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Village to move forward with Toll Lodge renovations
LACROSSE SEASON IS BACK
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.
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.
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Design work continues New trustees seated, assigned roles on traffic calming at annual reorganization meeting BY RIKKI MASSAND
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 See page 55
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 See page 56
Broadway Bound supports Mollie’s Fund PAGE 32 Library to install new entrance doors PAGE 41