HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH

A taste of Jewish studies and Challah bread

The Garden City Jewish Center Religious school holds two unique programs during the High Holidays. This year, the Rosh Hashanah Children’s service and activities are on Monday October 3rd from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, and Yom Kippur Children’s service and activities are on Wednesday October 12th, from 10:30 AM – 12:30PM. As in past years, these programs are open […]

With increased fee, Gallagher Tournament could exit GC



Garden City has a stellar reputation as a lacrosse town, and the Jay Gallagher Tournament “is a Garden City institution,” Joe Gambino, president and youth director of Garden City Girls’ Lacrosse Club, said on Wednesday September 21. During a Recreation Commission meeting held on the final night of summer, he commented on the outlook for 2017: in almost unthinkable scenario, […]

GC students honored by Adelphi Univ.



On Friday night September 16, a week into the school year, seven students living in Garden City got to kick off their senior year with a celebration of their academic achievement and community service by receiving Adelphi University’s annual Prize for Leadership, which grants them each $1,000 and an opportunity to take two free college courses at the Garden City […]

GC Pool falls short of fiscal target for 2016



Topping off the 2016 pool season, Village of Garden City Recreation data including feedback from members was relayed to the Commission by Kevin Ocker, the village’s department head for Parks and Recreation, Pool Director Steve Espey, Assistant Pool Director Tom McGerty at the September 21 Recreation Commission meeting. There will be a summary presented to the Board of Trustees in […]

A WORD FROM THE PUBLISHER

An important program for parents

In the letters to the editor column this week we feature a very sad story written by a mother, Ginger Katz, who lost her son to addiction. By telling her story she hopes to encourage other parents to take action against drug use. Drug addiction is no longer something that happens only in poor towns. It has spread throughout the […]

Drugs don’t discriminate



To the Editor: On September 10, 1996, I lost my 20-year-old son, Ian to a drug overdose just before he was going into a rehabilitation program the next day. Ian had used tobacco, alcohol, marijuana in high school. At one point he was picked up by an officer at a park in our town. He was scolded and told to […]

Hard workers



To the Editor: I know it is not likely something we give much thought to but… I have lived in Garden City 25 plus years. There are many folks who keep it running for us and make it the type of place we all want to, well, spend 25 years in the community. And, I have seen the well-deserved kudos […]

Thank you



To the Editor: I want to praise the GC sanitation crew for their cheerful demeanor and amazing strength in ridding us of a large and enormously heavy refrigerator. They were wonderful and we can’t thank them enough. Barbara and Dennis Bengels

Presidential Campaign Rhetoric and Criminal Justice



To the Editor: Judges are not supposed to engage in partisan politics; so I won’t, although I am tempted to take the muzzle off so that I may resume my rights under the First Amendment to free speech. What is most disturbing to me as a Local Criminal Court Village Justice is the lack of substance being presented by candidates. […]

Code change committee responds to article



In the article “Sparks Fly As Committee Presents Building Code Ideas,” printed in the September 23, 2016 issue of the Garden City News, we believe the headline inappropriately reflects the discussion that took place at the September 8, 2016 meeting, the purpose of which was to gather input from both the Board of Trustees and any residents and individuals involved […]