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Vol. 99, No.46
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Holiday market
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Village hires architects for firehouse work
CHRISTMAS TREE SALE
BY RIKKI MASSAND The Garden City Board of Trustees has approved a program to offer “off-peak” hours Long Island Rail Road station parking passes, at the lots adjacent to the Nassau Boulevard, Stewart Manor and Garden City stations. Off-peak parking hours will begin at 10 a.m. daily. Creating a system for the Village to issue these permits will be an administrative task over the next few weeks. The board approved the off-peak parking permits subject to implementation of the program by Village Treasurer Irene Woo and the village clerk’s office. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi noted that once the process is fully outlined, the need for a cost allocation by the board of around $3,000 may be requested. Suozzi said ever since this idea was brought up, the village staff looked at ways to achieve the parking fee structure and offpeak permitting process. The process evolved to bringing it back to discuss at the Board of Trustees’ meeting this month. The computer system (Keystone) which issues the current LIRR parking permits for the village, as well as the Finance department processing and the parking enforcement by GCPD were noted as items to review. The off-peak permit program
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BY RIKKI MASSAND At its November 17 meeting the Garden City Village Board of Trustees approved the hire of firm BBS Architects, Landscape Architects & Engineers, P.C. at a cost of $36,560 for renovations to Fire Station No. 2 at the corner of Edgemere Road and Stewart Avenue. The funding for engaging the firm comes from the village’s capital budget, and it covers the work involved for outfitting and reconfiguring portions of the existing Edgemere Road fire station – not new construction. Trustee Bruce Torino, the liaison to the fire department, explained to his colleagues that the bids for the Fire Station No. 2 project involved two unique aspects – one being the work involving the GCFD’s continuation of operations in the existing building, which as been standing for See page 40
Contracts signed for tree, leaf removals BY RIKKI MASSAND
The Garden City Community Church will be holding its annual Christmas Tree sale on Saturday, December 3rd from 8 am to noon. Proceeds from the sale will support the church’s youth mission trip to South Carolina in summer 2023. In addition to trees, holiday decor, wreaths, garland and home baked goods will be available for sale. The church is located at 245 Stewart Avenue (corner of Stewart Ave. and Whitehall Blvd.). Above, Morgan Noody and Faith Short help carry a tree. See page 37
At its November 17 meeting, the Garden City Board of Trustees approved contracts for tree plantings, tree pruning and removal as well as the disposal of excess leaves and brush in the village. First, the board approved low bidder Northport Tree Corp. for the fall tree planting in Garden City – for a $41,104 contract, with the expense allocated from the village’s capital budget. Superintendent of Recreation and Parks Paul Blake announced that this contract represents the planting of 122 new trees. On the other end of the spectrum – and due to both See page 38
St. Josephs School soars to new heights PAGE 34 Celebrate the holidays at Adelphi PAC PAGE 8