The Garden City News (4/5/24)

The Garden City High School Boys Varsity Lacrosse team showcased its dominance when it beat Wantagh 13-8 in last week’s game. See page 58.

New trustees seated, assigned roles at annual

reorganization meeting

BY RIKKI MASSAND

The Garden City Board of Trustees began a new chapter on Monday, April 1st, as new board members took their seats and various assignments were handed out.

After welcoming the three new village trustees and returning Trustee Bruce Torino, Garden City Mayor

Mary Carter Flanagan moved forward for the Village’s 2024 Reorganization meeting to confirm Board of Trustees appointments as liaisons to the village’s different departments and commissions.

Bruce Chester was appointed the deputy mayor of Garden City; a year ago he became 1st deputy mayor and Lawrence

Marciano was appointed 2nd deputy mayor. (This year there will be only one deputy mayor of the village, Trustee Chester).

As appointed by Mayor Carter Flanagan, Trustee Michele Harrington will resume her role as co-chairperson of the Village of

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BY RIKKI MASSAND

At the Garden City Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, April 1st, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and members of the board discussed the future of the Toll Lodge, which had been the Chamber’s office for decades

The Toll Lodge, located on Seventh Street east of Franklin Avenue, has been vacant since 2022 when the Village requested that the Chamber to pay rent on the structure.

For decades the building was in operation by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce as the organization’s ‘downtown’ headquarters, after the nonprofit paid for it to be relocated to the current location. Originally, the old Toll Lodge was originally located on Clinton Road, and serviced Garden City’s stretch of the Long Island Motor Parkway, built by William Vanderbilt.

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Design work continues on traffic calming

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Immediately after a March 21 Village Traffic Commission meeting and discussion on two proposals from traffic engineering consultants, the Garden City Board of Trustees approved engaging consultants to design traffic calming measures for several roads.

The first proposal, from Creighton Manning Engineering is for $15,850, for its completion of final design work on the Cathedral Avenue Road Diet. The completion of a Road Diet study was presented by the consultants several months ago. On March 21 Superintendent of Public Works John Borroni told the village trustees the item was approved by the Traffic Commission earlier in the evening.

“This step is to bring the concept into a completed design so it can actually be constructed – at which point the funding will need to be

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On Monday, April 8th, a solar eclipse will pass over a swath of the United States. Although Garden City isn’t in the path of totality, about 90 percent of the sun’s light will be blocked when viewed from here. (If you are able to travel to the total eclipse zone it is absolutely worth the trip.)

As celestial events go, few can rival the awe-inspiring spectacle of a solar eclipse. During those moments when day turns into an eerie twilight and the sun’s corona becomes a radiant halo, we are offered a glimpse into the beauty and harmony of the cosmos.

Eclipses can bring us together as we marvel in wonder. Regardless of nationality, creed, or culture, people around the world gather to witness this celestial

phenomenon, sharing in a collective sense of reverence.

In a time when divisions seem to dominate our discourse, the simple act of gazing up at the sky reminds us of our common humanity and the universal quest for understanding and connection.

As we reflect on the wonder of the solar eclipse, let us not only marvel at its beauty but also take heed of the deeper lessons it imparts. In a time when divisions dominate our discourse, the simple act of gazing up at the sky reminds us of our common humanity

Let us remember that we are all citizens of a shared cosmos, bound together by the same laws of nature and the same sense of wonder and curiosity.

Track covers an issue well-known to all Garden City residents.  It is alarming that the MTA, which is always under fiscal stress, felt the need to pay for projects “completely disconnected” from the Third Track in order to “offset project-related impacts” in neighboring communities to clear away potential  obstacles.

As a resident of Garden City I don’t believe that the community wanted or needed a new Merillon Avenue train station.  Frankly, the project had severe negative impacts on a beautiful residential neighborhood:  The renderings shown before construction were completely misleading; the urban design of this station clashes with the character of our Village;  monster-sized utility poles (not even related to the third track) were supposed to be installed on the north side of the tracks abutting a commercial area but were placed on the residential south side; old-growth trees and vegetation that screened the rail from the neighborhood were clear-cut.

At the very least, money would have been better spent on burying these overhead lines.  Whatever “community benefits” were funded by the MTA, major compromises were endured.

At least a public project like the LIRR third rail was arguably for the greater good. A private project like the LV Sands Casino at the Nassau Hub will ultimately benefit only the casino owner.  It’s now time for an investigation into the money being spent by the LV Sands including political contributions - if any - to the County Executive, County Legislators, and Town of Hempstead officials who are supporting their quest to win a casino license.  Other interest groups have fallen into line for their share for fear of being left out of a project that they are told is a “done deal.”  A private project should succeed on its

own merits and should not have to be greased with payoffs.

Lynn Krug

The Muldoon Landslide

To the Editor:

There’s no doubt that the CAP/POA Party (Community Agreement) decisively swept the March 19, 2024 annual Board of Trustees election. All four CAP candidates won, defeating all from FABGC. Importantly this gives CAP a “potential” majority control on key upcoming votes by the Board. For example, the CAP platform could favor preservation of St. Paul’s Main Building and possibly policies of the Alliance Group headed by resident Frank McDonough. Estimates are that about 4,400 persons cast ballots -- about 25% of 17,000 eligible, and just 10% above the 4,000 of the October 2023 opinion poll re the future of St Paul’s. This ratio manifests some apathy in our electorate -- in a vote of major importance.

Top vote getter among the eight was Vinnie Muldoon with 2,168 votes. The other three CAP candidates were not far behind: Judy Courtney 1,926, Jessica Tai 1,851, and Bruce Torino 1,770. Votes for FABGC Party persons ranged well below those for CAP. The highest, at 1,050, was for Charles Kelly; the range for the other three was tightly packed: 1,035, 1028 and 926.

Here are some observations of the vote:

1) The CAP vote for their four, averaged 1,928 -- 91% above the FAB average of 1,009.

2) It appears that residents voted “across-the-board”-- in Rows A or C. That is, few voters split their votes across party lines.

Why Muldoon Dominated the Vote: Vincent Muldoon, as a Trustee candidate - and from a distance - is far from an ideal selection. After all, he has no obvious credentials on his resume to perform well for GC. He is not a lawyer, investments or a business executive, and has limited experience in volunSee page 56

Carl Oliveri: Running for GC School Board Trustee

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Hi, I’m Carl Oliveri and I’m running for Garden City School Board trustee. As a product of our schools, I have benefited from the outstanding education provided in our village. And now my wife and I have the opportunity to provide the same excellent education to our 2 children, who are currently matriculating through the system. This is why I want to serve on our school board, to give back and ensure our schools remain second to none.

While I currently serve on the district’s audit committee, I want to do more for our schools and children. Not only am I uniquely qualified as a Certified Public Accountant, but I am consistently giving back to our community; I volunteer to coach GCAA football and baseball, teach our children self-confidence and discipline through martial arts at a school here in Garden City and as a Scouts den leader.

I understand what it takes and the importance of investing in our children

with parental choice and support.

Please vote for me to join our School Board and be a passionate advocate for Garden City’s children and their future success.

I’d be honored to have your support in May on Election Day. Thank you.

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$70.9 Million village budget approved; 2% tax levy increase

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Following a public hearing at the Monday night April 1 reorganization meeting, the Garden City Village Board of Trustees unanimously approved the municipal budget of $70,945,000 for fiscal year 2024-25 (starting on June 1).

The village’s total budget increased year–over-year, from the 2023-24 adopted budget of $69,944,000. Expense appropriations for the fiscal year starting June 1 are anticipated to be 1.45% higher than in the 2023-24 fiscal year.

In her budget summary to open the public hearing on April 1, Village of Garden City Treasurer Irene Woo explained that the village’s tax levy (money raised from taxes) will be $54,338,974 going up from the previous two fiscal years’ Adopted Budget amounts of approximately $53,274,000 and from the $53,273,000 as the 2021-2022 adopted budget’s tax levy. She noted that the tax levy will increase of 2% to fund expenses.

On the other side of the ledger, the Village estimates revenues of $13,052,004 – an increase from $11,870,000 budgeted for the current (2023-2024) fiscal year.

As adopted, the budget for the next fiscal year includes the use of municipal surplus in the amount of $2.804 million, down from the current year’s surplus allocation of $2.990 million.

In March the village’s budget was detailed, piece-by-piece, through the presentations by department heads on March 14, 20 and 28. The summary of budget allocations is available on the Village of Garden City’s website under the Finance Department tab.

At last week’s third and final budget work session, held on Thursday, March 28, Treasurer Woo covered changes and final revisions to the budget. She said there was a transfer of ADP Payroll processing services to be part of the Finance Department budget, out of the Administration budget, “to follow the move of the function under finance.” Originally it was budgeted under a “Personnel - Payroll Service” budget line for $140,000 in the Administrative budget, which was now reduced to a $60,000 line item, as $80,000 is placed under the Finance Department budget with a line item – “Finance - Payroll Service.” The change had no monetary See page 55

Carl Oliveri

One of the finest and most admired properties in the village, this once in a lifetime opportunity awaits the most discerning buyers. Nestled in the heart of the most prestigious location in town, this iconic colonial is the epitome of luxury living. Boasting a generous 1.5 acres of meticulously manicured grounds with in-ground pool, hot tub and tennis/ pickleball court, this property is a true oasis of tranquility with the sophistication and craftsmanship of a bygone era.

Open House Saturday, April 6th 12-2pm & Sunday, April 7th 1-3pm, 75 Oxford Blvd. Stately 5br, 4.5ba Colonial in Estates section, 0.34-acre lot. Exceptional opportunity! $2,350,000

Open House Sat. & Sun., April 6th & 7th 12-2pm, 526 Pond Path, East Setauket 4 BR/3.5 Ba Colonial spacious rooms, 2 fplcs, main level guest ste & ½ acre $689,000

Open House Sat. & Sun., April 6th & 7th 2-4pm, 148 Tanners Pond Rd. Reno home, 111x100 lot. Grand entry, high ceilings, chef's kit, spacious den. 4 large brs, 2.5 ba. Luxurious primary ste. $1,925,000

New construction Colonial in Estates Section, 4 BR, 3.5 bath. $2,390,000

Fabulous colonial up on the hill. Pool and tennis court, large property $4,699,000

148 Tanners Pond Road Open House

Saturday & Sunday, April 6th & 7th 2-4pm

Chic & Luxurious: Stunning Home With Vaulted Ceilings That Set The Tone For Grand Living.

Stunning renovated (2022) colonial home on a spacious 111x100 lot.

• 4 over-sized bedrooms

• 2.5 baths

• Grand 9-foot ceilings

• Chef’s dream kitchen with Sub-zero fridge, Thermador gas grill/oven, dishwasher, white cabinetry, quartz countertops, large center island

• Oversized banquet-style dining room

• Spacious den with wood burning fireplace

• Open floor plan with great flow

• Luxurious primary suite with walk-in closet and ensuite bath

• Basement for recreation and storage

• Gas heat and central air

• Private yard with paved patio and basketball hoop

• Lush landscaping throughout

Offered at $1,925,000

Don’t miss the chance to make this exquisite home yours!

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This 5-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom Colonial in the Estates section sits on a 0.34-acre lot on a quiet street. Leaded glass panels flank the doorway that opens to the grand foyer with oak flooring, 2-story ceilings, elegant archways, crown molding, and two closets. A powder room, a formal dining room, and a roomy eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, a pantry, and access to a paver patio. Enjoy off-kitchen access to the two-car garage, a convenient laundry area, a full bathroom, and a guest bedroom/home office. A family room with a gas fireplace and sliders leading to a new four-season room with radiant floor heating. The first level is complete with a large living room, situated on the other side of the foyer, perfect for receiving guests.

Ascend to the sleeping level to find an ample bedroom with a deep closet and direct access to a shared full hallway bathroom with tub. A second bedroom has access to a short hallway where a full bathroom is shared with the third bedroom. To the right of the stairs, you’ll enter a newly renovated primary bedroom, where the home’s sixth bedroom has been reimagined into a luxury walk-in closet. The ample primary bathroom has a double sink vanity, a walk-in shower, radiant floor heating, and tons of storage.

The finished portion of the basement has wall-to-wall carpeting, a small room that opens to a larger space that can become a media room, exercise room, or studio. A bonus in this space is one large cedar-lined closet to store your finest clothes or collectibles. The unfinished portion of the basement holds the home’s mechanicals as well as dual closets for out-of-season storage. Don’t miss out on this exceptional opportunity—schedule your showing today!

Offered at $2,350,000

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Girl Scouts learn about f loral design

On Tuesday, April 2nd, members of Girl Scout Troop 1322 worked with Blayne Pomeroy of Wagon Wheel Design (Instagram - wagonwheel_design) to create floral arrangements that were donated to the Garden City PTA for their annual dinner at the Garden City Hotel. The girls learned how to assemble the bouquets into beautiful arrangements.

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The Andy Foundation Yard Sale

Saturday May 11th 9am – 3pm

St. Paul’s Field House 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530 (Behind the main buildings)

We are looking for donations of:

FURNITURE

HOUSEWARES

JEWELRY

ARTWORK & MIRRORS

GARDEN ITEMS & TOOLS

HOLIDAY DÉCOR

SPORTING GOODS & BIKES

RECORDS /ELECTRONICS

PET ITEMS

OUTDOOR FURNITURE

LINENS

VINTAGE ITEMS

POCKETBOOKS

RUGS

VIDEO GAMING SYSTEMS

VIDEO GAMES

WE CANNOT ACCEPT: , TVs, Picture frames , HELMETS, OPEN PUZZLES & GAMES OR ANY ITEM NOT IN USEABLE CLEAN CONDITION

Donation Drop Off is Friday, May 10 St. Paul’s Field House from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

TO ARRANGE A PICK UP- 516- 375-2631

Questions: Call us 516-739-1717 Or email us: info@theandyfoundation.org

Don’t forget you can shop any time at The Andy Foundation Yard Sale Shop, 195 Herricks Rd, Garden City Park, NY 11040

We are a 501(c)3 charity and ALL donations are tax deductible.

Garden City & Stewart Manor Real Estate Market Information

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN GARDEN CITY

The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes presented were selected based solely on the fact that they were recently sold.

Mortgage Rates this week from www.nerdwallet.com

30-year fixed 6.779% 6.859%

15-year fixed 5.969% 6.104%

5/1 ARM 6.773% 7.724%

Long Island Sales Data From One Key MLS

Nassau County Median Sale Price

25 Bromleigh Road, Stewart Manor

Date: 2/1/2024

Sold price: $950,000

5 bedrooms, 3 full baths

Architectural style: High Ranch

Monthly charges: $1,083

Property size: .13 acres

Annual taxes: $15,064

MLS number: 3511204

The Seller’s Team: Nancy Giannone, Howard Hanna Coach

The Buyer’s Team: En Ja Chung, Promise Realty LLC

Welcome to Your Dream Home in Stewart Manor! Discover the perfect blend of space, style, and location in this Beautiful Bi-Level home. Boasting 5 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms and nestled on a serene, tree-lined street close to all the conveniences. This home offers the ultimate in comfort and convenience. Meticulously landscaped front and back yards, featuring a deck and a patio, create an oasis for relaxation and entertainment. Step inside, and you’ll be captivated by the versatile interior, adorned with hardwood and tile floors, offering ample room for guests and extended family. The main level beckons with an open layout, encompassing a living room graced by an elegant wood-burning fireplace, a formal dining room, and a generously sized eat-in kitchen. Granite counters and rich wood cabinetry add a touch of sophistication, making this kitchen a culinary haven. Down the hall, you’ll find the primary bedroom suite with a full en-suite bathroom, a 2nd bedroom that can function as a walk-in closet, another bedroom or office, and a full hall bathroom, ensuring that everyone has their own private space. The ground floor level provides even more living space with an oversized sunlit family room featuring sliding glass doors leading to the deck, two additional bedrooms, a full bathroom, and a convenient laundry room. The basement offers additional recreational space, storage, and utilities. Step outside to the private yard, complete with a deck, patio, and ample grass space, perfect for outdoor gatherings and relaxation. This home is an ideal haven for extended family and offers supreme proximity to shopping, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), and schools. Enjoy all the charm and amenities of the charming Village of Stewart Manor

228 Dover Parkway, Stewart Manor

Date: 3/1/2024

Sold price: $950,000

4 bedrooms, 3 full baths

Architectural Style: Expanded Cape Property size: .16 acres

Annual taxes: $16,463

MLS number: 3521111

The Seller’s Team: Christine Jansson and Anthony Careccia, Realty Maintained LLC

The Buyer’s Team: Francheska Gomez, Fave Realty

Renovated 4 Bedroom expanded Cape . 3 Full Baths. Living room with Fireplace, Dining room, Family room with new sliding glass doors to deck, New Kitchen with Quartz counters. Full Basement offers outside entrance. Attached extended garage provides ample storage.

86 Kingsbury Road, Garden City

Date: 3/28/2024

Sold price: $1,050,000

4 beds, 2 full baths, 1 half bath

Architectural Style: Colonial

Property size: .13 acres

Annual taxes: $19,293

MLS number: 3526267

The Seller’s Team: Mary Darcy, Daniel Gale Sothebys Intl Realty

The Buyer’s Team: Stephen and Laura Baymack, Compass Greater NY

Classic Colonial located in the Mott section. Mid Block location set on nice size property just waiting for a buyer to make it their own! This 4 bed, 2.5 bath home boasts hardwood floors, a beautiful fireplace, plenty of closets & a great flow for entertaining! Primary rooms include FLR, FDR, Elk, Den, Home office & a large basement with high ceilings! This homes Classic charm & potential for restoration make it a promising project for someone with a vision for preserving the timeless appeal while incorporating modern conveniences.

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THE VIEW FROM HERE

Some Thoughts on Travel and Culture

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

As this is written, I am aboard a flight to Rome, with my ultimate destination a wedding in Siena, Italy involving one of my relatives and his wonderful new bride. The destination wedding idea is a relatively new phenomenon, and certainly not something that my friends and I would ever have thought about during our prime wedding years, say 40 years ago. It is also not a budget option. Nevertheless, it is a good way to combine the camaraderie of a family gathering with the excitement of a vacation. I enjoyed a destination wedding in Cartagena, Colombia, a few years ago, and I am looking forward to this event as well.

While on this flight, It occurs to me that I have now travelled on airplanes for about 50 years and taken hundreds of flights and travelled overseas for about 40 years, with maybe 40 or 50 trips . Arguably, I got a late start on both fronts, considering my pretty advanced age, but maybe I have learned something about the places I have visited.

So I thought that during this extended flight, I would offer some observations about what I think, based on quite a bit of travel, is a major cultural differences between the United States and Europe -- the emphasis on consumerism in the United States versus workers' rights in Europe.

I think the best way to start here is some memories of my first visit  to Europe in the mid-80's. I traveled with a buddy I knew from my Columbia days.

I remember being very surprised that major stores were not open on Sundays, and a number of shops weren't even open until after noon on Mondays, Also, the siesta idea was not uncommon, and not just in Spain, where stores closed for three hours during lunch, only to reopen until early evening.

Similarly, restaurants in Europe would be open for lunch and dinner, but they would often close for a few hours between meals.

Obviously, all of this in sharp contrast with the world of American

shopping centers open to 9 or 10 pm seven days a week, nonstop restaurants open late and even some 24 hour establishments.

The shopping gap between the United States and Europe has been narrowed somewhat in recent years by the advent of Amazon and its competitors, who can get a huge range of products into the hands of worldwide consumers very fast.

But I still think that a divide remains. Even though, on both sides of the Atlantic, most consumers are also workers, Americans emphasize their role as consumers, while Europeans are far more concerned with their position as workers. I'm not quite sure if it's a matter of cause or effect, but relatively few American private sector workers are unionized and strikes are relatively uncommon, which may indicate less of a sense of identity as workers.

A few years ago, a variation of this conflict did come to the fore in the United States, when a number of stores attempted to expand Black Friday by asking workers to show up on Thanksgiving night, only to back off after being hit with a wave of negative publicity about ruining family celebrations . But this is pretty rare. There are fewer provisional or short term workers in Europe, and workers tend to identify their identity with their occupation. Americans, on the other hand, tend more to expect rapid access to consumer goods and services as an appropriate reward for their hard work.

While ideologically and culturally, I tend to fall on the American side of this divide, there are obviously much to be said for the European perspective in terms of fairness. Indeed, one reason I like to travel to Europe and other places is soaking up different outlooks on the human condition.

In any event, morning has arrived in Europe and our plane will be touching down in Rome shortly. I am certainly looking forward to an fun and interesting trip, and, yes, learning more about other cultures and people.

Hands on learning through German food

The German club students got to make their own German Flammkuchen.  It is a German version of a Pizza or flatbread with toppings baked in an oven. They loved learning about its history and making the food themselves. They

worked together and individually to prepare their dishes.  Of course, they loved getting to try the food after their hard work. At the end of their experience many students said they want to cook more German foods on their own.

The Garden City High School German Club.

The students enjoyed their own cooking.

German students created their own German Flammkuchen.

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WESTHAMPTON BEACH

52 Exchange Place

$4,100,000 | 5 BR | 5 BA | 1 HB | .75 Acres

Stunning and unique post-modern set on a private cul-de-sac. Panoramic views of Quantuck Bay with dock and beach access and separate guest-house.

WESTHAMPTON BEACH

44 Beach Lane

$4,999,000 | 6 BD | 4 BA | 1 HB | 1 Acre

An inviting and impressive white stone drive welcomes you to this magnificent, Nantucket Style “Beach Cottage” in the heart of the Village of Westhampton Beach. This exquisite home has been updated and expanded to perfection.

MANHASSET | GARDEN CITY | WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCAN ME

93 Fourth Street, Garden City

$4,395,000 | 4 BD | 3.5 BA

An unparalleled opportunity awaits on the prestigious and luxurious 4th Street of Garden City. On an oversized ¾ acres this meticulously renovated luxury home epitomizes opulence with its exclusive custom features. Crafted by Maxim Builders in collaboration with Accents for Living, indulge in this rare opportunity. With over 4 levels of living, this home has been completely redone, from new planked hardwood floors throughout, winding three story staircase, three fireplaces, and gourmet kitchen. Equally as magnificent is the lush and beautifully hardscaped rear yard, with rebuilt 3 car garage, ample entertaining space, a truly serene retreat. With over 5,800 square feet of space amongst four levels, you with truly find breathtaking details around every turn. Showing by appointment.

Hear the Latest Report by Founder of “Say No to the Casino” Next Tuesday, April 9

Next Tuesday, April 9, 12:15 at Mineola’s Davenport Press Restaurant, Mineola-Garden City Rotary will welcome as guest speaker, Monica Kiely, a founder of the “Say No to the Casino” group.

Alarmed by the lack of public scrutiny, the lack of public education done by the County and indeed, the lack of any detailed media coverage, the “Say No to the Casino” group sprang into action to fill that void. Founder Monica Kiely is quick to report that a casino in Nassau is most definitely NOT a done deal!

To learn why it’s not, and more about the efforts of the “Say No to the Casino Group,” join Rotary next Tuesday. This promises to be a full program to include a great Davenport lunch (Fee: $40, payable at the door), so please reserve in advance by emailing Meg Norris, Club president, at

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RotaCare Caregivers’ Ball Set for Next Thursday - Beat Next Monday’s Deadline to Register

Next Thursday evening, April 11, at the INN at New Hyde Park, 214 Jericho Tpke., New Hyde Park, RotaCare will host its Caregivers’ Ball.  The highlight will be the honoring of Maura Clancy for Community Achievement, along with Jim Brady and Gary Fishberg, co-recipients of RotaCare’s Lifetime Achievement Award.  Festivities begin with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. with dinner to be served at 7:30 p.m.

Featured will be great raffles to include two round-trip tickets on JetBlue Airlines to anywhere it flys, grand prize, along with a $1,000 gift certificate to H&L Gross & Bro. Jewelers in Garden City; plus an opportunity to win a 50/50 raffle.

To beat the deadline of next Monday, April 8, you can register by visiting www.rotacareny.org.

Jim Brady, co-recipient of RotaCare’s Lifetime Achievement Award, with his wife, Diane. Photo by Langen Photography

Gary Fishberg, co-recipient of RotaCare’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Maura Clancy, to be honored by RotaCare for Community Service.

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Mark your calendar: GCFD Recruitment Open House on April 13

Always wanted to be a firefighter when you grew up? You CAN! As part of the annual RecruitNY statewide initiative, the Garden City Fire Department will open its doors so residents can learn how they can serve their volunteer fire department.  Like most volunteer fire departments, the Garden City Fire Department looks to the community to bolster its ranks so it can continue to provide the optimum level of protection for its residents.

As part of RecruitNY Weekend, the fire department will open its doors on Saturday, April 13 from 10 am to 12:30 pm. The event will take place at Garden City Fire Headquarters, 347 Stewart Ave (West Side of Village Hall).  The department will join hundreds of other volunteer fire departments across New York to raise public awareness regarding the need for volunteers and to highlight the rewards of being a member of a volunteer fire department.

The event will include tours of the station, an apparatus showcase, allow visitors to try on gear, demonstrate firefighting activities, provide information, and address questions on becoming a member. These activities give visitors a taste of what it means to be in the fire service. Volunteer firefighters will also be on hand to discuss the requirements and rewards of joining.

We have a program for high school students as well! Bring your high school-

er down to learn more. The department’s junior firefighters will also be on hand to discuss the rewards of joining the high school level program that introduces the students to firefighting and fire safety.

“We welcome the community to join us during RecruitNY Weekend,” said Chief Matthew Pearn. He continued, “This is an excellent opportunity for people to meet their local volunteer firefighters and learn

more about the fire service. We are always looking for new members, and it is our hope that after meeting us, more people will be interested in becoming part of our family.”

The Firefighters Association of the State of New York (FASNY) is committed to assisting New York’s 1,700-plus volunteer departments connect with their communities and have sufficient members to pro-

tect them properly. Established in 2011, RecruitNY is an undertaking of FASNY.

For more information, visit www.gcfdny.com/recruitment, email membership@ gcfdny.com, or call us via our non-emergency membership phone number at 516465-4142. The event will take place rain or shine.

Firefighters tackle hybrid-powered car fire.

St. Joseph's School students visit GCFD Headquarters.

FF Mackenzie Wehrum trains infant CPR.

GCFD volunteers support 9/11 Bike Ride fundraiser.

Firefighters Isabel Byrnes and Mackenzie Wehrum fuel and ready chain saw for service.

Volunteer firefighters deliver Santa to Village Tree Lighting.

The A.T. Stewart Exchange Consignment and Gift Shop

BY MELISSA JAEGER

Can you believe it’s International Pillow Fight Month?!  (or that there’s even such an occasion?!)  Well, it’s true, and it’s celebrated on the first Saturday in April; this year, April 6th.  First launched in 2008, it’s a worldwide event celebrated in major cities throughout Canada, Europe and Asia.  The largest one took place in New York on March 22, 2008, with over 25 international cities participating in the first “international flash mob.”  So why do it?  It’s a good way to let out a little (or a lot) of frustration. Fluff your pillow and go at it!  What are the rules? (yes, rules). You should swing lightly, only using soft pillows, and remove your glasses before beginning but don’t swing at people who don’t have a pillow. If you attend a pillow fight, bring a pillow or camera. Most importantly – have fun!

Reminds me of when I was a kid. My three siblings and I didn’t need any excuse for a pillow fight. What does this have to do with the Exchange?  Absolutely nothing! Sometimes, we just need an excuse to put down the cell phone and simply have some good old-fashioned fun. But if you need a tie-in, the Exchange has assorted small, decorative pillows. Some are wonderfully witty – “Dogs Loved; People Tolerated,” “Mirror Mirror on the Wall” …. And some are just pretty garden-themed ones (bunnies, birds and bees).  Some of them would

look lovely on your outdoor patio.  Make sure to check them out!

Save the Date!  Our annual June Market has been set for Saturday, June 15th. Stay tuned for details, but just to tease you … we already have

• The Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter is bringing their furry friends for adoption!!

• Pat Schweitzer and her hand-painted items

• Christine Rossidis and her Garden Ornaments (made from upcycled vintage china and crystal)

• Rob DeMarco and his handcarved wooden items

• Carol Khairallah, Local Batch, organic cookies

• Lenore Rust, Banana Bread Baking Co.

• Diane Whalen, Diamond Jewelers

• Claire Werner with her vintage items

• and there are more to come!!

Once again, we will couple the June Market with a Food Drive to benefit The INN, NOW thru June 14th. Please bring in your non-perishable food items to help your needy neighbors. With food prices still very high, places like The INN play such a vital role in less fortunate communities. Even your smallest gesture can help to put a decent meal on the table.

About Us:

• The Exchange Consignment Shop is housed in The Garden City Historical Society (TGCHS) Museum on 109 Eleventh Street (at the rear of the yellow Victorian house).

• All the proceeds from the Shop sales directly benefit TGCHS.

• Shop 24/7 online at atstewartexchange.org and pick up your purchases at the Exchange.

• Follow and Like Us on the AT Stewart Exchange Facebook and on the AT Stewart Exchange Instagram pages. We sure do get around!

Consigning:

• Our best sellers – jewelry (costume and fine), lamps, mirrors, and crystal (Waterford, Baccarat, Tiffany)

• We take/accept silver, pocketbooks, china, furniture, artwork, and collectibles. All items are in new or nearly new condition.

• Consignments are done Wednesday through Friday 11:00 a.m. –2:00 p.m. by appointment ONLY. Appointments keep down the numbers of people in the Shop and reduce wait-times to consign.

• Please call (516) 746-8900 to set up

an appointment.

• Unsure if your items are appropriate to consign? Email photos to store@ atstewartexchange.org and be sure to include sizing info. You will generally receive a response the same day.

Can I Donate?

Yes! We love donations! Please don’t leave donated items outside the shop when we are closed. We want your items, but we don’t want them to get ruined, especially during inclement weather. Email the store at store@atstewartexchange.org and I will work with you to arrange a drop-off time. I check the email every day, even when we’re closed.

Remember:  all the profits from the Consignment Shop support the maintenance and upkeep of TGCHS Museum. Thanks to your generous support, work on the outside façade of the Museum is almost complete.

The shop is located at 109 Eleventh Street.

Shop Hours:

Mon – Fri: 10–4 p.m., (Wednesday until 6 p.m.) Saturday 12 noon–4 p.m.

For more information, please call (516) 746-8900.

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Vinny Muldoon - Owner and Garden City Resident

Vinny Muldoon - Owner and Garden City Resident

This week’s Board of Trustees meeting included a warm welcome to incoming Village Trustees Vinny Muldoon, Judy Courtney and Jessica Tai. I look forward to working with these new Village Trustees and the entire Board as we focus on the many issues of interest to residents. Judy Courtney, as liaison to the Building Department, is leading the project of updating our outdoor dining rules with help from other Village Trustees, and Ed Finneran is leading the effort to come up with a plan to continue the tradition of promenades on 7th Street that adequately addresses the significant challenges that arose in recent years. Vinny Muldoon will act as liaison to the business district, and in addition to assisting Trustees Courtney and Finneran, he will also assist in the ongoing efforts to address the beauty and cleanliness of our business districts.

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I have delayed resident appointments to Boards and Commissions to allow residents another week to submit their resumes or letters of interest to our Village Clerk, Kelly Galanek. It’s a great time to volunteer in your village government! Are you interested in volunteering to promote beautification efforts in the Village? Do you want to be a part of the outreach and educational programs developed by the Environmental Advisory Board? Is sharing our Village history something you are passionate about? Are you interested in serving our Village on any of the other Boards and Commissions where there are openings (Planning Commission, Architectural Design Review Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Commissioners of Cultural & Recreation Affairs)? Please email kgalanek@gardencityny.net and share your areas of interest and why you think you would be a great fit for any of these positions. You can also contact the Village to recommend another resident who you believe would be a great addition to our volunteer team.

Budget Adoption

Following a budget hearing on Monday April 1, 2024, the Garden City Board of Trustees adopted a $70.2 million General Fund Operating Budget and $15.2 million in General Fund capital projects for 2024-25, which will result in an increase of 2 percent

in residents’ Village tax, the first increase in three years. Village Treasurer Irene Woo and her team worked closely with Department Heads and Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi to formulate the annual budget. Their work culminates with budget work sessions held in March and the annual budget hearing held each year during the annual Organizational Meeting. After making adjustments, the Board, which now includes three newcomers who were sworn in that same evening, unanimously adopted the spending plan. This spending plan results in a tax levy increase of two percent year over year. (The Village had a zero percent tax levy increase in the prior two years.) The increase allowed per the Tax Levy Limit Law is 4.74 percent for the Village this year. According to Village Treasurer Irene Woo, in the last decade, the actual property tax levy increase has been less than the amount allowed per the Tax Levy Limit Law.

Limited Eclipse Glasses and Drop-In Viewing

The Garden City Public Library will have a limited number of Solar Eclipse glasses available for pick up beginning Thursday, April 4, for Garden City Library cardholders only! Patrons will be issued only one per Library card on a first come first served basis while supplies last, and must have a valid Garden City Public Library card. No reservations or holds will be taken. A disclaimer must be signed before glasses are given out, so for children 18 and under a parent or guardian must sign. We will also host a Drop in Eclipse viewing program on Monday, April 8 between 2:00-4:30 p.m. A limited number of glasses will be available for viewing at this program, but you must sign the disclaimer form (or have the Library’s disclaimer signed by parent or guardian for children under the age of 18. The disclaimer is available at the Circulation Desk, on Eventkeeper, or online. [https:// www.gardencitypl.org/2024/04/03/ solar-eclipse-at-the-garden-citypublic-library/] No registration is required. Viewing the eclipse without safe solar viewing glasses is not recommended. For more information contact Adult Services at 742-8405 ext. 5236 or visit www.gardencitypl. org.

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Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan

False alarm

GCFD and GCPD responded to Garden City Plaza on March 27th for a fire alarm. They determined it was a system malfunction.

Suspended license

On March 27th a Clinton Road motorist was charged with driving with a suspended license and operating a cell phone while driving.

Excessive speed

Two Rockaway Avenue motorists were charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed in a school zone on March 27th.

Construction dust

GCFD and GCPD responded to a residence on March 27th for a fire alarm but found the cause to be construction dust.

Suspicious bag

Garden City Police responded to Parking Field 7N for a report of a suspicious bag on March 27th. Upon investigation, the item appeared to be someone’s property and was invoiced for safekeeping.

Unlicensed operation

A Clinton Road motorist was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed on March 27th.

Tow hitch taken

A tow hitch was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at the Nassau Boulevard train station on March 28th.

Excessive speed

A Clinton Road motorist was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed on March 28th.

Carbon monoxide alarm

Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to a residence for a CO alarm on March 28th. They determined the cause to be a faulty detector.

Construction alarm

On March 28th the GCFD and GCPD responded to a residence for a fire alarm. They determined the cause to be ongoing construction.

Grand larceny arrest

Garden City Police arrested a 25-year-old male for allegedly cashing a victim’s check without permission at a Franklin Avenue bank on March 29th. He was charged with Grand Larceny.

Identity theft

On March 29th a victim reported that their identity had been stolen and used to make unauthorized bank withdrawals, open fraudulent accounts, and file a false tax return. Another

victim’s identity was stolen and used to open an unauthorized bank account.

Suspended registration

On March 29th a Clinton Road motorist was charged with driving with a sus pended registration, switched plates, and tinted windows.

Alarm errors

GCFD and GCPD respond ed to three locations for fire alarms that were determined to be set in error on March 29th.

Unlicensed operation

On March 29th a Rockaway Avenue motorist was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.

Vehicle damaged

A vehicle was reportedly damaged by unknown means while parked in Parking Field 7N on March 29th.

Overweight truck

On March 29th a New Hyde Park truck driver was charged with driving an overweight vehicle and with an unsecured load.

Bag sales

A female solicitor was issued an appearance ticket for allegedly selling pocketbooks in Parking Field 7N without a permit on March 30th.

Gas leak

On March 30th the Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to the Library for a report of a gas leak. Firefighters detected positive readings in the basement. Upon notification, National Grid responded and resolved the issue.

Unauthorized accounts

On March 30th a victim reported that their identity was stolen and used to open an unauthorized cell phone account.

False alarms

GCFD and GCPD responded to three locations for fire alarms on March 30th. They determined the alarms were all set in error.

Unlicensed operation

A Clinton Road motorist was charged with unlicensed operation, excessive speed, and improper license plates on March 30th.

Trespassing charge

On March 30th Garden City Police arrested a 36-year-old male for allegedly refusing to leave a Garden Street property. He was charged with

Trespass and Disorderly Conduct.

Suspended registration

A Cherry Valley Avenue motorist was charged with driving with a suspended registration and using a cell phone while driving on March 31st.

Shower steam

Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to a residence on March 31st for a fire alarm but determined it was activated by shower steam.

Unlicensed operation

On March 31st a Clinton Road motorist was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.

Misplaced vehicle

On March 31st Garden City Police received a report of a stolen vehicle on Cherry Valley Avenue. They determined it was misplaced and not stolen.

Unsafe lane change

On March 31st an 11th Street

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motorist was charged with unlicensed operation and unsafe lane usage.

Parade duty

On April 1st Garden City Police were assigned to traffic and safety details for the Antique Car Event and Parade.

Aggravated unlicensed operation

A Stewart Avenue motorist was arrested for Aggravated Unlicensed Operation (nine license suspensions) and driving with a suspended registration on April 1st.

Graffiti found

An officer patrolling Parking Field 7N discovered graffiti on a light pole on April 1st. The graffiti was removed without incident.

Unauthorized LLC

On April 1st a victim reported that their identity had been stolen and used to open an unauthorized Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Excessive speed

On April 1st a Clinton Road motorist was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.

Girl Scout Birthday Bash & Bake-Off

On Sunday, March 24, the Garden City Association of Girl Scouts held its 16th Annual Girl Scout Birthday Bash & Bake-off. The birthday theme was technology, with activities highlighting how to make technology a healthy part of our lives.  Scouts decorated their own cupcakes, sang

campfire songs and traded SWAPS.  As part of the celebration, Scouts were encouraged to participate in a community service project, donating books to Book Fairies.  Seven boxes of books were collected! A great time was had by all in this on-going tradition!

Girl Scouts decorating birthday cupcakes.

Daisy Scouts celebrating at the Birthday Bash.

Girl Scouts painting at the GS Birthday Bash.

Garden City PTA News

Thank You, Garden City!

The PTA held our Annual Fundraising Dinner on Wednesday, April 3, at the Garden City Hotel. The event was sold out with more than 350 incredible members of the Garden City community joining us to support our schools and children. As a PTA, we’d like to say thank  you to everyone who joined us in person, to our annual sponsors, and to the countless families who donated or bid on items for our auction, provided support for the raffle baskets, and helped us give every GC student a “Future So Bright” they’ll have to wear shades! We look forward to sharing another amazing year of PTA-funded support to our schools and students thanks to the generosity of GC!

Order Next Year's School Supplies

Today for Grades K–8!

Orders are now being taken for the PTA's annual school supply fundraiser for students entering grades K–8 in Fall 2024. The school supply boxes are:

• Teacher selected and approved!

• Convenient! Get every item your child needs quickly and easily

• Organized! Supplies come in one easy-to-store box

Most importantly, 100% of proceeds support the children in all of our schools! To order, check out the informational flier at gardencitypta.org/school-supplies. Then visit https://site.educationalproducts.com/ and use school ID GAR054 (3 Letters/ 3 Numbers). The last day to order is April 12. All ordered kits

will be picked up at the Middle School on Saturday, June 1.

Mark Your Calendars

Grab your calendar to mark down these important upcoming dates & deadlines from across the school district. You can keep an eye on the PTA website and the GCUFSD website “Events” page for even more detail on what’s happening across all seven schools.

• Apr. 10 – SEPTA General Membership Meeting

• April 12 – Last Day to Order School Supply Kits

• Apr. 17 – MS PTA Meeting

• Apr. 18 – Joint Elementary PTA Meeting

Your Membership Matters!

Please take a minute today to visit www.gardencitypta.org to rejoin for the 2023–24 school year. While there, click the “Get Involved” tab to see the many volunteer opportunities with the PTA overall, and with your child’s specific schools. We can’t wait to work with you this year!

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GC music students shine at LI String Festival

Nine talented students from the Garden City School District Orchestra were recently selected to participate in the prestigious Long Island String Festival concerts held throughout February and March.

The selected students, representing grades 5 through 11, had the honor of showcasing their musical talents in various orchestral performances at Uniondale High School and Wisdom Lane Middle School, alongside other orchestra students from across Nassau County.

The Garden City Orchestra directors, Andrew Albani, Lauren Dimilta, and

Melanie Kenyon, expressed immense pride in their students

LISFA provided a unique platform for these young musicians to collaborate and perform, fostering a deeper appre ciation for orchestral music.

The selected students include:

• Samuel Chan (Grade 11)

• Sophie Lippens (Grade 10)

• Lucas McClure (Grade 8)

• Yuyan Lin (Grade 8)

• Lucas Bunturi (Grade 6)

• Avery Xiao (Grade 6)

• Gianna Liu (Grade 5)

• Ava McClure (Grade 5)

• Marisol Storm (Grade 5)

Get rid of your unwanted items by placing an ad for them in our Classifieds! We have reasonable rates, and you’ll have prompt results!

Call our Garden City office at 294-8900 for rates and other info.

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 @7pm

Cathedral of the Incarnation

50 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530

All net proceeds from the Concert go directly to support youth services in Nassau County. Help is provided through recreational sports, tutoring, musical instruction, character building clubs, summer day camps, and overnight camping.

For tickets and sponsorship levels contact Major Soo Kim at 845-213-8707 or scan the QR code below:

Breast cancer support group on Zoom

The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Program is forming a new online support group for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer within the past 18 months. The group, which is free, will provide the opportunity for people to meet with others, and receive support. Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. on Zoom for 6 weeks from May 2 through June 6. For more information and

to register, call Nina Foley, LMSW at (516) 877-4315.

The Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program offers emotional support and resources to people with and/or concerned about breast cancer. To reach the Hotline, which is staffed by volunteers who are breast cancer survivors, call 800-877-8077 or online at breast-cancer.adelphi.edu.

Monday Night Bridge Results

The winners of the Monday, April 1, games:

North/South:

1st Place: Pat Fontaine and Athena Philippides

2nd Place: Grace Basile and Joan Cowie

East/West:

Benefit concert to help Intl. Rescue Committee

On Saturday, April 6, from 3–6 p.m., there will be a benefit concert and dinner for the International Rescue Committee at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau (UUCCN). UUCCN is at 223 Stewart Avenue, Garden City,  at the corner of Nassau Boulevard. Tickets are $25.

The International Rescue Committee https://help.rescue.org is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization, founded in 1933. Current world events have them working very hard in places as diverse as Ukraine, Mideast, Texas, and New York.

Michael Sansonia will be leading a five-piece band for the concert – Paul Guzzone, Bob Mastro, Arno Hecht, Skip Krevins, and Mark Schaeffer. Together,

they’ve played with a veritable who’s who of music and entertainment. It ranges from rock pioneers such as Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Dion, to modern day artists such as MA$E and P. Diddy; from The Bacon Brothers Band to Richard Gere; from Jimmy Dean to Leon Redbone; and many, many more.

Come and enjoy a gourmet meal, hear some great tunes, expect some guest stars, and most of all, help a very worthy organization.

For more information, please contact UUCCNbenefit@gmail.com or 516248-8855. Tickets are available online at https://square.link/u/55BMGu12 or use the QR code in the flyer.  Tickets may also be purchased in person on April 6.

New Honorary Canons named at Cathedral

The Bishop of Long Island will seat four Honorary Canons during evensong on April 7 at 4 p.m. in recognition of their transformative leadership as co-founders of the Community of the Incarnation and the Center for Spiritual Imagination. The Rev. Adam Bucko, Ms. Kris Vieira Coleman, The Rev. Morgan Ladd, and The Very Rev. Michael Sniffen will join the ranks of those who have received the Cathedral’s highest honor.

The Community of the Incarnation is a new monastic community which embodies and teaches engaged contemplative spirituality in response to what Father Bede Griffiths called “the universal call to contemplation.” The community affirms that intimacy with God does not belong to a special group of religious professionals but is available to all. Founded and rooted at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, the community is now dispersed and includes members from across North America. The Center for Spiritual Imagination is a public ministry of the community, which introduces diverse groups of people to the gifts of Christian contemplative practice. Recent programs of the Center include weekly contemplative prayer and contempletive Eucharist as well as: Dream On, A Dream Circle, Visio Divina for Lent, Black Lives and Contemplation, and (upcoming) The Ecowomanist Spiritual Imagination with Dr. Melanie L. Harris.

The Community of the Incarnation is one of the fastest growing New Monastic communities in the Anglican Communion and the Center for Spiritual

Imagination has engaged thousands of people in contemplative formation and practice since 2020. Many leading contemplatives have praised the leadership of the co-founders and the impact of their work. Richard Rohr, the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation said, “The Center for Spiritual Imagination is re-envisioning an inclusive and engaged spirituality for the 21st century, where the gifts of monastic spirituality are translated into a form that can be practiced in everyday life and where one ’s commitment to contemplative practice leads to justice-making.” Mirabai Starr, bestselling author of  “Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the omen Mystics” and acclaimed t ranslator and interpreter of the works of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila said, “I am profoundly moved by the emerging work of The Center or Spiritual Imagination. We find ourselves in a time of great uncertainty in which many of the structures we have taken for granted are beginning to collapse. The Center is a space of calm and courage, a community rising to meet the challenges of our global crisis with vast generosity — embodying the unconditional mercy and justice Christ represents, without asking its members or those they so joyfully serve to adhere to any particular belief system. This is wisdom in action, the sacred pouring into the ordinary, love wildly blossoming in the most broken of spaces.”

Bishop Provenzano said he is delighted to honor the work of these exceptional cathedral leaders and to

welcome them to the community of Honorary Canons of the Cathedral of the Incarnation.

Evensong will also feature the installation of Vergers from across the Diocese into the Long Island Chapter of the Vergers Guild of the Episcopal Church. All are welcome to attend Easter Evensong in the cathedral on April 7 at 4 p.m. A reception will follow in the cathedral undercroft.

Evensong will also feature the installation of eighteen Vergers from across the Diocese into the Long Island Chapter of the Vergers Guild of the Episcopal Church. The VGEC is a national service organization that supports the ministry of vergers, sacristans, worship leaders, and altar guild members through professional development opportunities and  fellowship events throughout the country. Cathedral vergers initiated the formation of this newest chapter of the VGEC, and offered several workshops over the last year which featured participation by vergers from nine dioceses throughout the church and resulted in the formation of new verger ministries in ten parishes in the Diocese of Long Island.

Kyle Sabo will also be installed as the Dean’s Verger of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, a member of the professional staff at the cathedral focusing on coordinating cathedral liturgies and ceremonial. The Dean’s Verger serves as a liaison between the Dean’s office and the Bishop’s office regarding episcopal liturgies and is also tasked with assisting the Dean on special projects

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related to the cathedral’s sacred spaces.

The Cathedral Choir will sing Choral Evensong for the Eastertide this Sunday, April 7 at 4:00. Choral Evensong has been in use in the Anglican Church (of which the Episcopal Church is part) since the 1550s. It is still sung every day in nearly every Cathedral in England.

The Service consists of prayers, two readings from scripture, hymns and texts sung by the Choir. Unlike most other services today, most of Evensong is sung by the Choir alone, giving the congregation a chance for peaceful meditation and reflection.

Music for this Evensong will include the anthem “Blessed be the God and Father” by the English composer S.S. Wesley, a stalwart of English cathedral repertoire. Other music will include the Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in C major by Charles Stanford, another favorite piece by Anglican choirs, as well as a new set of Preces & Responses by the composer Joanna Forbes L’Etrange.

Evensong will be followed by refreshments in the Cathedral undercroft, where sherry and soft drinks will be served. Both the reception and the Evensong are free and open to all. The Cathedral is located on Cathedral Avenue and Fifth Street in Garden City.

The Cathedral serves as a House of Prayer for Long Island. All are welcome here! Please feel warmly invited to join. See our ad in the Garden City News and visit incarnationgc.org for more information.

Made the honor roll or Dean’s List? Scored an internship or study abroad opportunity?

We invite you to send details of any of these things and more, along with your name and contact info, to editor@gcnews.com for a chance to be seen in our paper!

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Broadway Bound Dancers support Mollie’s Fund

The Broadway Bound Dance Center, located on New Hyde Park Road in Garden City, welcomes participants of all ages and levels, for an exciting dance experience. Director and Garden City resident Debbie Tavernese brings her 30 years of professional experience to ensure that all of her students strive to be the best in their selected programs of dance.

While pursuing the multiple arts programs offered at Broadway Bound, the students learn self-esteem, poise and grace. They are also encouraged to “ give back. ” This year ’ s “ Showcase of the Stars ” Giving Performances were generously dedicated to the Mollie Biggane Melanoma Foundation. Mollie ’ s Fund is a local charity created in memory of Mollie Biggane, who lost her battle with melanoma at age 20. It is the mission of the non-profit to increase the awareness for melanoma prevention and provide the information and services on skin cancer detection.

Mollie ’ s Fund board member and GC resident Debi Hussey shared skin cancer prevention literature and spoke to dancers before their performances, encouraging them to be sun smart, use sunscreen and never go to a tanning bed. She explained that if they see a new mole or change in an existing one it would be best to show their parents.

The Board of the Mollie ’ s Fund is extremely honored and grateful for the considerate donation that the dance center has dedicated to Mollie ’ s Fund, so that it may continue the crucial work of education and awareness of being sun-smart and healthy.

Cameron Bjeuand and India Brown

Director Debbie Tavernese with her dancers.

Tara Mullowney Broadway Bound Dancers ready to present.

Sophia Griffith and Alice Gastatcher

Newcomers, re-elected trustee take oaths of off ice

Newly elected Trustees Vincent Muldoon, Judy Courtney and Jessica Tai took their oaths of office Monday, April 1, 2024 along with re-elected Trustee Bruce Torino during a brief ceremony at Village Hall. The meeting was also available via Zoom.

Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan did the honors. The Trustees join Mayor Flanagan, Deputy Mayor Bruce Chester and Trustees Michele Beach-Harrington and Edward Finneran on the Board.

Trustee Muldoon, who hails from the East, is the owner of Old World Quality Corp. He and his team spearheaded the temporary preservation efforts for the iconic St. Paul's clock tower, offering their expertise and services without charge to the Village. Trustee Muldoon will serve as liaison to the Department of Recreation & Parks and the Business District, as well as a member of the Traffic Commission.

Trustee Courtney is a lifelong resident of Garden City who has volunteered in many different Village organizations, including her current position as an at-large member of the Village Recreation Commission. She served for nine years as an Eastern Property Owners’ Association (EPOA) director, including two as president, and as the East representative on the Traffic Commission. During the past year, Trustee Courtney had been a leader of the POA Engagement Team, providing a series of events for all Village residents. These events engaged over 1,000 residents and included such activities as the GC Art Exhibit with artist Michael White (in partnership with the Historical Society), the History of Aviation Series (in partnership with the Cradle of Aviation Museum) and the first Village-wide Holiday House Decorating Contest. Trustee Courtney will serve as Commissioner of Building & Planning, as well as a member of the Traffic Commission, the Committee to Fill Vacancies on Boards and Commissions and the Public Information Committee.

Trustee Tai, an educator for more than 20 years, is a member of numerous local and Village clubs and associations. She lives in the Estates Section with her husband and two children. Trustee Tai will serve as co-chair of the Environmental Advisory Board, alongside Trustee Beach Harrington, noting the preservation of green spaces and the planting of trees is a top priority. She will also serve as a mem-

ber of the Finance & Audit Committee.

Trustee Torino moved to Garden City in 1980 with his wife to raise their family. His two sons, Ryan and Christopher, both graduated Garden City High School. He started his own law firm in 1983. Trustee Torino is poised to serve a second consecutive two-year term on the Board. He served as a Trustee from 1997-2001 before running and being elected to the Board again in 2021. Prior to that service he was involved with the Central Property Owners’ Association (CPOA), where he was an officer. He will continue to serve as a member of the Finance & Audit Committee and as liaison to the Library Board of Trustees. He will also serve as Police Commissioner and as a member of the Legal Committee, offering his expertise with special projects.

To contact any member of the Board of Trustees, please visit the Village website, www.gardencityny.net, and click on the “Government” tab at the top of the home page to find their contact information.

Garden City’s Board of Trustees (from left): Trustees Michele Beach Harrington, Bruce Chester and Judy Courtney, Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan, and Trustees Jessicas Tai, Edward Finneran, Bruce Torino and Vincent Muldoon.

Women in Government: Trustee Michele Beach Harrington, newly elected Trustee Judy Courtney, Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan and newly elected Trustee Jessica Tai.

Kordes

This photograph was taken in the late 1950s at an all-boys school. It could have been St. Paul’s School - but it wasn’t. The fellow with the circle around his head is James. Like all those school photos over the years (including yours and mine) one often wonders, looking at all those young faces, who will make a

difference in this world - and who will end up in prison! Most end up living very ordinary lives. Well, in the case of James, his teenage years were not easy as he lost his mother to cancer when he was just 14. His dad had to raise him and his younger brother alone. He was a cotton salesman and played in a jazz band on the side. To help his son through the loss of his mom he bought James a trumpet. However, James liked to sing, and as he could not while playing the trumpet he convinced his dad to exchange it for a guitar.

James taught himself to play and at 15 he met a boy from another school who was a year and a half older who also played guitar and had a little group. James soon joined his new friend’s band. The two quickly became good friends, sharing a love of the new music of the time - rock and roll. They would often skip school and try and write their own songs. They weren’t very good but they were learning as neither of them could read or write sheet music. They would write down their lyrics in a school notebook and the melody they kept in their heads. They figured if they could not remember it then it probably wasn’t very good!

Every day James rode to school on a bus and would often sit next to a boy a year younger who was also learning guitar. Soon he invited him to join their group. There were other boys involved at the time but they didn’t take it as seriously as James and his two new friends. The little band had a series of drummers but none too good until they met Richard. He was good. They played wherever and whenever they could and they kept getting better.

Now, since James’ father was also named James, he would use his middle name - Paul. So the teenager in the photo is Paul McCartney. His older friend was John Lennon. The young boy on the bus was George Harrison and Richard, the drummer, was Richard Starkey (better known as Ringo Starr). They became the Beatles from Liverpool, England. The Beatles would go on to become the most popular, influential musical force in history. From the time Ringo joined the group in August 1962 to their breakup at the end of 1969 was only seven years. However, the quantity and quality of the music they produced in that short time has never been equaled. Their solo careers after 1970 only added to their incredible music legacy.

So, February 7, 2024 was the 60th anniversary of the Beatles arrival in America and their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, before a viewing audience of over 70 million people (America’s population was about 200 million in 1964).

This year is also the 60th anniversary of their first movie “A Hard Day’s Night” filmed in March and April of 1964 and released in July 1964 at the height of “Beatlemania” to world-wide acclaim and several Academy Award nominations. The Beatles play themselves in this extremely entertaining, fun, clever and enjoyable movie.

I will be doing a presentation about the making of “A Hard Day’s Night” at the Garden City Public Library - lower level this Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 1 p.m. The entire 90 minute movie will then be shown. It is a digitally restored version with incredible clarity. All are welcome, so bring your friends. There is no charge and you do not have to be a Garden City resident to attend. I’m looking forward to seeing you all! This is so good it is worth missing work or school - I promise, I’ll write you a note!

Dinner and show at Garden City High School delights community

Garden City High School's rendition of “Mean Girls” exceeded all expectations, captivating audiences with its exceptional performances on March 7–9. Prior to the first show, Garden City senior citizens were treated to a delightful complimentary dinner, courtesy of the Garden City Teachers Association. The atmosphere was further enhanced by the delightful melodies of the Garden City High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Daniel Dellamonica. It was an extraordinary afternoon filled with joy and community spirit.

A special shoutout goes to the National Art Honor Society, led by Amanda Marino, for their beautiful hand-painted flower pots as favors, and their invaluable assistance with the raffle prizes. Thanks to the Garden City PTA, 20 lucky winners walked away with gift cards to local Garden City restaurants, adding to the excitement of the afternoon.

Behind the scenes, a dedicated team

of faculty and students worked tirelessly to bring the production to life. The faculty production team included Co-Directors and Producers Angela McLaughlin and Katie Sckalor, Vocal Music Director and Choreographer Alexandra Frazzetto, Pit Orchestra Director Andew Albani, and Production Assistant Alyssa Acierno. The student production team consisted of StudentChoreographers Tessa Frascogna, Gabriella Olshefsky and Olivia Vendetti, Stage Manager Izzy Komorowski and Assistant Stage Manager Lauren Kaiserman. The team’s hard work and dedication were evident in every aspect of the performances, which played to more than 2,000 community members during their sold out shows on March 8–9.

From the talented cast to the skilled crew and pit orchestra, every element of the production shone brightly, contributing to the overwhelming success of the event.

Garden City High School students performing in "Mean Girls"

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha speaks to seniors at the dinner prior to the first show.

Garden City seniors were treated to a complimentary dinner prior to the first showing of “Mean Girls.”

Garden City’s teachers sponsored and assisted at the dinner.

Garden City High School’s Jazz Band, under the direction of Daniel Dellamonica, performed for residents.

Alexander M. Kimball

Alexander McGregor Kimball, 71, of Charlotte, NC, formerly of Garden City, passed away peacefully surrounded by his wife and children on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Lake Wylie Assisted Living, Lake Wylie, SC, due to complications of advanced dementia. He was a beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, and friend.

Alex was born July 31, 1952, in Mineola,  to Richard Kimball and Mary Katherine Powers Kimball. The fifth of seven siblings, Alex grew up in Manhasset, and spent his childhood playing various sports including baseball, basketball, and football, riding his

IN MEMORIAM

bicycle around town, and sneaking into candy stores. He attended St. Mary’s elementary school where he excelled in math and science, and often recounted the time he “beat the calculator” (then a relatively new invention) in doing complex arithmetic in his head.

His early academic success led to a scholarship to the prestigious Regis High School in Manhattan. It was during his high school years that he developed his deep passion for basketball, an affliction that he carried with him his entire life and passed down to his children. He proudly told and retold stories of his finest moments playing in the old Madison Square Garden and Rucker Park in Harlem. Following graduation, Alex took several years to find his calling, and ultimately enrolled in Manhattan College to study civil engineering.

He soon thereafter met his wife while playing recreational softball with friends in Riverside Park on NYC’s Upper West Side. Intrigued by her determination in “the way she ran to first base,” Alex confidently asked out one of the young ladies on his team, only to be turned down. Fortunately, she decided to give him another chance, and the two were wed on a snowy Valentine’s Day in lower Manhattan in 1983.

Following the arrival of their first two children, Alex and his wife moved their family to Long Island where Alex dedicated himself to supporting his children’s academic and extracurricular activities. While working as a civil engineer in New York City, he coached his children in soccer, basketball, baseball, hawked Girl Scout cookies, attend-

THE OFFICE CAT

From page 25

False alarms

On April 1st the GCFD and GCPD responded to four locations for fire alarms. They determined they were all set in error.

Suspended papers

A Franklin Avenue motorist was charged with driving with a suspended license and a suspended registration on April 1st.

Gas leak?

On April 1st Garden City Firefighters responded to Fairmount Boulevard for a gas leak and upon investigation, deemed the area safe.

Identity theft

On April 2nd a victim reported that their identity had been stolen and used to open an unauthorized bank account.

Suspended license

ed ballet and musical theatre recitals, and served on the school board at their elementary school. He had a deep appreciation for music, and his friends and family delighted in his beautiful singing voice – a treasured gift inherited from his father, shared with his brothers and sisters, and passed down to his offspring.

When their youngest was born, the Kimball family moved to Garden City. Alex worked tirelessly to support his children and the community. For several years he ran the St. Joseph’s CYO basketball league, coaching scores of young aspiring athletes. He could often be seen on the sidelines of GCHS athletic events cheering on the Trojans. His spent his weekends shuttling between countless travel soccer and AAU basketball tournaments, and always volunteered to serve in some capacity, whether as head/assistant coach, scoreboard operator, bookkeeper, or fan extraordinaire.

For 21 years, he worked for a prominent engineering firm in New York City, Hazen & Sawyer, where he managed the design and construction of major water treatment and distribution projects, including the city’s landmark Croton Water Filtration Plant that supplies between 10% and 30% of NYC's drinking water. After 35 years as an engineer, Alex retired and relocated with his wife to Charlotte, NC, in 2017, at which time his mental health began to steeply decline. He was brave and proud and stubborn and loving and humorous right up until the end.

Alex was an avid NY-sports fan, and frequented as many Yankees games

as his schedule and checkbook would allow. He witnessed all three of his children graduate from college, traveled to Africa twice, and welcomed four grandchildren during his lifetime. He lived a rich and meaningful life, full of joy and sorrow, triumphs and defeats. He loved and was loved deeply by those who knew him.

He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Mary Jane Price Kimball; daughter Katherine Kimball Thompson (Jefferson) of Washington, DC; sons Benjamin Parker Kimball of Chicago, IL, and Jeffrey James Kimball of Charlotte, NC; sisters Katherine Kimball of Milwaukee, WI, Mary Caroline Sandorff of Lafayette, IN, and Mary Blanid Kimball Fendrick of Aberdeen, NC; brothers Richard Kimball (Janine) of Jacksonville, FL, and Daniel Powers Kimball of Aberdeen, NC; and grandchildren Audrey Elizabeth Kimball, Eleanor Jane Thompson, Keira Paige Kimball, and Clark Kimball Thompson.

Alex was preceded in death by his beloved parents and his adored sister Katherine Elizabeth Kimball.

Plans for a memorial service will be available at a later date.

The Kimball family kindly requests that friends, family members, colleagues, and acquaintances share their fond experiences, memories, and tributes to Alex here so that we may honor his lasting memory and legacy.

Online condolences may also be made at www.mlfordsons.com

M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Lake Wylie, SC is serving the family of Mr. Kimball.

Shower steam

The GCFD and GCPD responded to a residence for a fire alarm on April 2nd, but determined the cause to be shower steam.

Suspended licenses

On April 2nd two Franklin Avenue motorists were driving with suspended licenses.

Open door

Officers responded to a residence for an alarm on April 2nd and found an open door. Upon investigation, all appeared to be in order.

Oven smoke

On April 2ndGarden City Police and Firefighters responded to a restaurant for a fire alarm and determined the cause to be oven smoke.

A Clinton Road Truck Driver was charged with driving with a suspended license and defective lighting on April 2nd.

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Alexander M. Kimball

Nancy Poole

Nancy Poole

Nancy Marie Coene Poole, a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend to many,

IN MEMORIAM

passed away on February 17, 2024, in Charlotte, NC. She was born on October 27, 1938, and raised in Dobbs Ferry, NY, to Emil L and Dorothy M Coene.

Nancy's life was characterized by love and devotion to her family. She graduated from Wells College in Aurora, NY, in 1961, and married that same November her beloved Edward Brooks Poole, whom she met on a blind date at Colgate University. Together, they created a beautiful life, moving around the country from Norfolk, VA, while Ed served in the Navy, to Troy, NY, where he pursued his Master's at RPI, then to Island Park & Garden City,  and Houston, TX, before returning to Garden City. Despite the tragic loss of Ed in 1993, Nancy found the strength to carry on for the sake of her children and grandchildren, who meant the world to her. She eventually settled near them, first in Branford, CT, and finally with her daughter Laura’s family in Charlotte, NC, where she spent her final decade. She is survived by her three loving children, Stephen Edward Poole (Branford, CT), Christopher Brooks Poole (Carolyn, Tampa, FL), Laura Poole Bollermann

(Douglas, Charlotte, NC); six cherished grandchildren, Alyssa Kate Poole, Bryan Edward Poole, Kate Lynn Bollermann, Brooke Marie Bollermann, Zachary Edward Poole, Jacob Donald Poole; sister, Janet Coene Porterfield; and sister-in-law, Barbara Coene. Preceding her in death, in addition to her beloved husband, are her parents, Emil & Dorothy, brother Roger and nephew Cortland.

Aside from being a wonderful mother and grandmother, Nancy had a profound love for animals, doting on her pets Green, Daisy, Brandy, Christie, and Maggie over the years. In her younger years, she also enjoyed traveling, gardening and singing in the church choir with her granddaughter, Alyssa. Nancy loved the beach, be it at the family’s home in South Hampton in the early years or later at Lawrence Beach Club amongst her close friends. It was with sand between her toes that she found true joy, relaxation and peace. Throughout her life she actively volunteered, running the Winthrop University Hospital Yuletide Ball numerous times and the Trinity Church Fair. Her memory will endure through the lives she touched with kindness and compas -

sion.

Her legacy will be honored through shared memories and donations to the Trinity Episcopal Church Buildings and Grounds Endowment in Branford, CT. A funeral service on April 12 at Edwards-Dowdle Funeral Home will bring her full-circle back to Dobbs Ferry, NY. She will be interned immediately following the service at Kenisco Cemetery. The family would like to extend their deepest thanks to the Huntersville Health & Rehabilitation Center in Huntersville, NC, for the outstanding care they provided to Nancy in her final years of life. In addition, Via Health Partners helped the family to navigate the road to death kindly and with great sensitivity. While Nancy Marie Coene Poole may have departed physically, her spirit will forever live on in our hearts.

The funeral service will be held on Friday, April 12, 2024, 10:00 AM at Edward-Dowdle Funeral Home, 64 Ashford Ave, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. Immediately following the service, Nancy will be laid to rest with her late husband, Edward Brooks Poole in the Poole/Kafka Burial Plot at Kensico Cemetery, 273 Lakeview Ave, Valhalla, NY 10595.

When it comes to funerals, there are as many options as there are people, and we take pride in being able to say we offer them all. HONORING

News from the Garden City Public Library

Celebrate the Solar Eclipse by watching the film "Apollo 13" at the Garden City Public Library on Monday, April 8.

Monday Movies

Monday Movies presented by the Friends of the Garden City Library at 1:30 p.m.:

April 2024

4/8: “Apollo 13” - 1995, 140 minutes

4/15: “Untouchables” - 1987, 119 minutes

4/22: “Crossing Delancey” -  1980, 97 minutes

4/29: “The Intern” - 2015, 121 minutes

April Programs

Yoga Night Out Wednesdays, 7:00–8:00 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room   Wednesday, April 10 Kimberly Mercadante is back with

her popular Yoga Series! Join her for a Yoga Class for beginners. All are welcome! This is a series of six classes to be held on Wednesday evenings and continuing through April 10, 2024. A separate registration is required for each class.  Register online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) or call the Reference desk at (516)742-8405 x 5236.

Program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library

Chess4Community: Play & Learn!

Fridays from 10–11 a.m. in the First Floor Reference Area

Friday, April 26 Friday, June 28 Friday, July 26

Friday, August 30

Chess4Community is launching engaging chess sessions designed to bring together players from diverse ages and skill levels. Participants will be thoughtfully paired based on their playing experience, ensuring a balanced and competitive environment. Throughout these sessions, players will face off against equally matched opponents and receive valuable instruction, offering tailored advice and teaching new strategies and skills.

Registration is required.  You must register separately for each session you want to attend. Registration is online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl. org).  Please note that registration ends two days before each program.

Crafts & Games Programs for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Small Meeting Room

Wednesday, May 15, from 7 p.m.–8 p.m. Saturday,  June 1, from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Friday, July 12, from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Tuesday, August 6, from 7 p.m.–8 p.m.

Each session will feature a different craft, game or activity.  The activity

will be determined closer to the date of each event.  Day Habs & Special Needs Groups are welcome with prior registration.   Individuals can also register to participate.

Registration is required on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).

If you would like your special needs group to participate, please register for only ONE of the five dates listed above.  You can register for an additional date if there is still room one week prior to the start of that program.  When registering please indicate the name of your Day Hab, how many special needs adults will be attending, and how many caregivers will also be attending.

If you are registering as an individual not associated with a Day Hab or Special Needs group, you can register for all five sessions!

Program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library

Runner in Red:

Lessons in Health & Resiliency from the History of Women’s Running

Tuesday, April 9, from 7–8:30 p.m.

in the Large Meeting Room

As a lead up to this year’s Boston Marathon, join us for a fun, enlightening evening with Tom Murphy, author of “Runner in Red,” a Boston Marathon mystery novel that explores the history of women’s running in America.   Learn about women who broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon in the 1960s and discuss ways to apply their lesson of “grit” to benefit you and your health.

All participants will receive a FREE signed copy of “Runner in Red,” compliments of the sponsors, Hilton Capital Management and Kotten.   Space is limited, so register today at RunnerinRed. com.

Historian John Ellis Kordes Presents the 60th Anniversary of the Beatles’

“A Hard Day’s Night”

Thursday, April 11, from 1–3 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room

Join historian John Ellis Kordes for a look at the making of the Beatle’s first movie “A Hard Day’s Night” in 1964.  The 90-minute black and white movie received several Academy Award nominations and worldwide critical acclaim during the height of “Beatlemania.”

After the presentation, Kordes will show the entire movie.  This will be a digitally restored version so the sound and clarity are amazing!   A must see!

For additional information, please contact the Reference desk at (516)7428405 x 5236 or email at Speakingofbooks@ gardencitypl.org.

No registration is required.

Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving

Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room

Receive 10% reduction on automobile/liability insurance and qualify for a licensed point reduction!

Registration is required.  Garden City Public Library cardholders can register in person at the Reference desk beginning  Those without a GCPL card can register beginning Friday, March 22, 2024..  A separate registration is required for each person and proper ID is needed when registering an absentee party.

Checks should be made payable to Empire Safety Council in the amount of  $33.

Bring your valid New York State driver’s license and a pen to class. Contact Reference Desk - (516)7428405 x 5236 or email: Speakingofbooks@ gardencitypl.org.

Solar eclipse at the Garden City Public Library

The Garden City Public Library will have a limited number of solar eclipse glasses available for pick up beginning Thursday, April 4, for Garden City Library cardholders only!  Patrons will be issued only one per Library card on a first come first served basis while supplies last, and must have a valid Garden City Public Library card.  No reservations or holds will be taken.  A disclaimer  must be signed before solar eclipse glasses are given out, so for children 18 and under, a parent or guardian must sign.

The Library will also be hosting a Drop in Eclipse viewing program on Monday, April 8. A limited number of glasses will be available for viewing on this day.  No registration is required. For more information contact: Adult Services at 516-742-8405 ext. 5236 or check our website www.gardencitypl. org

Love to write?

We’re looking for writers in our community to compose ar ticles on local topics, opinions, reviews, worthy places to visit on Long Island, and even pieces of fiction. We aim to feature at least one new article and writer each week in our Discovery magazine section.

Email submissions: editor@gcnews.com

• Attach article and any photos (1MB), along with your name and contact info.

• Articles must be between 1,500 - 3,000 words.

• Each writer will be reimbursed a stipend of $25.⁰⁰

Over 800 jelly beans in the GC Library contest

There were 874 jelly beans in the jar!

The Friends of the Garden City Public Library thank the over 90 library patrons who submitted their guesses as to how many jelly beans were in the jar.

The number of jelly beans in the jar (874) and the winners were announced by Director Marianne Malagon on Wednesday, March 27 in front of the Friends’ Book Sale shelves at 4:00 p.m.

Stay tuned for the Friends’ next guessing game (How Many Peeps are in the Jar?) to coordinate with the Young Adult chick hatching program. The Peeps Guessing Game will begin in the first week of April.

For information on the Friends of the Garden City Public Library, please see gardencitypl.org/ friends

How many Peeps in the GC Public Library?

How many Peeps are there in the jar?

How many Peeps do you think are in the jar at the Garden City Public Library? Stop by the library before April 30 and take a guess! You might win a prize! The Peeps jar is on the Friends of the GCPL book sale shelves (behind the circulation desk).  You can write your guess on the form provided.

Library to install new entryway doors

Village and Library Trustees, along with Village and Library administration, met with construction representatives to discuss a capital project at the Library on Monday, April 1.

The Village continues to invest in safety and security enhancements at the Garden City Public Library. A pre-construction contractors meeting was held to move forward on the recent approval by the Village Board of Trustees of a new capital project to install new doors and security devices in the Library’s entryway.

On Monday, Village and Library administration met with representatives from several companies to discuss the project. In attendance were Village Trustee and Village Board liaison to the Garden City Public Library, Bruce Torino, Village Administrator

Ralph Suozzi, Building Superintendent Giuseppe Giovanniello, Village Civil Engineer Andrew Tock, Village Construction Inspector Scott Schellas, Public Works Superintendent John Borroni, Village Engineer Craig Bandini, Library Board Chairman Randy Colahan, Library Trustee Colleen Foley, Library Director Marianne Malagon and Assistant Library Director

Ralph Guiteau.

Among the contractor representatives in attendance were Chad Urschel, a field supervisor for Intelli-Tec Security Services, Greg Popek from Intricate Tech Solutions, Bill Lopez from NABCO and Noel Eberts from S&L Storefront.

“This newly approved capital project will further enhance security measures we are implementing at the Library to ensure a safe space for patrons and employees alike,” Mr. Colahan said. “Thank you to Trustee Torino, Mayor Carter Flanagan and the Village Board for their continued strong support of the Garden City Library.”

The Village Board engaged the professional services of Intricate Tech Solutions, LTD to install the doors, and Intelli-Tec Security Services to install the required security devices for the new doors. According to Mr. Borroni, the doors, once ordered, are expected to arrive in approximately 10 weeks. “The project is underway,” he said.

The number of Peeps in the jar –and the winner – will be announced on Friday, April 26 in front of the Friends’ Book Sale shelves at 4:00.  We hope to see you there!

For information on the Friends of the Garden City Public Library, please see gardencitypl.org/ friends

It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults Through the Library

Chick Incubation Project: Hatching Begins April 8!

The Library’s Annual Chick Incubation program has returned this year! The eggs arrived on Tuesday, March 19. They are scheduled to begin hatching Monday, April 8. Chicks will be returned 1 week after they hatch. Eggs are picked up from Cornell Cooperative Extension at Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, NY and chicks are returned back to Cornell Cooperative Extension at Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, NY. Before they hatch, make sure to enter a name into our annual Name the Chick contest for your chance to name one of our chicks! Over 375 names have been submitted so far!

Vote for This Year’s Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Club Prizes

This year’s Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Club Prizes will be decided by the tweens and teens! Submit your vote either in person by visiting the Library or online by visiting our website at https://www.gardencitypl.org/vote-for-teens-tweensreading-club-prizes/

To vote you must be entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2024 and are asked to only fill out one ballot. The nominees, as chosen by the Library’s Teen Advisory Board, are as follows:

• $50 Sephora Gift Card

• $50 Amazon Gift Card

• $50 Target Gift Card

• Seventh Street Gift Card

Lunch Package worth $75 (3 $25 gift cards to Guac Shop, Burger Spot, and Garden City Pizza)

• Seventh Street Gift Card Dessert Package worth $75 (3 $25 gift cards to Dunkin, Starbucks, and TCBY)

• $50 AMC GIft Card

• Portable Bluetooth Speaker

• $50 Dick’s Sporting Goods Gift Card

• Airpods

• $50 Barnes & Noble Gift Card

• Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker

• $60 Spotify Gift Card

Voting will be held through April 30. Each teen can select up to 5 of the 12 nominees on his/her/their ballot. The nominees with the most votes will be this year’s Summer Reading Club Prizes, so make sure to get your vote in at the Library. Contact Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https://www.gardencitypl.org/ young-adult-department/contact-theyoung-adult-tweens-teens-department/ if you have any questions.

Egg Scavenger Hunt

This year, patrons can participate in an Egg Scavenger Hunt in

the Library! Search the Library for painted eggs, painted by teen volunteers! Patrons can participate in the scavenger hunt anytime they visit the Library between April 1–April 30. When you successfully complete the Scavenger Hunt, you can submit your completed entry to be entered into a raffle to win a $50 Amazon gift card. Only one entry per person. There will be only one winner. Patrons of all ages can participate! The Scavenger Hunt sheets to participate will be available at the Library beginning April 1. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tree Ornaments for Community Service: Flower Ornaments

Earn community service by painting ornaments for the Garden City Public Library’s Tweens and Teens Department’s Ornament Tree! Each volunteer will receive three ornaments and a set of paint pens to decorate their ornaments at home. Paint pens must be returned to the Library. These ornaments will be used to decorate our new ornament tree each month!

For the month of April ornaments are flowers, which will be used to decorate the Tweens and Teens Ornament Tree in May. Registration begins Tuesday, April 9, at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Completed ornaments must be returned by Thursday, April 18, to the Library.

Registrants will be asked to pick up their ornaments at the Library in order to participate in this community service program. Volunteers must return three decorated ornaments and their set of paint pens in order to receive community service. Volunteers will receive two hours for every three ornaments they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

VolunTeen Artists

Are you artistic? Then join us for our VolunTeen Artists community service program and work on art projects for the Library! Participants will receive community service for attending. Registration is required and began Tuesday, April 2 online via Eventkeeper. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tween Thursdays: Robotic Sphero

Painting with the Young Engineers

Join us for Tween Thursdays for

a special Robotic Sphero Painting program with the Young Engineers! This program is for tweens in Grades 4–7 and is a joint program with the Children’s and Young Adult Departments. Tweens will learn how to code a Robot to paint on canvas. The program will be held Thursday, April 11, at 4 p.m. Registration is required and began Tuesday, April 2, online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. It is Library policy that parents of children under 10 attending a program remain at the Library throughout and meet the child upon completion of the program. Tweens in Grades 6 and 7 who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Teen Crafternoon:

Tie Dye with Chris Buchman

Get ready for summer by Tie Dying a baseball cap with Science Teacher Chris Buchman. This fun and creative program is for children in Grades K–5. Each registrant will be given a baseball cap to tie dye. Registrants may also bring in 2 small white cotton items from home to tie dye. Online registration with a Library Card on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) is required beginning April 2, at 10 a.m. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend this program.

Volunteers Needed: Reading Pals

Volunteer to read to and then do a craft with children ages PreK–Grade 2 during the program Reading Pals! The April session will be held on Tuesday, April 16. The Reading Pals program runs from 4 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 3:30 p.m. to review the material before the start of the program and stay until 5 p.m. to help clean up. Volunteers must be in Grades 6–12 only. Registration to volunteer begins Tuesday, April 9, at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Teen Paint Night

Join us on Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. for Teen Paint Night. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, April 9, at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability.

Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons

Join us for Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons and learn how to play the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons by participating in one of our monthly Dungeons and Dragons Meet-Ups! Beginners are welcome! Each meetup will feature a new self-contained, one-shot adventure and players will be assigned premade characters to play. Please register via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this program. The March session will be held Thursday, April 18, at 4 p.m. Registration begins Tuesday, April 9, at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper. Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Chess4Community: Play and Learn

Join us for Chess4Community: Play and Learn on Friday, April 26, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. All ages and levels are welcome. Registration is required. You must register for each session you want to attend. Register online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl. org). Space is limited, so please check Eventkeeper for availability.

Chess4Community is launching engaging chess sessions designed to bring together players from diverse ages and skill levels. Participants will be thoughtfully paired based on their playing experience, ensuring a balanced and competitive environment. Throughout these sessions, players will face off against equally matched opponents and receive valuable instruction, offering tailored advice and teaching new strategies and skills.

Can’t make it on March 29? This program will run once a month from 10 a.m.–11 a.m. on the following dates:

• June 28, 2024

• July 26, 2024

• August 30, 2024

Registration is required for all sessions. You must register for each session you want to attend. Register online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Please note registration ends two days prior for each session.

It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults Through the Library

Friendship Bracelets for Community Service

Make Friendship Bracelets for friends and Library patrons during Friendship Bracelets for Community Service, which will be held on Monday, April 29, at 4 p.m. at the Library. Inspired by the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, create Friendship Bracelets to trade and give to friends and for the Library to give to patrons. At least one bracelet you make must be used for the Library to give out to patrons in order to earn community service. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, April 23, online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Volunteers Needed: LEGO Club

Volunteer to help children Grades K–5 during the monthly Children ’ s program LEGO Club!

While LEGO Club runs from 4

p.m.–4:45 p.m., volunteers will be asked to arrive at 3:30 p.m. to help setup before the start of the program and stay after to help clean up until 5:15 p.m. Volunteers must be in Grades 6–12. Registration to volunteer for the April session begins Tuesday, April 23, at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Bookmarks for Community Service

Earn community service by creating bookmarks for Garden City Public Library patrons! Each volunteer will receive 10 bookmarks to color, decorate, and write positive or library/ book themed messages. These bookmarks will be available to patrons to take at the Library.

To participate, please register online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. While the first three weeks are over, volunteers can register once each week for the remaining three weeks of the spring season as follows:

• Registration Week Six:

Library Board to meet

There will be a Regular Meeting of the Board of Library Trustees on Monday, April 8, at 7:00 p.m. in the small meeting room on the lower level.

Further details will be posted when available on the Library’s website, www. gardencitypl.org.

See what’s happening at your library!

Check this paper each week for fun and informative all-ages activities, like classes, lectures, concerts, movie screenings, and more, all for free or cheap!

Monday, April 8, at 10 a.m. to Friday, April 12, at 4 p.m.

Bookmarks should be returned no later than Tuesday, April 30.

Registrants will be asked to pick up their bookmarks at the Library in order to participate in this community service program. Volunteers must return 10 completed bookmarks in order to receive community service. Volunteers will receive two hours for every 10 bookmarks they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Poetry for Community Service

Tweens and teens in Grades 6–12 can earn community service by writing poetry for the Tweens & Teens Department National Poetry Month

Display in April! Beginning Monday, March 4, volunteers can write and submit poems. Each volunteer can submit up to five poems and volunteers must use a different shape for each poem they submit. Volunteers’ poems will be displayed as they are submitted outside the Tweens and Teens Room throughout the months of March, April, and May.

Volunteers must come to the Library to pick up a volunteer form and shapes to write their poem on. Shapes to write poems on and the volunteer form can be found inside the Tweens & Teens Room at the Library. If supplies are low, please check back another day for more supplies.

Volunteers must use the shapes provided by the Library to write their poem on and must cut out their shape before submitting their poem. Poems should be legible and written in large enough print and with a dark pen, sharpie, marker, etc so they can be read from a distance. Volunteers can also decorate their shape. All poems should be original work.

Volunteers must return a volunteer form with their poems; volunteers do not have to submit all five poems at once and should do an additional form for poems they submit at a later date. Poems will be accepted until April 30. Please return poems and volunteer forms to the Community Service DropOff Box on the metal cabinet in the Tweens and Teens Room.

Volunteers will receive one hour for every poem they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department.

If you have questions, please contact the Tweens and Teens Department at: https://www.gardencitypl.org/youngadult-department/contact-the-youngadult-tweens-teens-department/.

Tweens and Teens Best Books Committee 2024

Earn community service by reading and reviewing recently published Young Adult books throughout the year and help the Tweens and Teens Department create the Best Books lists for 2024! Volunteers should be in Grades 6–12. Volunteers will be asked to read new books aimed at Grades 6–12 and published between January 1, 2023 and December 6, 2024. Volunteers will then fill out a feedback form, which includes a 300-word review. Volunteers can use the Library’s monthly reading lists beginning in January 2024 to help get ideas on what to read!

To access the feedback form and earn community service credit, scan the QR code on the flier which can be found outside the Tweens and Teens Room. You can also access the feedback form by going to https :// forms.gle/Wy6HqY69envMHjHd8.

Tweens and Teens Around the World Recipe Cards for Community Service

Earn community service by participating in the Library's Tweens & Teens Department Around the World Recipe Card Community Service Project! Each volunteer can submit up to five recipe cards representing their cultural heritage. Recipe cards and volunteer forms can be found at the Library. Volunteers’ recipe cards will be available for other patrons to browse in the Tweens and Teens Room at the Library.

Volunteers must use the recipe cards provided by the Library to write their recipes on. Volunteers must have previously made the dish they are submitting a recipe for and must include a review of the recipe in the form of coloring in stars on the recipe card (a recipe can receive up to five stars). Recipes should be legible and written as neatly as possible. All volunteers should cite the source in which they found the recipe on their recipe card (a source can be a cookbook or website, but can also be a family member or neighbor). Volunteers must return a volunteer form with their recipe cards; volunteers do not have to submit all five recipe cards at once and should do an additional form for recipes they submit at a later date. Recipes will be accepted until May 2, 2024. Please return completed recipe cards and the volunteer form to the Community Service Drop-Off Box on the metal cabinet in the Tweens & Teens Room. Volunteers will receive one hour for every recipe they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens & Teens Department.

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Spring Hydrant Flushing

Each spring the Garden City Water Department opens and flows (flushes) hydrants. This annual maintenance program is essential to the operation. Annual flushing will begin Monday evening, April 8, and continue through the month of April. Flushing water mains is a way to clean out a build-up of dissolved minerals inside our mains. This buildup is caused by reduced water demand during the winter months. These deposits settle to the bottom of the mains and must be cleaned out so that they don’t cause discolored water in the future. Flushing is done between the hours of 11:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m., to keep the disturbance to your water service to a minimum during normal water usage time. While flushing is occurring in your area, you may have some slight fluctuations in water pressure and temporary water discoloration. If you experience discolored water, run your cold water for several minutes. If it does not clear, wait 30 minutes and try again. Here are some recommendations you can follow during flushing dates in your neighborhood:

• Draw water for cooking ahead of time

• Store bottles of water for drinking

• Be sure to check the water quality before using your washing machine or dishwasher

If you have any questions, please contact the Water Department at (516) 465-4020.

GCFD Recruitment Open House

Residents are invited to attend the Garden City Fire Department’s Recruitment

Open House Saturday, April 13, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to learn more at GCFD Headquarters. This program is open to both adults and high school age students (for the Junior Firefighter Program). Event highlights include:

• Apparatus Showcase: Get up close with the tools and vehicles that our firefighters use to save lives and protect properties.

• Forcible Entry Demonstrations: Watch our skilled firefighters demonstrate how they breach doors and barriers during emergen-

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cies.

• Try a Real Fire Hose: Experience the power of a real fire hose under the guidance of our seasoned firefighters.

• Turnout Gear Try-On: Feel what it’s like to wear the gear that protects our firefighters in the heat of action.

• Station Tours: Take a guided tour of our fire station and see where our heroes spend their time training.

Enjoy complimentary bagels, coffee, and donuts while you learn more about volunteer firefighting. For more information, please contact membership@gcfdny.com, call 516-4654142 or visit: www.gcfdny.com/ recruitment.

Easter Car Parade

On behalf of the Board, I’d like to thank the Garden City Chamber of Commerce for all its work putting together the 69th Easter Sunday Vintage Car Parade, which showcased more than 350 antique vehicles to the delight of many residents who enjoyed this holiday tradition with family and friends.

Little League Parade

The Garden City Police Department wishes to advise everyone that the Garden City Little League Parade will be held on Saturday, April 6, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Parking Field 9E will be closed for parade participants and assembly beginning at 8:00 a.m. There will be street closures during this event. Motorists and residents are advised to make arrangements to avoid the affected areas. There will be No Parking as follows:

• 7th Street: both sides of 7th Street, between Franklin Avenue and Hilton Avenue

• Franklin Avenue: Between Stewart Avenue and 11th Street

• Hilton Avenue: Between Stewart Avenue and 7th Street

• Stewart Avenue: South side of Stewart Avenue, east of Hilton Avenue

At 9:00 a.m. the parade will start at 10th Street and Franklin Avenue, proceed south on Franklin Avenue to 7th Street, west on 7th Street to Hilton Avenue, north on Hilton Avenue to Stewart Avenue, east on Stewart Avenue to the Garden City Gazebo where Opening Day ceremonies will be held.

March Fire Department Activity

Chief James Taunton reported that during the month of March the Department responded to 97 calls:

• 84 Signal 8s

• 5 general alarms

• 1 extrication alarm

• 7 mutual aid requests

Left Turn Arrows

Stewart Ave. at Nassau Blvd.

During a November 2022 meeting of the Traffic Commission, members requested Nassau County to consider the addition of two “Left Turn” signals on Nassau Boulevard, southbound and westbound at Stewart Avenue, to be consistent with eastbound and northbound “left turn” signals at that intersection. Additionally, a request was made to Nassau County for the installation of a grid box at this intersection. Installation of the left turn arrows has been approved by Nassau County for both approaches and the required design work by Nassau County is anticipated to begin shortly. No timeframe has been given on when these improvements will be made. The request for the installation of a grid box was denied.

Happening in Garden City

Saturday, April 6th

9:00 a.m. Garden City Little League Parade steps off at 10th St. and Franklin Ave.

Monday, April 8th

1:30 p.m. Movie Matinée: Apollo 13 at the Library. 2 - 4:30 pm Drop in solar eclipse viewing program at the Library. Contact Adult Services at 742-8405 ext. 5236.

7:00 p.m. Library Board of Trustees Meeting. Please note time change.

Tuesday, April 9th

12:15 P.M. Mineola-Garden City Rotary welcomes guest speaker Monica Kiely, a founder of “Say Not To The Casino” group at Mineola’s Davenport Press Restaurant.

Wednesday, April 10th

7:00 p.m. Yoga Night at the Library. Must register.

Thursday, April 11th

1:00 p.m. Historian John Ellis Kordes presents the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night.

Saturday, April 13th

10:00 a.m. Defensive Driving Course at the Library. Must register.

Our Service Directory is sure to bring results. Call 294-8900 for rates and information.

NASSAU COUNTY FORECLOSURE NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE   SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Marie Brifil; et al., Defendant(s)   Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 11, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 24, 2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 1033 Tulsa Street, Uniondale, NY 11553.  All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Uniondale (not incorporated) in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 50 Block Y Lots 234 and 271.  Approximate amount of judgment $478,976.09 plus interest and costs.  Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 605833/2019. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held "Rain or Shine."  Malachy P. Lyons Jr, Esq, Referee  LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792  Dated: February 21, 2024

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Journalist to headline Adelphi student conference

Hundreds of Adelphi students from across the University’s academic disciplines will showcase their work at Adelphi’s 21st Scholarship and Creative Works Conference on Tuesday, April 16, at Adelphi’s Ruth S. Harley University Center. Nicholas Kristof, American journalist and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, will discuss navigating the truth in today’s media landscape in the conference’s keynote conversation, sponsored by the Bhise Global Understanding Project.

The day-long event will celebrate the efforts of Adelphi’s undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students and their faculty members by expanding their learning experience through research. Students

will share their work via posters, demonstrations and group presentations, learn to defend their research and engage with other academics, and, overall, develop an appreciation for scholarship and what it contributes to society. Topics to be presented will include healthcare, cybersecurity, ecotourism, the long-term psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout, insomnia, global issues and more.

“Adelphi’s Scholarship and Creative Works Conference is a unique opportunity for our student scholars and creators to showcase their incredible work to the Adelphi community and beyond,” said Alexander Heyl, PhD, associate professor of biology and co-chair of the conference. “Dr. Wei Liu and I, as organizers of this conference, are very grateful for all the support we received from the University to facilitate this truly special event celebrating our students’ hard work and important research contributions.”

Nicholas Kristof is an American journalist and political commentator, a regular CNN contributor, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. According to The Washington Post, Kristof “rewrote opinion journalism” with his emphasis on human rights abuses and social injustices, such as human trafficking and the Darfur conflict. Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa described Kristof as an “honorary African” for shining a spotlight on neglected conflicts in the continent.

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Nicolas Kristof Photo courtesy Adelphi University

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VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK DETERMINATION AND FINDINGS

PURSUANT TO THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR THE MEADOW STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Determination and Findings by the Village of Garden City (the “Village”) pursuant to Eminent Domain Procedure Law of the State of New York (“EDPL”) Section 204 in connection with the proposed acquisition by eminent domain of 126+ X 25  foot parcels, Lot A and Lot B, on Meadow Street in the Village, which are an extension of College Place, and are identified by the following tax map numbers (the “Property”), for the Meadow Street Drainage Improvement Project. This proposed acquisition by condemnation of the Property is referred to hereinafter as the “Project.”:

Lot Village of Garden City Tax Map Number

A     Map of Garden City Lawns, Block 52, Lot A

B     Map of Garden City Lawns, Block 53, Lot B

The Project involves the acquisition by eminent domain of the Property to install a drainage system to address flooding on Meadow Street between College Place and Tremont Street in the Village. Acquisition of the Property will include acquisition of land, buildings, and improvements, if any, situated thereon, and all other property interests of any kind or nature.

Pursuant to Section 204 of the EDPL, the Village held a public hearing at Village Hall, located at 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530, on February 8, 2024, to consider the Project. A notice of the meeting was published in the Garden City News on January 19, 2024 and January 26, 2024, and in Newsday each day from January 22, 2024 through January 26, 2024. A copy of the Notice was also posted at various public locations throughout the Village. A search was made for assessment record billing owners, but none could be located.

At the hearing: Village Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan described the Project, and that the Property that the Village is seeking to acquire will be used for the Meadow Street Improvement Project, in order to install a drainage system. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi spoke in detail about the flooding and the cause of the flooding, which is a result of a drainage problem emanating from the Long Island Expressway and down through the Village into Hempstead Lake Village Superintendent of Public Works John Borroni also spoke the potential timing of the Meadow Street Improvement Project. Village residents, including individuals who reside next to the Property, spoke and asked questions about the impact of the Project and the Meadow Street Drainage Improvement Project. There was discussion of the flooding problem on Meadow Street, including comments from residents who spoke about the severity of flooding during storms.

The record of the hearing was closed on February 8, 2024. All testimony has been reviewed, made part of the record, and afforded full consideration. No written comments were received.

At its meeting on March 21, 2024, the Village Board of Trustees, consistent with its obligations under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”), adopted a Resolution which classified the Project as “Unlisted” under SEQRA, determined that there were no other involved agencies, and determined that the Project will not have any significant adverse impacts on the environment. The Village’s SEQRA determination and findings, along with a copy of the Environmental Assessment Form (“EAF”) are incorporated herein by reference. In the EAF prepared in connection with the proposed condemnation, no moderate to large environmental impacts were identified by the Village.

FINDINGS

Pursuant to EDPL § 204 and having given due consideration to the complete hearing record, which includes, among other things, all testimony and all documents submitted or made available, and all public comments, the Village makes the following findings concerning the Project:

1.    The Public Use, Benefit, or Purpose to be Served by the Project (EDPL § 204 (B)(1)).  Pursuant to EDPL § 204 (B)(1), the Village concludes that the Project will serve a legitimate public purpose. The Project will permit the Village to acquire the land on which the Village will proceed with the Meadow Street Improvement Project, which involves the installation of a drainage system to address flooding on Meadow Street between College Place and Tremont Street in the Village. Addressing the flooding that occurs in this area will contribute to the safety, general welfare, and convenience for residents and the general public, and will also reduce the potential of property damage from flooding.

2.    Location of Real Property and Reasons for Selection of that Location (EDPL § 204 (B)(2)). Pursuant to EDPL § 204 (B)(2), the Village concludes that the Property is appropriate location for the Project because the land the Village seeks to acquire has been determined to be a location where the flooding on Meadow Street occurs, and where a drainage system can be installed to alleviate this flooding. Alternative locations were discussed but were determined to be too costly or involved actions impacting neighboring municipalities to which those municipalities would not agree.

3.    General Effect of Real Property Acquisition on the Environment (EDPL §204 (B)(3)). Pursuant to EDPL § 204 (B)(3), the Village concludes that the general effect of the Project on the Environment will be negligible. The Project involves the acquisition of property for the Meadow Street Improvement Project, specifically, a drainage system to be installed underground to address flooding on Meadow Street between College Place and Tremont Street in the Village.

4.    General Effect of the proposed Acquisitions on the Residents of the Locality (EDPL § 204 (B)(3)). Pursuant to EDPL § 204 (B)(3), the Village concludes that the general effect of the Project on the residents of the locality will be overwhelmingly positive. The drainage system to be installed on the Property the Village seeks to acquire will address flooding issues that impact the residents of Meadow Street and surrounding areas, making travel safer for residents, first responders, and municipal workers, as well as reducing potential property damage, and providing a safer environment during inclement weather.

5.    Other Relevant Factors (EDPL § 204 (B)(4)). Pursuant to EDPL § 204 (B)(4), the Village considered other factors raised at the public hearing. Oral comments were received regarding the following topics: (a) the timing of the Project and the Meadow Street Improvement Project; (b) the maintenance of the Property once the Project and the Meadow Street Improvement Project are complete; (c) retention of vegetation and aesthetics once the Project and the Meadow Street Improvement Project are complete; (d) noise that will be caused by the Meadow Street Improvement Project, after the acquisition of the Property is complete.

All comments have been given careful, extensive, and due consideration by the Village Board of Trustees. No written comments were received.

DETERMINATION

Based on due consideration of the record and the foregoing findings, it is determined that the Village should exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire the above-described Property in order to promote and permit the purposes of the Project to be achieved.

Copies of this Determination and Findings by the Village are available and will be forwarded without cost and upon request, by writing to the Village Clerk at: Kelly Galanek, Village Clerk, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530, kgalanek@gardencityny.net.

ATTENTION: ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO SEEK JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THIS DETERMINATION AND FINDINGS, OR WHO CLAIMS TO BE AGGRIEVED BY SUCH DETERMINATION AND FINDINGS AND WHO WISHES TO CHALLENGE SAME, MUST DO SO, IF AT ALL, (1) BY DULY COMMENCING A LEGAL PROCEEDING IN THE APPELLATE DIVISION, SECOND DEPARTMENT, SUPREME COURT, STATE OF NEW YORK, 45 MONROE PLACE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201, NO LATER THAN MAY 20, 2024, OTHERWISE SUCH CHALLENGE OR JUDICIAL REVIEW MAY BE TIME-BARRED, AND (2) BY DULY SERVING A DEMAND UPON THE VILLAGE TO FILE THE RECORD UNDERLYING THE DETERMINATION AND FINDINGS. THE APPELLATE DIVISION MAY CONSIDER THE PUBLIC USE, BENEFIT OR PURPOSE TO BE SERVED BY THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION AND OTHER MATTERS SET FORTH IN EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW 207. UNDER SECTIONS 207 AND 208 OF THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW, THE EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR ANY CHALLENGE TO THIS DETERMINATION AND FINDINGS IS THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED APPELLATE DIVISION, ANYONE WISHING TO CHALLENGE THIS DETERMINATION AND FINDINGS IS ADVISED TO CONSULT AN ATTORNEY PROMPTLY.

April 5, 2024

European Waterways Alsace-Lorraine Canal Cruise: Strasbourg Cathedral, Wine Tasting on Route des Vins

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

Day 2 Krafft to Strasbourg

Our first morning cruising the canals of France’s Alsace-Lorraine aboard European Waterways’ luxury barge hotel, Panache, takes us from Krafft on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin toward Strasbourg. The route brings us through a spectacularly picturesque allee of trees that apparently dates back to the time of Napoleon. The landscaping of this avenue of trees is a straight line with the trees uniform in shape. You have the feeling of floating through Impressionist paintings – it is so exquisitely beautiful, especially with the morning light creating an ethereal tableau.

We cruise through locks 81 to 85. A towpath along the canal has been repurposed for biking and walking, and I immediately set out to ride. Captain Brian readies the bike and puts it on the bank for us - it doesn’t take long to get the hang of stepping on or off the boat as it lifts up or down in the lock. (I quickly learn by mistake to watch the signs that tell you when to cross over the canal to stay on the path.)

I soon realize that I bike three times as fast as the boat travels, especially since it also spends time going through various locks, so I can enjoy biking the route, then riding back to a lock as the boat approaches, and get to see the scenery all over again from the perspective of the boat’s sundeck (also, it is usually lunch time – don’t want to miss that).

his inspiration for the printing press from the wine presses.

Gutenberg Place also has a marvelous old-timey carousel and since Kathy and Marc are celebrating their 25th anniversary today and Kathy has expressed interest in riding it, we whisper to Marc he should take her for a ride.

We walk next to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, considered one of the finest examples of Rayonnant Gothic architecture in Europe. With the bell tower at 142 meters (466 feet) high, Strasbourg’s Cathedral stood as the world’s tallest building for 227 years (1647 to 1874). It was visible across Alsace, as far away as the Black Forest and the Vosges Mountains, from which the reddish-brown sandstone that gives the cathedral its distinctive color was quarried.

Lunch this first day is a salad of beet root and goat cheese; chicken with a moelle sauce and polenta, served with Saint Romain Chardonnay from Burgundy and La Baronne Alaric (2014), a Syrah blend from the south of France. The cheeses include a blue cheese made from a 1200-year old recipe from Auvergne; a Reblochon from Savoie, made from raw cow milk and aged.

We arrive at Strasbourg, where we tie up at a canal at the outer ring of the historic center, Le Petit France, and walk off the boat to explore on our own before meeting up at Le Pont du Corbeau for a walking tour guided by Captain Brian.

We walk through Le Petit France, the section we find so charming and picturesque with its painted houses

with wood beams, floral arrangements, and immaculate streets. But Captain Brian notes, before the 18th century, this district would have been the poorest, stinkiest part of town, populated with fishermen, tanners, and animals. The structures would have been made with wood beams coated with a varnish made of a mixture of blood and vinegar (“it looks good but stinks”); waste would have been thrown directly into the canal. The closer to the Cathedral, though, the richer you likely would be – the Chamber of Commerce is located a stone’s throw away.

We walk to Place Gutenberg, centered by a fabulous monument to Johannes Gutenberg, the German inventor of moveable type. Brian tells us that it is said Gutenberg got

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Spectacularly decorated with 300 statutes on the outside and two towering spires supported by two huge pillars, it is a study in Gothic flamboyance and still one of the most impressive churches in all of France. We go inside to see the impressive stained glass windows. There is also an astronomical clock, a Renaissance masterpiece.

The Musee de L’Oeurvre NotreDame just across the square, which I visited, is where you can see the original statuary and art that decorated the Cathedral.

Also across the square – which is a delightfully festive place – there is the Palais Rohan, which Louis XIV built for the Bishop to cement his bond with the Catholic Church. Today it houses three important

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museums – Fine Arts, Decorative Arts and Archaeology - which I have already visited.

We continue to wander on our own, exploring the narrow cobblestone streets, returning to the ship by 7 pm for dinner.

Dinner features tuna tartare with ponzu, served in a rice paper cup with edible flowers; octopus in black sauce (squid ink). The wines are Santenay La Forge (2021) from Cote D’Or; the red is Mercurey, a Bourgogne from Louis Jadot. The cheeses tonight include the “Queen of Cheese,” Brie de Meaux; Langres, a cow’s milk cheese from Champagne-Ardenne and Selles-surCher, a goat’s milk cheese from the Loire Valley.

Then, Captain Brian surprises Marc and Kathy with a ritual to celebrate their 25th anniversary – he takes out a saber and shows Marc how to slice open a champagne bottle. Then we toast their 25th anniversary with Champagne.

Day 3 Strasbourg to Waltenheim-sur-Zorn

While still moored in Strasbourg this morning, we are taken on a scenic drive into the rolling Vosges hills on La Route des Vins d’Alsace, the oldest wine route in France.

Instead of visiting a conventional vineyard and winery, Captain Brian takes us to Domaine Lissner in the village of Wolxheim to meet a renegade, a true maverick: Bruno Schloegel is on a self-appointed mission to prove how wine can be and should be produced truly naturally, truly sustainably, to protect the environment and the planet.

Bruno’s neighbors were not happy (and thought him fou) – his vineyard, which he took over in 2001 from his Uncle Clement Lissner, is a wild tangle of vines in contrast to their neat, manicured, rows of pruned vines – but some have come around. He acknowledges his yields are not as great, but it costs him a fraction to operate because he doesn’t use any machinery, any extra energy, or any irrigation or pumps, and spends less on labor. He estimates he saves 600 man-hours of work and some E60,000.

Bruno, who was a university professor and sociologist, has a deep reverence for the past and a deep concern for the future. Vines have been cultivated here since the 7th century, his family has been here since the 17th century, and this vineyard has been in his family for generations. Wine stock, he tells us,

can last 800 years. “I had to imagine 2-3 generations from now,” he tells us. “I am responsible to the next generation; these vines link us from the past to the future. We have to find new ways to live in nature.”

Since taking over the vineyard, he has spent the past 22 years “rebuilding the chains of life – the birds, insects and what is under soil. It is a complex approach. I want to take you in our world, our way of thinking. Our wines are living wines- the result of animals, plants – living systems” served non-filtered. “We had to wait up to 10 years for the soil to be alive. We didn’t plant, didn’t treat, don’t put pressure on the wine stock.”

It took that long for the natural plants, animals, insects to come back and for the soil to be rejuvenated. He depends on the birds, spiders, insects, lizards to maintain the ecosystem. “If you would have to invent this machine (a lizard) to wait for fly – it would cost a lot,” he half-jokes. He stresses the importance of biodiversity, “each place another world.”

Manicured vineyards, Bruno insists, masks poor soil. “They are not close to a living system. They are ‘slave’ to the plow. What are we doing to the planet?” In contrast, “We don’t disturb the living cycle.”

He acknowledges that this was an experiment in geological behavior, but insists, “Natural methods produce more resilient vines,” and he will be in much better shape to meet the inevitable challenges of climate change.

“Energy is not cheap – especially with climate change,” he says. “But even if the climate changes, our sys-

tem will adapt. We have to find new ways – with this experiment, I can say it works.”

Sounding a bit like a Buddhist monk of winemaking, he says, “More is sometimes less. They cut from the human, machine point of view, not the vine’s point of view” and speaks of “happy vines” free to live their own cycle. “I listen to the wine stock. I let the birds have first growth of grape.” He shows us a plant at the head of a row that presents like a natural cup for birds to drink so they don’t come to vines.

“We regard the vines like a relationship with a living being. We used to have this relationship. It’s a good way to renew relationship in next century.”

“A harvest is like a wedding – a high moment. We prepare the bride for wedding – we cut only what is dangerous, prune just to make it safe. He says constantly trimming the leaves, prevents the vines from reaching the end of their natural cycle. “There is a time when the leaves should stop growing, so all the energy of the plant goes to grape. But what they do is cut leaves just to make sugar.”

He takes us next into his wine cellar. He spent four years designing it, another year to find an architect and 40 pages of plans to build a sustainable system that relied on gravity and natural temperature control without the aid of machines or external energy. “We wanted a vertical effluent process to let yeast ferment the juice. The old system had too many steps.”

Back in his tasting room, we get to sample a dozen of his wines.

We drive back to the Panache where lunch is being served: a cold black

tomato and cucumber soup; spinach and cheese quiche; smoked salmon, horseradish; marinated seabass; strawberry and goat cheese, and chocolate mousse. The wine includes Chateau Aspras, LesTrois Freresand a premiere Rose (2022) from Cotes de Provence, a lovely light wine so suited for lunch.

We pull away from our mooring in Strasbourg to continue cruising, taking us passed the impressive European Parliament building on the outskirts of Strasbourg and on through the Brumath Forest to the picturesque village of Waltenheim-sur-Zorn.

I bike from Lock 51 to 44 (it takes just a half hour), back and forth, thrilled by the pastoral landscapes.

Tonight’s dinner is in a charming restaurant in the village, A L’Eoile, which, though very good, cannot compare with Chef Leo’s creations – clearly we have been spoiled in just these few days.

A few of us go for a walk in the night – the view of the boat on the canal is breathtaking.

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BY LOU THEODORE

I once humorously offered this comment to my students: “either you’re from Harvard and can’t count or from MIT and can’t write”. The comment was made to introduce the difference between non-technical writing and technical writing.

Well, what about the difference? The non-technical and technical material are written in contrasting styles. Technical pieces are written in a factual, ‘dry’ style, emphasizing quantitative analysis, whereas the non-technical passages contain numerous adjectives and modifiers. Similarly, engineering texts I’ve written, (149) have one thing in common: they contain a minimum of pictures and graphs, usually in black and white. Non-technical texts, by contrast, contain numerous color pictures and graphics. The contrast in style between the two is reminiscent of the contrast between a black and white “how to” video, and a high-budget movie. Naturally, the engineering texts use a pragmatic and mechanistic approach, while the non-technical books have a philosophical bent, or what I define as the liberal arts approach. Further, one generally transmits information while the other entertains. In any event, this article is concerned with technical writing, a topic that should be of interest to many of the readers.

Technical writing really isn’t that difficult; it is NOT a talent that only a handful of people are born with. With that in mind, here are a few basic rules (a baker’s dozen) that can transform one’s writing from a confusing, garbled mess into something that will impress readers.

1. If applicable, know thy reader(s).

2. It helps if the subject has not been written about before. If it has, improve what is available by editing, rewriting, expanding, and updating. There should also be an element of interest to the reader(s).

3. Prepare an outline. This should

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include an appropriate title, objective(s), introduction, background, results, conclusion(s), and recommendations(s).

4. Improve the foundation of the outline by filling it in with notes and sentences.

5. Keep related ideas together and establish a logical flow from paragraph to paragraph and section to section.

6. The abstract or executive summary (for technical reports) is the most important part of the writing. Spend a significant amount of time here. It is the only material that is read by the majority of the readers. The reader (perhaps your immediate supervisor) can then decide whether to go deeper into the writing. This is very important: the abstract should contain a brief summary of the report without referring to the main body of the report.

7. Sentences should contain little to no unnecessary words; paragraphs should contain little to no unnecessary sentences. One certainly would have no unnecessary lines in a diagram or unnecessary parts in a machine.

8. The swan song of the successful writer is: revision, revision, revision. Start early, e.g., weeks before it is due and / or submitted. Get colleagues, friends, your wife (my usual option), to review and critique your material.

9. If your “report” is a resume, make sure it is current. Be prepared to tailor your resume to the individual reviewing it. And, don’t be bashful. I often refer to myself as “the foremost environmental authority in the world.”

10. If there is a Table of Contents, list every section title and heading starting with page 1, not page I, and give the number of the page on which it appears.

11 If there is a Statistical Error Analysis, it must be written with opening and closing paragraphs. It should include theoretical equations along with written explanations, and conclude with a discussion of the numerical values determined from the error analysis.

12. Conclusions and recommenda-

tions (if required) are just that. It is generally written as an extended paragraph even though it is often a series of loosely related topic sentences.

13. References may be required. Footnotes are not commonly used in technical literature. All of the references cited in the report must be listed at the end of the report and (my preference) in the order of their appearance.

I hope this helps. In the final analysis, the more one reads and writes, the easier it becomes. It is like tying shoes or riding a bike; it’s a little hard at first, but once mastered it will never leave you.

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BY TOM MARGENAU

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

In today’s column, I’m going to talk about Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Despite what many people think, these government programs are not like three peas in a pod. They are more like a pea, a bean and a stalk of celery. In other words, they are all sort of connected because they are government programs that sometimes have an overlapping beneficiary base. But ultimately, they are three very different programs with very different rules and very different management structures.

Before I go on, I want to share a story that will seem very disconnected from what I was just writing about. But I promise I will tie it in to the topic at hand.

About 50 years ago, when I first started working for the Social Security Administration in one of their field offices in central Illinois, part of my job had me running to local nursing homes to take care of the Social Security needs of their residents. One day, I got to chatting with the administrator of one of those nursing homes. I mentioned the music that was being piped into their sound system throughout the home. The instrumentals were big band era groups such as Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. And the singers were the likes of Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney. I said something about how old-fashioned it seemed. And the administrator told me the residents liked it because it’s the music they grew up with. And then she said: “Mark my words. 50 years from now when our generation is in nursing homes, you will hear the Beatles and the Rolling Stones piped into our rooms.” I think I said something like, “No way that will ever happen!” (I guess I was thinking that just seemed so inappropriate. And besides, we’re never going to get old!)

Well, fast forward five decades to just a few days ago. My neighbor asked me to accompany her to a local nursing home where her brother was staying. And lo and behold, as we walked in the front door, I heard the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” playing on their sound system. Oh, my goodness! We did get old. And we took our music with us!

OK, so what does this have to do with today’s topic? Well, while at the home, my neighbor mentioned that her brother’s care was being taken care of by his Medicare coverage. I had to correct her and tell her that his nursing home care was very likely being paid for by Medicaid and not Medicare. She said she thought they were simply different parts of the same program. But they are not. And now I will explain.

But before I do, I must add this caveat. I’m a retired Social Security guy. As such, I am an expert in almost all Social Security matters. But I am definitely not an expert when it comes to Medicare and Medicaid. However, I know enough about them to give this broad-strokes overview of the programs. So that’s what’s coming.

I’m sure all of my readers are pretty familiar with Medicare. It’s the federal health care program for seniors over 65 and for people getting disability benefits. It’s managed by an agency called the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

It is NOT run by the Social Security Administration, as many people think.

Why the confusion? Because CMMS does not have any local field offices, they rely on the SSA to get people enrolled in Medicare. Because of that, and because Medicare premiums come out of Social Security checks, many people think the SSA runs Medicare. Again, they don’t. Once you are enrolled in Medicare, the SSA essentially washes its hands of your Medicare experience, and CMMS takes over.

Anyway, Medicare has two basic plans. Part A, or hospital coverage, is paid for by the Medicare payroll tax deducted from a worker’s paycheck. So, it’s essentially free once you turn 65. (And by the way, even though the Social Security full retirement age has climbed to 67, the Medicare eligibility age is still 65.)

The other main Medicare plan is Part B, which pays for doctor’s visits, lab work, etc. Part B is financed by the aforementioned premium deducted from your Social Security check. The basic monthly premium is $174.70, but it can be much higher for well-to-do seniors.

I can’t tell you how many times over the years (tens of thousands of times) people have told me something like this: “Yes, I have both parts of Medicare. I have Medicare and Medicaid.” But what they meant to say was: “I have both parts of Medicare. I have Part A and Part B.” That’s just one example of the many ways people confuse Medicare and Medicaid.

Before I move on to a brief overview of Medicaid, I must point out that there are other parts to Medicare such as Part C (usually called Medicare Advantage Plans) and Part D, which offers prescription drug coverage. I know almost nothing about these programs, so I’m not explaining them here. I’m simply acknowledging that they exist.

So now on to Medicaid. What is it? In some past columns, I almost flippantly and offhandedly have told readers that Medicaid is like Medicare, but for poor people. And that is sort of correct, but of course there is so much more to it than that.

Briefly, Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that covers medical costs for people with limited income and resources. Because there is that state tiein, the eligibility rules can vary from one state to another. So there is simply no way I can explain them in a nationally syndicated newspaper column. Suffice it to say, you’ve got to be pretty darn poor to get Medicaid coverage. In fact, I’m betting that most readers of this column are getting Medicare, but very few of them are getting Medicaid.

I just said there are state-specific eligibility rules for Medicaid. But there is one

national program that includes Medicaid eligibility. And that’s the Supplemental Security Income program. SSI is a federal welfare program that pays a small monthly stipend (rarely more than about $900 per month) to elderly poor and to poor people with disabilities. And Medicaid el-

igibility almost always goes along with an SSI check. And another one of the jurisdictional problems is that SSI is managed by the Social Security Administration. And that leads people to think that their Med-

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Meeting with your Legislators can make a difference

Many Realtors went up to Albany on March 27-28th. This was our yearly pilgrimage and ritual to discuss and have a dialogue concerning proposals for new laws and regulations and their effect on real estate; as well as the current laws and ways to enhance and upgrade them for the current business environment in NYS. Their effect can be dramatic and costly for consumers and purchasers. Laws that are enacted sometimes harm Realtors involved in the real estate industry in New York State.

One of the major topics was the power that coop boards have over purchasers; especially having to fill out an immense amount of paperwork providing a large amount of personal information. (this is not a requirement when buying a condominium, Townhouse, or HOA).

As many as 1500 pages are sometimes required and created by the purchaser. There is a lot of time involved in compiling and putting together some board packages that must be organized, tabbed by sections, and set in hard-cover presentation folders. However, some management companies today are using online applications that are making the process much more seamless and have truly simplified the process.

Paying the mandatory application fees isn’t a guarantee that you will pass the coop board review, and there are no refunds. I did convey in last week’s column that it is understood that managements earn a portion of their income from their board application fees. In addition, since the COVID19 pandemic, a NYS law was enacted that said buyers were only requirred to pay a maximum of $20 per credit check inquiry. Previously I experienced fees ranging from $50-$125 per applicant! Some gouging was happening and that new law saved buyers a lot of money. This showed me that the new regulations, enacted by our NYS Legislature were working for the purchasers.

The boards in Nassau County, are not required to let a buyer know why he or she failed to pass a board review. We explained that this is unjust and unfair, especially without a partial refund. It appears today, that the migrants in many situations are treated better than the prospective buyer(s) of coops.

I brought up the idea of having a buyer(s) of residential homes who were

approved for a grant of $39,000, to be able to do a full inspection, as is normally done when purchasing a home. However, currently, when receiving a grant, it is mandatory to have a complete inspection.

However, if it is a foreclosure, then 99.9% of the time the houses are winterized all year long.

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

I proposed that the buyer put up $500, to turn on all the utilities, and then be able to have their home inspector do a proper, thorough, and complete inspection. Then the individual or company, who turned all the utilities back on, can now winterize the home again. So in the event the buyer changes their mind, at least the home is now protected once again, from potentially frigid weather and having to contend with broken pipes. This would enable more buyers of foreclosures, being end users to purchase and then over the years build roots, friends, and connections in the community; where, as investors, we do nothing but buy, fix, and flip or buy and hold and rent. I am not necessarily building roots or friendships. Building a community is more important in the short and long run than earning money and not assisting in truly benefiting the communities being served.

As of March 20th, we now have a NYS law, that requires the homeowner to fill out the 48-question Seller Property Condition Disclosure form if they aren’t in contract by that date. Also, the $500 fee previously required and charged to be paid to the buyer by the seller, if the questionnaire wasn’t filled out, has now been eliminated. However, I am working on inquiring if someone is impaired mentally, that may have Dementia or worse Alzheimer’s disease or mental disability, that the requirement be waived.

I was able to have several varied discussions with Senator, Jack M.Martins, 7th District, Jennifer Slagen, Legislative Director for Gina L.Sillitti, member of Assembly 16th District, Amy R. Paulin, Member fo Assembly 88th District, Westchester County, Michael J. Kelly, Director of Government Affairs for NYSAR (New York State Association of Realtors) and Marlo Paeventi, RCE, Sr. Director of Public Policy and

Government Affairs, Chief Lobbyist for LIBOR (Long Island Board of Realtors), who presided with others, over one of our meetings.

RPAC (Realtors Political Action Committee) is our local LIBOR committee that raises funds yearly enabling our local LIBOR to lobby and fight against specific rules and regulations, brought to the Legislative floor in consideration of creating a new law or updating others. Some of the laws could make it more difficult and burdensome for those in real estate, and purchasers and sellers too.

So going to Lobby Day yearly is a crucial yearly event that all Realtors should consider showing up and attending. We have more power in numbers. So if you are a Realtor or are licensed Broker, Associate Broker or salesperson, watch for our next Lobby Day, most likely in February 2025, and participate in having your voice heard by your Legislators.

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Make Sure You Have These 9 Essential Pantry Items

BY MARY HUNT

I won’t ask if you’ve been paying attention to what’s going on with food in the U.S. Who could possibly avoid getting smacked in the face nearly every day with the high cost of feeding a family?

I just read that the average cost of ground beef in the U.S. is hitting an alltime high. I believe it, and not only beef. It is shocking how grocery prices have skyrocketed, which underscores the need for a well-stocked pantry.

The way to fight back is twofold: Eat the sales, and eat at home. That means only putting items in the cart that are on sale (my benchmark is 30% discount), and preparing and eating that food at home.

I know -- it sounds so easy. And it can be if you make sure your kitchen pantry is well stocked. It’s annoying and expensive not to have basic items on hand. You don’t have what you need and don’t have time to go get it, which means, of course, you’ll have to go out for dinner. Again.

Taking the time and effort to make sure you always have the following nine essential pantry items will save a lot of money, provided you pick these items up as they go on sale. Think of this as a project.

1. EVAPORATED MILK

I detest evaporated milk because I had to drink it as a kid. But it’s fabulous for cooking and baking! Keeping a few cans in your pantry ensures you’ll always

have milk on hand when the recipe calls for it.

2. DRY BUTTERMILK

This is amazing. You can find it in the baking aisle as “cultured buttermilk blend.” I can’t tell you how many times buttermilk as an ingredient in something has thrown me to the wolves. Who keeps buttermilk on hand?

And when you need only a small amount, then what to do with the rest of it? This dry option is the answer. I keep it in the freezer, and it lasts indefinitely. I find myself reaching for it quite often. It’s so easy to use, following the chart on the label.

3. CANNED TUNA

Always have a few cans of white albacore on hand. A good tuna sandwich is hard to beat, which makes it a great fallback. Mix with onions, pasta, canned tomato and some dried herbs to make a tuna casserole. Everybody should have one wickedly delicious tuna pasta bake recipe up their sleeve.

4. TOMATO SAUCE

Turn it into pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce. Add it to soup. Many quick and easy casseroles call for tomato sauce. If you have a few small cans as well as regular size, you won’t waste a bunch when a recipe calls for just a small amount of tomato sauce.

5. FROZEN PEAS

My favorite thing to keep on hand; frozen peas fix anything. Add peas to any pasta dish, stew or salad and you’re add-

ing nutrition as well as visual appeal.

6. SHREDDED CHEESE

You’ll save money if you buy bulk cheese and shred it yourself. But if you are not prone to do that ahead, buy it shredded. You’ll recoup the cost the first time you opt to fix a quick meal of quesadillas. And you’ll be good to go for a quick macaroni and cheese, too, and for pizza topping or to garnish chili.

7. FROZEN CHOPPED ONIONS

Yes, you can chop it yourself if you happen to have an onion on hand. And you don’t have to buy them chopped. You can do this ahead and just keep a bag in the freezer. However you do it, having this on hand is such a great idea. You’ll see.

8. BOUILLON

I think you need chicken, vegetable and beef. It comes granulated, cubed or as a very thick, concentrated base labeled “Better Than Bouillon,” which you keep refrigerated. I prefer the latter, but any bouillon will get you out of a jam when you don’t have chicken stock or beef broth on hand, or when a recipe calls for bouillon. Or you just want a nice hot cup of chicken broth. It’s easy to use and simple to store.

9. CHICKEN BROTH

Keeping a few cans on hand is a smart idea. Again, you can make it yourself, but will you? Canned broth or stock is an ingredient you will appreciate having on hand for bases, sauces, gravies and soups.

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Feeding Your Baby

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There’s new research suggesting early introduction of common allergy foods to babies around 6 months of age can reduce the risk of developing food allergies. That advice is now part of the recently released 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It’s especially important with peanuts and eggs.

The study was published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and highlights positive food allergy results and barriers to dietary adherence.

A total of 1,303 3-month-old infants were recruited from the general popula-

tion in England and Wales and placed in one of two groups. The “early introduction group,” or EIG, was introduced to six allergenic foods from 3 months of age alongside breastfeeding. The “standard introduction group,” or SIG, exclusively breastfed for six months.

Children with sensitization to one or more of the six allergenic foods at enrollment who were part of the EIG developed less food allergies (by 19.2%) than children with food sensitization at enrollment who were not introduced to foods early (34.2%).

The research also finds that babies with severe eczema and/or existing egg allergies may benefit from starting peanut foods as early as 4 to 6 months, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease’s addendum guidelines.

If you have a 6-month-old, the guidelines suggest starting early in the day and monitoring the baby for about two hours after feeding. It’s best to start with a little taste on the end of a spoon and wait 10 minutes before feeding more.

The Dietary Guidelines also offer good advice for how to get started with your

little one. They recommend modifying the texture to make it palatable and easy for the baby to eat. For instance, blend 2 teaspoons of creamy peanut butter with warm water, breastmilk or formula, or stir 2 teaspoons of powdered peanut butter into applesauce. Eggs can be scrambled. Shrimp and fish can be pureed to avoid being a choking hazard. The idea is to reduce the likelihood of food allergies by early introduction of small amounts. Research shows the potential benefit of your baby being allergy-free by doing this.

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Q: My grandmother used to grow rhubarb. How do I use it and cook it?

A: First, a little history. Although it’s technically a vegetable, rhubarb actually gained legal status as a fruit in 1947 by the U.S. Customs Court because it was used like a fruit for culinary purposes. This was good news for businesses who were able to pay lower taxes on fruits than on vegetables. You can only use the tart, red stalks for cooking. The leaves contain poisonous oxalic acid and are always

snipped off and discarded. Raw rhubarb is very tart. To balance it out and make it more palatable, rhubarb is usually cooked with sugar or another sweetening ingredient. Without the added sugar used in recipes, rhubarb is a low-calorie, low-starch, high-fiber fruit that is a good source of magnesium, vitamins C and K, calcium and manganese. To cook rhubarb, wash and cut the stalks into chunks. Use it in pies, crisps, jams, muffins and quick breads. Rhubarb stalks are stringy like celery, but they break down during cooking, so destringing is not necessary. Rhubarb pairs wonderfully with other fruits such as berries, apples, oranges and peaches to create a complex sweet-tart flavor.

Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian with SIU School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois, and the current president of the Illinois Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. For comments or questions, contact her at charfarg@aol.com or follow her on Twitter @NutritionRD.

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Week of April 7-13, 2024

Finding the Celestial Ice Cream Cone

One of my favorite stars is now glistening in the evening sky this week. Look for it not long after dark, glowing a beautiful yellow-orange color low in the east. Its name is Arcturus.

The reason I enjoy seeing Arcturus every year is that it heralds the onset of springtime, and for me, that means that summer is not far off. Now, one might question the sanity of one who lives in the desert getting excited about the arrival of summertime, but it’s my favorite time of year for stargazing. Yes, it can be brutally hot in the daytime, but once darkness falls, the air cools and the stars shine brightly, accompanied by the beautiful and mysterious Milky Way.

Besides, when I was a kid, seeing Arcturus meant that there would be no school for several months, and I could spend my days and nights just goofing off and eating ice cream to stay cool.

And that brings us back to Arcturus, for you see, this star marks the bottom of a stellar ice cream cone in the sky. OK, I admit that the ancients didn’t see it that way. They instead saw Arcturus and its surrounding stars as representing a Bear-Driver named Bootes (pronounced bo-OH-teez), because it seemed

to shepherd the stars of the Great and Lesser Bears on their daily and annual journeys around the North Star. The name Arcturus comes from the ancient Greek word arktouros, meaning “Bear Guard.”

Arcturus is a red giant star lying about 37 light-years from us. Some 25 times larger and about 180 times more luminous than our sun, this star is an excellent example of what our sun will become as it nears the end of its life some five billion years from now.

You can search this area for a herdsman if you like, but you might find that other shapes are easier to find. To some, Bootes resembles a horizontal kite, with Arcturus forming its base where a tail streams off to the south. To me, however, it looks like an ice cream cone tipped on its side.

Just below Bootes, you’ll spot a small, faint arc of stars that the ancients knew as Corona Borealis. It represented the jeweled crown, or wreath, worn by Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, but I think the ancients missed the boat here, too. To me, it looks more like a dip of ice cream that fell off the tipped cone above it!

Its brightest star is known as Alphecca, and it’s considerably fainter than Arcturus. What’s more, it’s not even a single star, but rather a pair of stars that occasionally eclipse each

other and cause Alphecca to dim and brighten slightly every 17 days.

It’s in this constellation that astronomers expect a nova to appear briefly sometime this spring or summer. I suggest that you get to know this tiny stellar grouping so that when this nova does appear, you recognize it. Of course,

I’ll tell you much more about this exciting event in an upcoming article.

In the meantime, though, I feel a strange need to have some ice cream!

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A GREENER VIEW

Crabgrass and Dormant Oil

BY JEFF RUGG

Question: Does dead crabgrass look like white dead clumps dotted around the lawn? If so, should one dig each one up and fill in with fescue seed, fertilizer and dirt?

Answer: At this time of year, all dead annual and many dormant perennial grasses look like white dead clumps. If the good grass in your lawn has some signs of green and there are scattered dead grass plants, then you could reseed those spots. If the dead grasses are annual grasses such as crabgrass, they died with the frosts in the fall and at this time are acting as mulch on the bare spots and don’t need to be removed. The problem with reseeding is that the good grass seeds will need the same weather conditions as the new crabgrass seeds, so they may both come up at the same time. If the dead areas are large, using sod may be better. If the areas are smaller than a dinner plate, it would be better to apply crab-

grass preventer to stop all grass seeds from growing (including any seeds you plant). Then, take good care of the existing good grass with water and fertilizer to cause the good grass to spread into the bare spots.

Question: We have several plants in our landscape that we forgot to spray with dormant oil over the winter. Do you think it is too late to apply now?

Answer: There are very refined oils known as horticultural oils. They almost have the consistency of water. They are sprayed on plants to smother some kinds of insects or their eggs. Some insects don’t move quickly, such as scale insects, mealybugs and spider mites, so they will be covered with the oil. Many kinds of insects spend the winter on a plant in the egg stage of life and hatch in the spring as the plant begins to grow. The oil smothers the eggs of the insects, thus preventing the first batch of insects from damaging the plant.

In the past, oils sprayed on plants with leaves smothered the leaves and caused as much damage to the plants as the insects. Dormant oils are used when the plant is dormant to prevent much of the damage. But many times, we didn’t know there were insects on the plant until the spring when it was too late to apply the dormant oil.

Newer oils have come onto the market. Year-Round Spray Oil is a lightweight horticultural oil manufactured by Summit Chemical that effectively controls pests on even the most sensitive plants such as roses, impatiens, philodendron, and ferns. It can be used any time during the year because it won’t harm plant buds, shoots and leaves. It is an odorless, environmentally responsible insecticide that kills a wide variety of insect pests including aphids, whiteflies, spider mites, mealybugs, scale, thrips, fungus gnats, certain caterpillars, leaf beetle larvae, lace bugs and others. Because of its low toxicity, Year-Round Spray Oil can be

used on garden plants and fruit trees right up to the day of harvest. It should be available from local garden stores.

Email questions to Jeff Rugg at info@ greenerview.com.

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Celebrate the versatility of soy

Tofu Cauliflower Fried Rice

Soyfoods are versatile ingredients in everyday cooking. Soyfoods are enjoyed by those who follow vegetarian and vegan diets, as soy is an excellent non-animal protein source. The different consistencies and textures of soyfoods mean they can replace other ingredients with ease. They also readily take on the flavors of other ingredients.

Many Asian-inspired meals rely on soyfoods, including this dish for “Tofu Cauliflower Fried Rice” from “Vegan Cooking for Beginners” (Publications International, Ltd.) by the PIL editors.

2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided

1 yellow or sweet onion, chopped

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger

2 teaspoons dark sesame oil

1 teaspoon packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon rice vinegar

1 package (14 to 16 ounces) firm tofu, drained

1) Whisk soy sauce, 1 tablespoon ginger, sesame oil, brown sugar, and vinegar in small bowl. Place tofu in quart-size resealable food storage bag. Pour marinade over tofu. Seal bag, pressing out as much air as possible. Turn to coat tofu with marinade. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.

2) Drain tofu, reserving marinade. Cut tofu into 1-inch cubes. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in large skillet over high heat. Add tofu, stir-fry 3 to 5 minutes or until edges are browned. Transfer

1 carrot, chopped

1⁄2 cup frozen peas

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 package (12 ounces) frozen cauliflower rice

1 green onion, thinly sliced

to bowl.

3) Heat remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in same skillet. Add yellow onion and carrot; stirfry 2 minutes or until softened. Add peas, garlic and remaining 1 teaspoon ginger; cook 2 minutes or until peas are hot. Add frozen cauliflower rice and 1⁄4 cup reserved marinade; stir-fry 5 minutes or until heated through. Return tofu to skillet; stir-fry until heated through. Top with green onion.

Final GC For a Cure Walk/Run on May 4

This year’s annual “GC For A Cure,” sponsored by The Garden City Teachers’ Association (GCTA), will be held on May 4. Organizers have announced that this will be the final GC For A Cure Walk/Run.

The 5K and 1 Mile Run/Walk will start at 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., respectively. All proceeds will benefit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Kids Need More, Ronald McDonald House

Charities NY Metro, and the Michele White Scholarship Fund. Register today! Please help make this last “GC For A Cure” the best yet!

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GC resident chairs INNKeepers Ball Garden City students shine at Art Exhibition

Garden City students showcased their artistic talents at the 2024 AllCounty Art Exhibition held at W.T Clarke High School on March 10. This annual event brought together students from across Nassau County to celebrate their creativity and dedication to the arts.

A total of 30 Garden City students were selected to present their work at the exhibition, representing various grade levels from primary schools to high school. Among them, Reese McGowan, a senior at Garden City High School, received special recognition during a pre-exhibition awards ceremony. McGowan was honored with the ASA All-County Senior Scholarship Award, along with other outstanding high school seniors from Nassau County.

The ASA All-County Art Exhibit provided an opportunity for families, teachers, and students to come together and appreciate the hard work and accomplishments of artistically passionate students throughout the county.

Primary Schools:

• Ian Hu

• Elizabeth McGowan

• Maria Quatro

Stewart School and Stratford Avenue Schools:

• Kylie Chean

• John Cruickshanks

• Michael Donovan

• Lucia Hora

• Henry Mohan

• Bennett Reni

Garden City Middle School:

• Annabeth Anci

• Charlotte Bilello

• Sophia Cabarrubia

• Mariella Parlanti

• Susanna Phinney

• Theodora Themelis

Garden City High School:

• Beatrice Briganti

• Grace Carr

• Ava Chen

• Elizabeth Curth

• Molly DeAlbuquerque

• Deana D'Urso

• Kate Hillman

• Lia Labate

• Emma Larsson

• Emma Liu

• Reese McGowan

• Anna Nappi

• Dean Polizotto

• Keira Regan

• Kexin (Kathy) Su

EPOA to offer scholarships to seniors

It is with pleasure that the Eastern Property Owners’ Association announces that it will once again award a $1000 scholarship for 2024 to a graduating high school senior who resides in the Eastern section.

The candidates, or their family, must be dues paying members of the EPOA.  They must be currently attending public or private high school and plan to attend college full time in the fall.  The focus of this scholarship is community service.

Candidates need to submit an application which can be accessed from the EPOA website at www.gcepoa.org or obtained from the Garden City High School Guidance Department.  Should you have a question, you can call Barbara Garry at 516-248-1486.

All interested, eligible seniors are encouraged to apply.  The deadline for applications is April 12, 2024.

Garden City resident Peter Florey is serving as Honorary Chairperson for the 2024 INNkeepers’ Ball.The event, benefitting The INN’s Mary Brennan soup kitchen, emergency shelters and Center for Transformative Change, will be held on Wednesday evening, May 8, at Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove. For tickets and further information, please visit www.the-inn.org.

Shown in photo (left to right): Jean Kelly - INN executive director, Lois Frickehonoree, Joel Sikowitz - honoree, Rob Kammerer - event co-chair, and Peter Florey -honorary chair.

CMF Bingo Comedy Night

The Children ’ s Medical Fund will be holding its Bingo Night on Thursday, April 11, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. in the Garden City Community Church.

The event is open to kids 10 and under with a caregiver. Cost of $35 per child (sibling discount) includes pizza, dessert, drink, a favor and three raffle tickets. Additional food and raffles will be available (cash or Venmo). The Bingo Night will raise

funds for the Children ’ s Medical Fund and for Cohen Children ’s Medical Center.

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The Garden City Community Church is located at 245 Stewart Avenue, Garden City.

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World Languages Dept. offers cultural initiatives

Badminton Tournament winners.

First place: Seniors Owen Conway and Joseph Fontanetta, (right).

Second place: Senior Josephine Yin and junior Sonia Shi, (left).

The World Language Department at Garden City High School has been bustling with activity in February and March, engaging students in various cultural and educational initiatives.

The Spanish Club continued its tradition of participating in The Pulsera Project, a nonprofit organization aimed at empowering Central American artists by providing sustainable fair trade employment. Through selling hand-woven pulseras, the club not only supports these artisans but also fosters cultural exchange among students.

In March, the department celebrated World Language Week with engaging activities, including trivia questions about different languages. The highlight of the week was the second annual World Language Badminton Tournament, where over 60 students participated. Prizes were awarded to the top teams, and creative costumes added to the fun atmosphere. The event raised $543, which was donated to the World Central Kitchen, supporting its mission to provide meals during crises.

Additionally, on March 20, the German, Italian, Latin and Spanish honor societies inducted 119 students. This ceremony recognized the hard work and dedication of World Language students, some of whom were inducted into multiple honor societies for their concurrent studies in Latin and modern languages.

GC orthodontist to offer healthcare scholarship

Garden City orthodontist Dr. Denise Emma will be offering a $1,000 scholarship to a Garden City High School graduating senior who plans to enter the health profession.

Dr. Emma says she believes the

greatest investment one can make to children is for their education, and will be awarding this scholarship to commemorate her dedication to the youth of the community.

Application forms can be obtained

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To apply you must submit a completed application, senior photo and a signed release form.

Mail completed applications to Dr.

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For questions, please call 516-741-7970.

Garden City students enjoyed the World Language Badminton Tournament.

One-hundred and nineteen Garden City High School students were inducted into the German, Italian, Latin and Spanish honor societies.

Photos courtesy of Garden City Public Schools

New trustees seated, assigned roles at reorganization meeting

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Garden City Environmental Advisory Board. Trustee Jessica Tai will be her co-chair.

The mayor then noted Trustee Bruce Torino will continue as the assigned trustee as village police commissioner and Deputy Mayor Chester will continue as fire commissioner. The commissioner of Public Works will be Trustee Ed Finneran, and Trustee Michele Harrington is appointed as commissioner of Finance and Audit. New Trustee Judy Courtney was appointed as commissioner of Building and Planning. All of the above mayoral assignments were unanimously approved by the full Board.

Once again, the Board of Trustees designated The Garden City News as the official newspaper of the village. The News has been in publication weekly since 1923, four years after the village’s incorporation.

The following appointments made by Mayor Carter Flanagan on April 1 were subject to the Board of Trustees’ approval – Trustee Torino will again be the liaison to the Garden City Public Library; Trustee Vincent Muldoon will be liaison to the Recreation and Parks Department, as well as to the Business District; Judy Courtney will be liaison to the Department of Building and Planning.

The village’s Board of Police Commissioners will include Trustee Bruce Torino, Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi and GCPD Commissioner Kenneth Jackson (its chairperson).

Trustee Ed Finneran will be the new chairperson of the Traffic Commission, having served on it in 2023-2024, his first year as a village trustee. He is joined by

$70.9

Million

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impact on the overall municipal budget, as Woo called it “a net zero change.”

The only other change she noted was for a reduction of an open laborer position under the Department of Public Works, reducing its expense line item for Salaries by $45,424.

The Department of Public Works’ budget line for “Street Maintenance –Regular Salary” was reduced from the originally proposed $614,998, to $569,574.

“The superintendent of DPW (John Borroni) upon his further review, determined that this open position no longer needs to be filled. That reduces the DPW salary line by $45,424, and overall DPW had allocated 80 full-time positions and now it has 79,” Treasurer Woo told the board.

She presented a slide explaining the breakdown of all municipal employees, by departments. The Village of Garden City has budgeted for 259 full-time staff

Trustees Michele Harrington with new Trustees Vincent Muldoon and Judy Courtney. The municipal executive staff members continuing on the Traffic Commission are Police Commissioner Jackson and DPW Superintendent John Borroni.

The new Finance & Audit Committee will be chaired by Trustee Michele Harrington, as she is joined by Trustees Jessice Tai and Bruce Torino.

The Committee to fill vacancies on village boards and commissions will include Deputy Mayor Chester, Trustee Finneran, Trustee Judy Courtney and Mayor Carter Flanagan as its chairperson.

The village’s Public Information Committee will handle all the village’s press releases, social media posts and more. Board members on this committee will include Garden City Mayor Carter Flanagan as chairperson with Deputy Mayor Bruce Chester, Judy Courtney and Ed Finneran.

The Board’s Legal Committee will also be chaired by the mayor and Trustee Finneran. Mayor Carter Flanagan said on special projects they will work with Trustee Bruce Torino.

All of the above appointed committee roles were unanimously approved by the full Board of Trustees.

Board meeting schedule confirmed

Mayor Carter Flanagan also announced the Board of Trustees meeting dates for all of the Village’s official year, through the 2025 Reorganization meeting.

Unless otherwise publicly noticed, the Board will officially meet beginning at 7:30 p.m. on all of the following dates: May 2 and 16, June 6 and 20, July 25, August 15, September 19, October 17,

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November 7 and 21 and December 12, 2025.

To begin 2025 the Village Board will be meeting on Thursdays, January 16 and February 6, with the Annual Grievance Hearing night set for Tuesday February 18, returning to Thursdays for meetings on March 6 and March 20, 2025.

The Board’s next annual reorganization meeting will be held on Monday night, April 7, 2025. Mayor Carter Flanagan announced that special meetings may be called at any time in addition to the schedule she stated for the coming year.

Four women on Board of Trustees

Following the swearing-in ceremonies for Tai, Courtney, Muldoon, and Torino, Trustee Finneran noted that the 2024-2025 Village Board represents the first time where there are four women among the eight trustees — Mayor Carter Flanagan and Trustee Harrington are now joined by Judy Courtney and Jessica Tai. In the Board’s meeting room and behind the dais, Finneran called for special photographs of just the four female trustees, and then for one of all eight village trustees.

Mayor Carter Flanagan began the meeting by reading the vote-count totals from the March 19, 2024 Village election, as the winning trustees were Vincent Muldoon with 2,168 votes; Judy Courtney with 1,936 votes; Jessica Tai who received 1,851 votes and Trustee Bruce Torino (re-elected) with 1,770 votes.

Following the swearing-in ceremony Trustee Bruce Torino posed alongside Mayor Carter Flanagan and fellow village trustees with his son Ryan Torino, who previously served Garden City on

the Ethics Committee.

Family members of the newly-elected trustees who attended the April 1 reorganization meeting, including Trustee Muldoon’s wife and five grown children, participated for photographs with the mayor and full board as well.

The village reorganization held on Monday April 1 included the confirmations of appointments including Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi to a oneyear term, April 1, 2024 through April 7, 2025, and two-year terms for Village Treasurer Irene Woo, Village Clerk Kelly Galanek – through April 6, 2026.

Appointments were also unanimously approved for the Deputy Village Treasurer Wa Chang, and Deputy Village Clerk Denise Ostapow, both for one-year terms through April 7, 2025.

The Board also approved the annual appointments of the Secretary to the Board of Trustees Courtney Rutt Rosenblatt; Superintendent of Building Giuseppe Giovanniello; Superintendent of Public Works John Borroni; Paul Blake as Superintendent of Recreation & Parks/Chairperson of the Board of Recreational and Cultural Affairs, and Stanley Carey as superintendent of the Water Department.

Special village counsel for Transitional Services appointed on April 1, 2024 was Garden City-based firm, Bee, Ready, Fishbein, Hatter & Donovan LLP.

Bond, Schoeneck & King LLP was appointed Village of Garden City labor counsel for 2024-2025, and Uniondalebased Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. was appointed as special counsel to the village.

The law firms’ appointments were all unanimously approved.

budget approved; 2% tax levy increase

members for 2024-25. This represents a headcount increase of 10 employees over the 2023-2024 (current) fiscal year forecast budget of 249 municipal employees. Of note, the modified budget for the current fiscal year indicated an increase, going up to 261 village employees.

Aside from the 79 Public Works’ employees, the GCPD has allocated for 69 full-time positions, Recreation & Parks has 44 employees; the Garden City Public Library has budgeted for 17 fulltime positions, the Water Department has budgeted for 16 employees; village administration accounts for 13, Finance has 12 full-time employee positions, and the Garden City Building Department has 8 full-time staff members. One employee for the Tennis Fund is also budgeted as an expense.

“The tentative (and now adopted) budget went down by this $45,424, so we are at $70,945,000 which is a 1.45%

increase in expenditures year-overyear. This is being partially funded by the village surplus of $2.804 million and this (account) is where we reduced the need to use $45,424 – down from the $2.85 million in surplus from the tentative budget. The reduction of one position in the headcount reduces the budgeted use

of surplus,” Woo said last week.

The total assessed valuation of the Village of Garden City, as completed by the tax assessor and relayed for the 2024-2025 budget, is $106,711,050, and the village’s Implied Tax Rate is $50.9216 per $100 of assessed valuation.

Design work continues on traffic calming measures

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requested (at Village Board level) for the work to be performed,” Borroni said.

In his final meeting leading the Traffic Commission, Trustee Charles Kelly said the March 21 action from the Board would represent authorization of Creighton Manning’s proposal to perform its final design work, not the acceptance of a final design.

The second proposal from Creighton Manning LLP approved on March 21 was for $ 18,850 covering the firm’s final design work to prepare the village for the implementation of traffic calming measures on the stretch of Stewart Avenue from the central section to the east.

Trustee Kelly noted that the item represents the similar scenario as Cathedral Avenue’s Road Diet study, as the Stewart Avenue study was also performed by Creighton Manning and they had submitted the proposal for final designs for Stewart Avenue.

Contracts approved

At its April 1 meeting the Board of Trustees approved further upgrades to the fire alarm system at the Village Yard, voting in favor of a proposal from vendor Intelli-Tec Security Services

of Syosset to perform additional work within the New York State contract pricing, for $14,471.44. The board first approved a transfer of funds of $1,000 from the Retaining Wall Replacement capital project account into the DPW Yard Fire Alarm System account.

Public Works’ Superintendent Borroni explained that the increased work for Intelli-Tec includes “installation of a dedicated IP connection to the new fire alarm system’s control panel; through integrating and connecting the building’s generator and fueling system, and adding extra devices as required by the fire marshal.”

Elevators’ maintenance secured

Another approval by the trustees on April 1 involved a Blended Coverage Agreement with vendor TK Elevator Corporation of Islandia, to provide the village with regular inspections and preventative maintenance on its municipal elevators in village-owned facilities including at the Garden City Public Library (both the elevator and dumb waiter); the elevator inside Village Hall and the chair-lift at the Garden City Tennis Center on Cherry Valley Avenue. The agreement for $770 per month – $9,240 annually – was unanimously approved following Borroni’s

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

From page 2

teering for Village government. These are typical traits of good Trustees.

What Vinnie DOES possess is a large “fan base” of residents for whom he has performed stellar work in home improvements -- and this over decades, and includes friends of friends. This we could describe as his “Rolodex” fan base. Another great credential is his personality -- warm and likeable. His fanbase has been a great source of Letters of support published in the GC News during the election campaign. There have been dozens and dozens of letters of support for Vinnie. We believe Letters praising him have been perhaps 75% of all Letters published; and few that contain criticisms of him. In addition, Mr. Muldoon’s staff produced numerous full-page GCNews ads telling of Vinnie’s positive attributes. In fact, in my view, Vinnie’s appeal is reduced when his “true” credentials are measured against those of his defeated FABGC opponents. Their departures are a major loss to our Village.

In sum:

The March 2024 Trustees’ election

was a surprise and disappointment to many -- including myself.

It appears that we have witnessed a “beauty contest” of sorts. We have elected a very popular charismatic person with below average credentialsother than heading up a superior home improvement business with highly satisfied Garden City customers. Vinnie’s appeal produced what is termed, in political circles,“The Coat-Tail-Effect.” In this case it was Mr. Muldoon’s “coat.” In effect, a very popular resident with, perhaps, hundreds of friends, has produced a major upset--via a masterful vote-getting campaign. Next year, FABGC has to do a better job. Finally, I am not declaring Vinnie a loser. But he is making a major career change. I wish him well.

George M. Salem

P.S. I cannot close this letter without citing the four well-qualified FABGC defeated candidates: Charles P. Kelly, Larry N. Marciano, Michael J Sullivan, and Richard A Williams. I view them as an “All-StarTeam.” Hopefully, some of them will return to Village service one day.

report and a few questions from trustees.

After a question from Trustee Ed Finneran, Borroni told the Board that the village has utilized TK Elevator Corp as an elevator inspector for a few years, and there have been no complaints from the DPW maintenance supervisor. As approved, the service agreement was subject to review by Village Attorney Gary Fishberg.

In January of 2022 The Elevator Safety Act, signed into law by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, became effective. The law requires anyone who designs, builds, inspects, maintains and/or repairs elevators to be licensed by the State of New York.

With a prompt from Village Trustee Bruce Torino, on April 1 DPW Superintendent Borroni explained the takeaways from a meeting held earlier on Monday at the Garden City Public Library with regards to the new automatic front doors/entrance project. Both the contractor and subcontractors met with village DPW staff and engineers and members of the Library Board of Trustees, Borroni said.

“We planned on reviewing submittals after shooting the benchmark elevations on the door, and then we’d order

the doors – the lead time for delivery is an expected 10 weeks. We are expecting to have more meetings but the project is underway,” Superintendent Borroni commented.

Additionally, the Board of Trustees, at their March 21 meeting, approved the extension of the cleaning services contract with Island Wide Building Services Group of West Babylon. The extension specifically adds in “Item 2” for cleaning work at the Garden City Public Library, for the remainder of their contract term that is set to expire in September. Funding for the contract extension comes from the Operating Budget.

Finally in late March the village trustees authorized the Recreation Department to submit an application for a CREST grant, in the amount of $153,000, to be used for the purchase of a new bus for the department. Longtime village resident Kathleen Auro commented at that meeting that it was a most welcome development that the new Rec. bus could become a reality through this funding.

The CREST grant is offered to Garden City from the office of New York State Sen. Kevin Thomas.

Village to move forward with Toll Lodge renovations

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At the meeting, Chamber of Commerce President John Wilton commented that a year has passed since the Chamber was unceremoniously “locked out” of the building.

Last year, the Village asked the Chamber to pay rent of $1000 a month on the space, which the Chamber said it couldn’t afford.

Wilton said the Chamber has used the structure for 40 years, without issues from the village as its landlord, and with significantly better communication on matters than in the last three years. Wilton called the Toll Lodge issue “the elephant in the room” among various concerns of the business community.

The Toll Lodge subject has been dormant as part of the Board of Trustees’ meetings from the time of Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan’s tenure, which began in April 2023.

Wilton said, “We think what happened to us was unfair and we believe there were some personality issues taken out on the Chamber.”

Trustee Ed Finneran commented that the Board and village administration has been discussing upgrading the Toll Lodge area, including landscaping in the vicinity. He asked Village Administrator Ralph V. Suozzi to share details on a proposed project.

The village administrator said he has examined the facility and its costs with department heads, including Superintendent of Building Giuseppe Giovanniello, Superintendent of Public Works John Borroni and Superintendent of Recreation & Parks Paul Blake as Recreation crews have already assessed landscaping at the site. Going forward, the Rec. staff will also be in charge of landscaping and maintenance of all parts of the village’s Central section.

“With the help of Mr. Wilton, our Public Works’ Street Department crew will remove anything that is old and not needed there, but the plan could change. My goal is to remove and store everything at the St. Paul’s cottages by our Recreation Department office, as the items would be sorted in the rooms there. What needs to be kept will be kept, what can be thrown out will be thrown out. The goal for the Toll Lodge is to clean it, including the rugs, paint the walls, bring the building up to code compliance and prepare it no matter what the use will be,” Suozzi noted. He mentioned work on the exterior including repairing the roof, fixing gutters and refurbishing ground-level woodwork.

Administrator Suozzi said the original estimate to repair the historic Toll Lodge’s roof was $75,000 but a New York State contractor provided an estimate that was “astronomical” in sum around and above $200,000 for the project. The village is estimating well under $140,000

but until the project goes out to bid there will not be a baseline for costs including labor and materials.

“The goal is to prepare the building for the future use which as of yet remains undefined. We will put our in-house resources on the work, to save the village money, except for the roof which will need to be done by a contractor once it’s bid out,” he added.

The mayor asked about the timeline of the roofing project and commented that many inquiries about the landscaping on that end of Seventh Street previously came up. She said the landscaping would have to wait until a project to repair the roof is completed. Administrator Suozzi said in late winter there was a hold on the project, with legal considerations to research the village’s ownership of the Toll Lodge, completed by Village Attorney Gary Fishberg.

Bid specs for the roof work could be completed soon, in time for the project to be bid and work to take place potentially by this summer. Administrator Suozzi said the “quick turnaround” for the bidding process was imminent.

Garden City resident Althea Robinson, who served as the Chamber’s Executive Director for 39 years, was in the audience during the meeting. She told the trustees that the existing roof was restored/renovated in accordance with the way the original Toll Lodge roof was installed, “shingle by shingle by shingle.”

“This is a different kind of roof and the project would not just be about getting the roof replaced. I am wondering if that would occur again with the specific roofing in the way it was put on originally,” she said.

Robinson also inquired about the materials inside the building that the village plans to store elsewhere while the renovations proceed. She said she believes there are pamphlets, marketing items but also potential records, notes and accounts of Garden City history inside that should be preserved.

“I know the Chamber had a lot of business bulletins that contained much history, not just about the village’s business community but about the village as a whole. There was also a bookshelf full of community guides which contained local information. I would not like to see those items removed though I would like the opportunity to be a part of the removal so nothing is destroyed,” she noted.

Trustee Michele Harrington suggested that Mrs. Robinson join trustees and staff to look through the materials. The mayor noted that she and Trustee Harrington are willing to continue helping out “in any way we can.”

In his comments at the April 1 meeting, Administrator Suozzi was clear that the village intends to recondition the roof of the Toll Lodge to make it

“historically accurate.” He noted that is why the price point of a project there would be high.

“In good conscience, I would not do anything but that (restoring to historical accuracy) unless I was directed to do otherwise by the Village Board. As far as the materials found inside, I am also sensitive that they have a history – some might be excess marketing materials and some might be historic. I have no intentions to throw any of them out unless we had consulted someone with knowledge, and at a minimum I would be in touch with you (Althea Robinson), John Wilton and Village Historian William Bellmer and you can incorporate anyone else you want in there – the thing is if I need to take actions, the goal was not to throw anything out unconsciously but to move everything room-by-room to the cottages at the Recreation Department offices at St. Paul’s. We would label everything and organize items by which room they came from,” Suozzi shared.

He added that the basement of the Toll Lodge is more challenging because there are items that “can’t be replaced and that a lot of work went into.” Suozzi mentioned there are die-cast small model cars that are inside the Toll Lodge and those are not “the village’s to keep” so such old and meaningful items should be inventoried before being moved to another location for the interior renovations and cleaning work in the Toll Lodge.

The ownership situation, minus the Chamber as the village’s tenant, was a key piece of the puzzle that Suozzi commented on carefully.

“If the village didn’t own it then I don’t have to do anything. Since we do own it I will have to do something – but what that is will be determined by this board, and we’ll move as quickly as we can. That said I am very much aware of the history of the Toll Lodge and we will do everything with great care,” he added.

The Garden City Toll Lodge is the last remaining Long Island Motor Parkway Toll Lodge in existence, as all others have been demolished. On its website, VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society has a documented history with photos of these structures from over and around 100 years ago.

‘Bone of Contention’ on rent

According to John Wilton, the Garden City Chamber currently operating without its former headquarters due to the rent issue.

“We need to address this — what happened is unfair. We (the Chamber) are doing everything we can to make our village the gem that it is…..We are the benchmark business Chamber in the State of New York. Please let us act like that,” he told the trustees.

Wilton said that under former vil-

lage Mayor Cosmo Veneziale was adamant that the Chamber not only pay the $1,000 rent, but also that the Chamber pay retroactively for 12 months.

The disagreement between the village and chamber escalated as Wilton shared that the Garden City Casino (tennis organization) does not pay rent, and neither does the Garden City Historical Society for its use of its historic house museum on Eleventh Street.

“We were asked to continue to pay the rent, we didn’t agree to it (the rent at $1,000 per month retroactive for 12 months) and then we were locked out. I do not disagree that the residents should have an ability to go into the Toll Lodge, but I am working in a very difficult situation with having to store things everywhere. It is just not fair,” Wilton said.

“We are diligently and on a recurring basis trying to do what’s best for the vitality of the downtown. It’s germane that we get that building back – we want it back and we will operate it. If you look at it now it’s been closed for almost two years and it does not look good because it is dusty and it has debris all over it,” Wilton told the trustees.

Newly installed Village Trustee Vincent Muldoon, who owns a successful home renovations company, explained that the Toll Lodge has a red wood cedar roof, but the flashings existing on it are copper, “and they’re in excellent condition.”

“Those will be good for another 50 years so we don’t need to worry about any flashings on the building. It’s just the wood cedar roof, which Althea Robinson is architecturally and historically correct about,” he said.

Trustee Muldoon took time to compliment and thank Althea Robinson and her late husband, Jack, for their generations of positive contributions and care for the village.

“I am fortunate enough to have known Althea and Jack over many years. These are the types of residents we have in this town that have given us an amazing amount of service through their entire careers and over many years – whether it is through the Chamber of Commerce or in any other charitable organization. Althea Robinson is one of the classiest ladies you will ever meet and I want to say thank you to her and Jack for everything you’ve done. We need more people like you in this village,” Muldoon said.

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Boys Varsity Lacrosse dominates Wantagh High School

The Garden City Boys Varsity Lacrosse team showcased its dominance by defeating Wantagh High School with a final score of 13-8. Led by stellar performances from key players, Garden City secured their victory in impressive fashion.

Charlie Koester emerged as a standout player for Garden City, delivering a remarkable display with three goals and two assists to his name. His exceptional offensive contributions were complemented by Tommy Esposito, who exhibited excellent playmaking abilities, tallying one goal and four assists throughout the game.

Luke Cascadden played a pivotal role in the team ’ s success by dominating the faceoff battle, winning an impressive 15 out of 23 faceoffs. Cascadden ’ s proficiency in this crucial aspect of the game provided Garden City with crucial possession opportunities, allowing them to maintain control and momentum throughout the contest.

The comprehensive victory saw multiple players from Garden City making notable contributions on both ends of the field. Cooper Kraus

Carson Kraus, Dan Mejdid, and Ben Smith also made significant contributions to Garden City ’ s offensive onslaught, each recording three goals along with an assist. Their collective efforts not only bolstered the team ’ s scoring but also showcased the depth and versatility of Garden City ’ s offensive unit.

provided valuable support with an assist, while Owen Wuchte also chipped in with an assist to further bolster Garden City ’ s offensive firepower.

Defensively, Garden City was anchored by goaltender Denis Fargione, whose exceptional performance between the pipes played a crucial role in stifling Wantagh ’ s offensive efforts. The collective effort and stellar performances displayed by the defense, Matthew Kephart, Luke LeSueur, Andrew Schlipf, Will Mattice, Charlie Meringolo, and Blake Cascadden against Wantagh High School underscored their determination and prowess on the lacrosse field.

Owen Wuchte

Matthew Kephart

Charlie Koester

Will Mattice (#42) and Denis Fargione

Trojan victory.

Andrew Schlipf

Recreation Pickleball News

Beginning the week of January 7, Recreation and Parks will add a Friday night and a Sunday morning session of pickleball.

• Friday Nights- 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. beginning January 19

• Sundays – 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. beginning January 7

The above session will run through the end of March and then be evaluated for participation.

We will continue to run pickleball from 9:30 to noon, Tuesdays through Fridays.

All sessions will be open to residents only and will allow continuous round robin use during that session.  No group may reserve a court and play on their own. The cost per session will be $6.00 daily or with a pass, $5.

Get a Jump on the Summer with USA Support Group

US Sports and Garden City Recreation have again joined up to run our very popular summer sports programs at Community Park and St. Paul’s.  Weekly summer programs include soccer, multisport, flag football, field hockey, lacrosse, and golf. They also offer Parent and Me classes as well as 3 to 5 year old squirt programs!

These programs are open to Village residents ages 2 to 11 years.  To see what is offered and to register, please visit US Sports website at www.usasportgroup. com and look for Garden City.

Lacrosse Clinic Presented by Pioneer Sports

Join us this Spring for a six-week Lacrosse Clinic sponsored by Pioneer Sports in partnership with Garden City Recreation and Parks. This special program introduces girls and boys, kindergarten through fifth grade, to the game of lacrosse in a non-competitive, instructional clinic.  *Please bring your own lacrosse stick*

This clinic will be held on Tuesdays on St. Paul’s Fields from April 16 through June 4 according to the following schedule:

Grades K–5  from 6 –7:00 p.m

The cost of this program will be $150, Space is limited.  Register online for this program at www.playpioneersports. com.

No registrations will be taken at the Recreation Office.

Garden City Recreation Children’s Tennis Lessons – Spring 2024

The Garden City Department of Recreation and Parks is pleased to announce the start of the SPRING children’s tennis program. Registration is ongoing and classes begin on Monday, April 1. All classes are held at the Community Park indoor tennis center and are available to Garden City residents ages 4 through 16 years old.

How to register:

• In person at the Recreation Office (108 Rockaway Ave). The recreation office is open M – F from 8:30am to 4:30 p.m. You can download a registration form at our website: gardencityrecreation.org

• By Mail: Mail in your registration form and check to the Recreation Office

• Register online at www. gcreconline.gardencityny.net .You need a password to register online.  If you do not have a password please go to the Recreation office, with proof of residency, to receive one.

If paying by check, please make check payable to Inc. Village of Garden City

If paying by credit card please use: Mastercard, Visa or Discover. We do not accept American Express at this time.

For more information, call the Recreation Office at 516 465-4075

***Non-resident children who attend Garden City Public Schools can register for tennis lessons beginning April 15th.   Registration must be done by mail or in person at the Recreation Office. Those who would like to register for our tennis program must prove they attend one of the Garden City Public Schools.  Proof must accompany registration.  An additional $50 fee will pertain to anyone in this category.  Make checks payable to the “Inc. Village of Garden

Adult Tennis Lessons

Registration for Spring adult tennis lessons will begin on Monday, April 1st. Please fill out the interest form and return it to the Recreation Office by Friday, April 12. The Recreation Office is located at 108 Rockaway Ave. Applications can be found on our website Gardencityrecreation.org.

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GCHS Girls Varsity Lacrosse off to a great start

Garden City High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse season opened at home with a scrimmage against Sayville. The team then hit the road for an overnight trip in Radnor, PA, stopping along the way to stretch their legs at the University of Pennsylvania, with a guest appearance from UPenn team member and Garden City alumna Caitlin Cook. Next, they headed to Villanova, PA. where Garden City High School alumna and current Villanova Women’s Lacrosse player, Sydney Pappas, met the team for a behind the scenes tour of Villanova. Afterwards, the team practiced at Radnor High School, and finished off the day with a team dinner at a local bistro.

The driving rain at Radnor High School did not discourage the twenty-three returning players and nine new team members as they took the field for the first time in uniform for the start of the 2024 season. On the road for the opener, the team was captained by seniors Mabel Overbeck, Niamh Pfaff, and Kendal Morris. With a full coaching staff on the sideline, the Lady Trojans battled every inch of the way in the torrential cold rain.

They opened the scoring with a goal from senior Kendal Morris, assisted by

sophomore Avery Smith. The defensive wall stood tall with Ellie Andersen, Meaghan Lynch, Emily Romeo, Mabel Overbeck and Brynn Reilly. Junior Kyle Finnell added two more goals in the first half to take the Trojans to 3 over Radnor’s one goal with the attack line of senior Maureen Arendt and sophomores Ashley Clark and Avery Smith. Closing out the first half for Garden City was senior Mabel Overbeck’s goal, ending the half with a score of 4-1. Sophomores Deanna Prisco, Elizabeth Gaffney and Regan Backer controlled the midfield along with senior Kendal Morris and junior Kathryn Monaco. The Radnor Raptors came back to tie up the game at 4-4 in the fourth quarter. But, Maureen Arendt took the team ahead with the final goal for the GC victory and an ending score of 5-4.

On Tuesday, March 26, the team headed out to Farmingdale State College to take on the nationally ranked and reigning state champions Bayport Bluepoint for another soggy contest that found the Trojans victorious again. Into the first half, the low scoring game was kept at 2-2 with a goal from junior Kathryn Monaco off of a free possession and a goal from Maureen Arendt.

The second half saw the Trojans fall behind 3-5. Then, a draw control by Kendal Morris to Meaghan Lynch, finished by Ashley Clark, put the Trojans within one goal. Draw work from sophomore Katie Horn followed by Kendal Morris’s assist to freshman attack Grace Brantuk tied up the game at 5-5. The free possession from Kyle Finnell took the Trojans ahead by one goal at 6-5. The seesaw back and forth did not end, but Maureen Arendt was able to find Ashley Clark and pull the Trojans ahead again at 7-6 with under two minutes remaining. The team worked tirelessly in the final moments to preserve the win.

After a brief two days of recovery and practice, the Lady Trojans headed out on the road again. They traveled out to eastern Long Island to Ward Melville High School to take on their vaunted varsity squad. With blue skies and not a drop of rain in sight, the team had another back and forth contest. Garden City got themselves on the board with Kyle Finnell’s goal followed by a

pair of goals from Ashley Clark and another from Kyle Finnell, ending the first half behind 4-6. The second half provided another Ward Melville goal to bring the score to 4-7. The Trojans however, defensively shut down their opponent, not allowing any more goals. Senior Maureen Arendt scored a pair of goals and with senior Kendal Morris scoring another and a pair of goals from junior Tori Ottomanelli, the Lady Trojans ended the game with 5 goals in the second half and secured a final victory of 9-7. Assist throughout the game by Finnell, Morris and Smith were key.

With three wins on the road, the Lady Trojans will be heading north on Friday, April 5th for their first league game at Port Washington / Screiber HS, to take on the Vikings.

Please come and cheer on the Garden City Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team at their "Home Opener" on Monday, April 8, at 5 p.m. at GCHS on Warren King Field. GO GC!

The senior captains.

Maureen Arendt on the attack.

The Garden City girls beat Bayport Bluepoint with a final score of 7-6.

The girls are ready for their road trip.

Thunder Youth Football registration

The 2023 Thunder 10s. The boys will begin their final season of Thunder Football together this fall.

Registration for the 2024 Garden City Thunder season opens April 1. Please visit  www.GCThunder.com for online registration. We will be holding an early equipment night on April 8 at 5 p.m. If you are interested in playing Thunder Football this year please join us in Room 110 at the St. Paul’s Cottages. Please take advantage of this equipment fitting to beat any delays that may occur closer

to the summer.

Thunder Football is open to boys ages 7–11 (next year’s 2nd through 6th grade) who live in Garden City and want to compete against other towns in Nassau County. The teams are coached by volunteers who teach the boys the fundamentals of football, sportsmanship and how to be good teammates. Registration ends May 15.

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Baseball, Softball Opening Day Parade

The Garden City Little League Parade will be held on Saturday, April 6, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

At 8:00 a.m., Parking Field 9E will be closed for parade participants and assembly. There will be street closures during this event. Motorists and residents are advised to make arrangements to avoid the affected areas. There will be “no parking” as follows:

• 7th Street: Both sides of 7th Street between Franklin Avenue and Hilton Avenue

• Franklin Ave: Between Stewart Avenue and 11th Street

• Hilton Avenue: Between Stewart Avenue and 7th Street

• Stewart Avenue: South side of Stewart Avenue, east of Hilton Avenue

The parade will start at 9 a.m. at 10th St and Franklin Ave, proceed south on Franklin Ave to 7th St, west on 7th St to Hilton Ave, north on Hilton Ave to Stewart Ave, east on Stewart Ave to the Garden City Gazebo where Opening Day ceremonies will be held.

Friends of Girls Lacrosse sponsorships

Friends of Garden City Girls Lacrosse is offering the following sponsorship opportunities to help support the girls lacrosse program:

Sponsorship

• Platinum: $1500 and above

• Gold: $500

• Silver: $250

• Bronze: $100

• Friend: Any Donation

Donors will be recognized with: Signage/Banner Displayed on Warren

King Field; recognition as sponsor in full page ads in Garden City News; published on Garden City Girls Varsity Lacrosse Instagram @GCGIRLSVLAX

Please send donations with cash or check to: Friends of Garden City Girls Lacrosse, 206 Whitehall Boulevard, Garden City, New York 11530.

Electronic payment via Venmo or Zelle to Garden City Girls Lacrosse 2024 is also accepted. For information please email  gcgirlsvarsitylax24@gmail.com

GCHS student vies for fourth gold medal

Next week, the prestigious Nastar National Ski Championship will take place in the picturesque town of Aspen, Colorado. Among the participants is Garden City High School sophomore James Martin. James has secured a gold medal every year in his age group for the past three years at this Championship race. Last year, he also won a ski camp scholarship from the Karl Severson Foundation to attend the Ligety Weibrecht ski camp in Mt Hood Oregon. James has always loved to ski and this winter he became a ski instructor at Bromley Mountain in Vermont.

This year, as James prepares for his fourth consecutive gold medal, he faces a field of talented competitors from all over the country. The Nastar National Ski Championship is known for attracting some of the most skilled young skiers in the nation, making it a challenging event. We wish James much luck as he tries for his fourth gold medal!

Garden City High School sophomore

James Martin

Garden City Kiwanis Club announces scholarship

The Garden City Kiwanis Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2024 Kiwanis Service Scholarship. The scholarship is open to any high school senior residing in the Garden City School District and is awarded in recognition of a student’s commitment to community service. Applications have been provided to

the Guidance Department of Garden City High School and to many of the private high schools in the vicinity. Interested students should contact their guidance department. The application may also be obtained by emailing Carole Russo at cartaxpro@aol.com. The deadline for submitting an application is April 16, 2024.

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