team. Construction unions will get some temporary jobs. The county taxpayers will get stuck with the bill. No municipality has […]

Horn Blasts At Games



To the Editor: An open letter to Mayor Donald Brudie: My residence abuts the St. Paul’s athletic field. On Sunday morning, July 17th, my family was rudely awakened at 8:00 am by a LOUD blast of a boat-horn which was part of the beginning of a lacrosse tournament on the field. Thirty minutes later a similar blast occurred and awakened […]

Quality Of Life Issues



To the Editor: I notice a justifiable anger lately from our normally placid neighbors regarding aircraft noise. I agree and wonder where our congresswoman is hiding, perhaps we could have a small helping of noise control along with our large helpings of gun control. While I’m at it where are our local representatives? Perhaps we could have fewer courses, workshops […]

Ambulance Corps Looking For New Members



Residents: NextG Still A Headache



Garden City residents once again voiced their concerns about the presence of NextG Distributed Antenna Systems in residential backyard rightof ways at the July 21st meeting of the Garden City Board of Trustees. It has been one year since NextG began installing the systems on utility poles throughout the Village. Village resident Maureen Leone asked the Board when NextG plans […]