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Vol. 101, No. 17
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Village to look at changes to outdoor dining regs
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Summer Promenades ‘Off the Table’ BY RIKKI MASSAND As spring flowers bloom in Garden City’s business district, a hot topic at Village Board meetings recently has been the changes envisioned to make the “downtown” more appealing. Garden City’s Board of Trustees has decided to pass on approving the village’s decade-old slate of Friday Night Promenades on Seventh Street. Instead, Trustee Ed Finneran explained “the pause” at the Board’s April 18 meeting. He said the village’s Department of Recreation and Parks will be helping organize a number of family-friendly festivals, possibly with one every month this summer, “celSee page 53
The Garden City High School Trojans swept the annual lacrosse showdown against Manhasset High School during the 140th Woodstick Classic competition. See page 60
Addition of agenda item, communication issues divide trustees BY RIKKI MASSAND A discussion on changing traffic patterns on Stewart Avenue caused sparring among the newly constituted Board of Trustees during the April 18th meeting. At the meeting, after some sparring about the meeting agenda, Village Trustee Bruce Torino introduced a discussion on traf-
fic calming solutions and a proposal to reduce the number of lanes on Stewart Avenue between Franklin Avenue and Clinton Road. Trustee Torino initiated the discussion on reducing Stewart Avenue between Franklin Avenue and Clinton Road, from three lanes (in each direction) to
two. From her initial comments to Torino, Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan appeared interested in allowing the village’s Traffic Commission to begin its review with recommendations from Police Commissioner Ken Jackson as well as Department See page 54
Board again objects to casino at coliseum BY RIKKI MASSAND The Garden City Board of Trustees, for a third time in under two years, passed a resolution opposing a 24/7 casino and hotel proposed for the Nassau coliseum arena in nearby Uniondale. The Village Board unanimously approved a resolution at its meeting on Thursday, April 18. Similar to the prior Garden City Village resolutions pertaining to the Nassau Hub proposal by Las Vegas Sands – approved by Board members in 2022 and 2023 – the 2024 version stated deep concerns about safety that have been brought up to the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County Legislature, and to New York State agencies involved in See page 54
GC High School Varsity Baseball on a roll PAGE 62 GC Girl Scouts celebrate Festival of Holi PAGE 56