Friday, May 18, 2012
Red-hot South Side eliminates Trojans in Nassau A quaterfinals.
Garden City High School's varsity baseball team saw their season and their playoff run come to an end Thursday, when they suffered their second straight loss to Rockville Centre's red-hot South Side High School in the Nassau A quarterfinals. Garden City's Trojans had moved into the second round after a thrilling walk-off victory over Lynbrook, but they couldn't beat third-seeded South Side High School, which came into the quarterfinals on a streak of 11 straight victories including a first-round playoff win over Bethpage. On Wednesday, it was the Trojans cruising to an early 10-2 lead only to see it disappear when South Side delivered a 12-run inning to jump out in front and take a 1-0 series lead over GC. It wasn’t the type of …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Village will host Town-Village Aircraft Safety and Noise Abatement Committee meeting for first time Monday.
The Town-Village Aircraft and Noise Abatement Committee (TVASNAC) is once again taking its show on the road. The coalition of local villages and unicorporated areas of the Town of Hempstead has held most of its meetings in Lawrence in the past, but lately it's been leaving its "home base" to encourage residents of other areas affected by the noisy planes flying over their homes to get involved. In recent months, they've held meetings in Garden City and New Hyde Park and next week, for the first time, the village of Malverne will host the public forum. The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. on May 21 in Malverne Village Hall, located at 99 Church Street. Village residents, as well as outsiders impacted by noisy, low-flying aircraft are …
The not-for-profit organization aims to help children achieve success in life.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island (BBBSLI) recently announced the appointment of four new board members: Kathleen Courtney, Daniel Gibbons of Garden City, Thomas Slome and Kathleen Stanley. Courtney recently ended her five-year tenure period as the Chairwoman of the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency and formerly led the office of Regional Grants Services at Eastern Suffolk BOCES where she supervised a $38 million budget representing federal, State, corporate and member-item funding. She joined the BBBSLI Board of Directors in 2011. Courtney is a recent retiree who resides in Aquebogue. Gibbons is an attorney with Nixon Peabody, LLP, one of the largest law firms in the world. Mr. Gibbons joined the Board of Directors this year. …
Raffles, donations and two-mile run/walk raises most money in event history.
Hundreds of runners and walkers hit the beach Saturday to pay tribute to a hero from Garden City who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. “Why not celebrate where he liked to surf and hang out,” said Greg LiCalzi, the brother of fallen U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Michael LiCalzi and the founder of the Ace in the Hole Foundation. The non-profit, established by LiCalzi and his family, held its third annual run/walk at Lido West Beach on May 12 to honor Michael, who was killed in Iraq on May 11, 2006 while serving in the 2nd Tank Battalion. The event, which aimed to raise money for a number of charitable organizations, consisted of raffles, refreshments, snacks and the main attraction, a two-mile run/walk along the shore of Lido West. The …
A look at the top stories for this Thursday in Garden City.
The voting isn't over yet! Help us find the best place for catered food in Garden City. Plus, get the latest crime report, coverage of Saturday's run to honor a fallen Marine and learn about next week's TVASNAC meeting. Here are the top headlines for May 17.
See what crimes and other incidents were reported this week in Garden City.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Garden City police department. It does not indicate a conviction. May 8: Officers assisted in the transport of an intoxicated 21-year-old male to Winthrop Hospital. May 9: Officer Sommer stopped a 47-year-old Uniondale man for driving a vehicle southbound on Clinton Road with a small child not in a seatbelt or proper restraint device. Upon further investigation, the subject was arrested for producing a forged license, not placing a 4-year-old child in a proper restraint system, driving with a suspended license, and for an outstanding New York State DEC Game and Fishing Warrant. May 10: While patrolling Franklin Avenue, Officer Sansone stopped a 28-year-old Hempstead man for driving with …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Share your thoughts on the outcome of Tuesday's vote.
The Garden City 2012-13 school budget passed Tuesday as residents approved the proposed $104,215,528 spending plan. Garden City school district voters also re-elected Trustee Tom Pinou, this time to the At-Large seat on the Board of Education, and voted in newcomer Robert Martin, in the two uncontested school board races. Are you happy with the results of Tuesday's votes? Take the poll and tell us in the comments below.
Garden City schools chief makes statement on passage of 2012-2013 budget.
Garden City residents overwhemingly approved the 2012-2013 proposed budget for the school district, with more than 63 percent voting in favor of its passage. Garden City Schools Superintendent Dr. Robert Feirsen released the following statement in response to Tuesday's vote: "The Board of Education thanks the community for its support of the 2012-13 school district budget. The budget will enable our school district to maintain the programs and the high performance for which it is well known. The Board and the administration thank the community for the careful consideration it gave to the budget and for its efforts to understand the complexities of the tax cap levy legislation and the cap’s impact on the budget design process. The budget…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Pinou, Martin elected to Board of Education.
Garden City residents approved the proposed 2012-2013 budget for the school district Tuesday. They also elected Trustee Tom Pinou to the At-Large seat on the school board, and Robert Martin to Pinou's current seat. (Both ran unopposed and garned 1,424 votes and 1,571 votes, respectively.) There were 1,820 votes in favor (63.6 percent) and 1,044 against the $104,215,528 proposed budget, which is $3,098,470 (3.06 percent) higher than the 2011-2012 budget. The budget raises the tax levy - the portion of revenue that taxpayers are responsible for - by 3.54 percent, which is actually under the tax cap created by New York State law and therefore, only required a majority of voters for it to pass. Receive updates to this story and other breaking …
Richie Smith's Garden City squad wins a tight 3-1 game with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning over Lynbrook.
Garden City bounced back from a tough 1-0 defeat to Wantagh on Saturday with a rousing walk-off victory over Lynbrook. The Trojans battled all game long but were stymied by Lynbrook pitcher Ian Reid until Andrew LoBasso launched a one-out rocket over the head of the Owls left fielder for a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh. With their loss on Saturday, GC was facing elimination in their second playoff game. But with the win, they now enter the best of three quarterfinal round that begins on Wednesday. Pitching a stellar four-hitter for the Garden City Trojans was Kyle Ritchie. He was able to keep the Lynbrook batters off balance with a good fastball, a hard breaking curve and excellent location. Ritchie finished the game …
Bill Sweeney
9:35 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
This Gibbons guy looks like trouble to me... ;0) Congrats Dan, well done! more ›