The Garden City News (4/24/26)

BANNER WINNERS

Opening Day at GCAA Little League felt bigger than just the start of a season this year—it felt like a full community celebration. Above, The Mets were excited to be the annual winner of the Little League parade banner day. See pages 50-51 for full coverage.

GC voices rally behind Library vision

BY RIKKI MASSAND

In recent weeks Village budget deliberations have unfolded alongside a backdrop voices urging the Garden City Board of Trustees to fully fund the planned capital project to renovate the lower level of the Garden City Public Library. Supporters say the project would help realize a more cre-

ative, innovative vision for the Library’s space.

On Thursday, April 16, the Board of Trustees heard from resident Steve Tobias, whose father served as village mayor 60 years ago. Tobias attended the budget work session on behalf of the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

“The library needs to have an update, partly because it’s

evolving, like all libraries are, into a ‘center’ for kids to meet, as I’ve noticed the vast increase in the children/families population coming to the library for various programs. That’s a strong selling point for the real estate market, for people to have a nice local library to go to, but I am sorry to say our library, compared to others in the area,

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Village budget finalized without St. Paul’s line

BY RIKKI MASSAND

As the Village of Garden City’s Board of Trustees held its third and final budget review work session on Thursday evening, April 16, at Village Hall, officials examined and refined several budget changes developed over recent weeks by the Board and Village Treasurer Irene Woo.

The public hearing on the 2026–27 municipal budget was scheduled for the Board’s meeting on Thursday, April 23—after The Garden City News’ April 24 deadline. Coverage of the hearing and full Board meeting will appear in the May 1 edition.

The Village’s proposed 2026–27 General Fund operating budget totals $73.7 million, reflecting a $50,000 increase from the tentative budget. However, the tax levy rate of 3.91% and the planned use of $883,000 in surplus remain unchanged from the March 31 and April 2 work sessions.

The $50,000 increase stems from a revised estimate for the Village’s CHIPS reimbursement (Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program), funded through New York State. As a result, the “Estimated Other Revenues” line rises from $12.344 million to $12.394 million in the updated proposal.

On the expense side, appropriations increase from $73.659 million to $73.709 million. To offset this, the transfer to capital projects is reduced by $172,000 due to revisions in the Village’s capital plan. The tentative budget had included $2,592,040 for capital transfers; this figure was reduced to $2,420,000 in the April 16 revision, reflecting a scaled-back slate of projects for the coming fiscal year.

At the same time, the Contingent account increases by $222,040, incorporating the net $50,000 revenue increase.

“We are taking the reduction of the amount needed to fund capital projects (transfer being $172,000) and the increase of $50,000 from CHIPs, and we are placing it in Contingency. We had cut down the Contingency lines quite significantly in prior years in order to meet our tax cap levy; Contingency is typically $1 million but in the tentative budget (three weeks ago) it was set for $800,000 – this allows us to get back to our normal Contingency budget,” Treasurer Woo said.

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By the time this week’s paper hits mailboxes, the Village budget for the next fiscal year will most likely be passed, but that doesn’t mean that residents should stop paying attention to how the public’s money is spent. (The final hearing for the budget was set to be held on Thursday night, April 23rd, after our deadline for the week.)

Recently a number of residents have spoken up in favor of funding major renovations to the Garden City Library, especially the lower level, and we agree with those sentiments.

With all due respect to the hard working staff of the library and the Library Board, the building... isn’t great. As compared to libraries in other Long Island communities it has long needed an overhaul to make it more attractive

and to improve functionality.

The Library’s programs are great. They’re interesting and cover a broad range of topics, but the spaces on the lower level are somewhat dingy.

Libraries are evolving from being simply a place to get books into de facto community centers. In other communities where the libraries have more space they are able to run innovative programs such as Makerspaces with 3D printing equipment, seed libraries, and “Libraries of Things” where you can borrow a variety of items ranging from tools, to cooking appliances, to party games.

Funding the renovations of the lower level would at least be a first step to bringing the GC Library’s facilities up to par with other towns’ libraries.

Clearer mandate needed

To the Editor:

I think it’s too much of a stretch to infer that because the CAP candidates won the recent election that the new BOT now has an absolute mandate to preserve St. Paul’s.  I didn’t see any sort of referendum on the ballot that signaled that a vote for CAP candidates was a unary vote to preserve St. Paul’s.  I happen to think that many residents preferred the CAP candidates’ overall credentials in terms of experience, judgment, dedication and tireless efforts in stewarding the totality of issues affecting the Village – and not just where they stand on St. Paul’s.

If it were that simple and absolute, I suggest an additional survey – with only one question:

“Are you in favor of: a) preservation of St. Paul’s under the “Landmarking Plan”, or, b) demolition and construction of a park”

The results would provide a clearer mandate as to the preference of the majority of Village residents with no clouded inferences necessary.

Jim Freel, Sr.

Ending political polarization

To the Editor:

It is notable that two FABGC leaders most closely associated with the polarization of our local politics submitted letters to the Garden City News last week, in part responding to my call for more civil trustee elections.

I have seen firsthand how our community can come together constructively. During the “Say No to the Casino” effort, I worked alongside many residents affiliated with FABGC, including former Mayor Flanagan. We were united by a shared goal of protecting our village, and that experience demonstrated what can be achieved when differences are set aside in favor of collaboration.

Over many months, the CAP candidates ran a positive campaign centered on their impressive record of accomplishments and a forward-looking

vision for St. Paul’s. Garden City residents responded decisively, supporting that approach by significant margins at the polls. Our village is fortunate to have engaged and thoughtful residents who recognize that negative campaign tactics divide us rather than inform us. As I noted in my recent letter, FABGC has played a constructive role in making our trustee elections more open. However, it remains concerning that the two individuals most closely associated with the divisive tone of our trustee elections appear unwilling to acknowledge their role in fostering it.

If we are to achieve a genuine reset and move beyond unnecessary political polarization, it may be time for FABGC supporters to consider new leadership—leadership committed to a more measured, respectful, and constructive approach to our annual trustee elections.

Rich Catalano

Let public be heard

To the Editor:

In light of the cancellation of the RFP for demo, which was cancelled without notice, public discussion or input from residents of any kind. It is important that the village residents know the Open Meeting Laws and how they apply. For this village board of trustees may be in violation of the NYS open meeting laws (OML), if they rescind a recent unanimous decision without placing it on a formal agenda, particularly if it was not an emergency situation. While OML does not explicitly require a formal agenda, it requires public bodies to provide notice of meetings, and asking action on items not previously disclosed can undermine the purpose of the law. Considerations and violations of the NYS Open Meeting law:

1. Requirements: If a meeting is scheduled a week or more in advance, notice must be provided 72 hours beforehand. If a meeting is scheduled less than a week in advance, notice must be pro-

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Primary students advance in math tournament

Garden City’s Locust School is proud to celebrate three of its outstanding students — Mason Flynn, Riley Urquhart and William Goldner — who have earned the opportunity to represent both their school and the Garden City School District at the New York State First In Math Championship Tournament on June 13 in Albany.

Through their dedication and hard work, Mason, Riley and William rose to the top in the First In Math program, a statewide competition that challenges students in grades 1 through 8 to strengthen their mathematical fluency through a combination of skill-building and strategic gameplay. By consistently practicing both in school and at home, they developed the speed, accuracy, and problem-solving abilities needed to excel.

Using the First In Math app, the students took ownership of their learning — setting goals, tracking progress and refining their strategies through mini-lessons and video tutorials. Their commitment to improvement helped them build both confidence and proficiency in working with numbers. Their achievement is the result of years of growth. Since kindergarten, these students have been developing strong number sense and mathematical

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In March, they competed in a highly competitive virtual regional tournament against students from across New York State. By finishing among the top performers, they secured one of the limited spots at the state championship — an impressive accomplishment that highlights their skill and determination. They will be the sole team representing the Garden City School District.

At the state championship, the students will collaborate as a team to solve grade-level challenges based on First In Math games and the 24® Game series. They will be tasked with creating as many “number wheels” as possible by combining four numbers in different ways, earning points for both accuracy and creativity. The competition not only showcases their mathematical abilities but also emphasizes teamwork, communication and innovative thinking.

“We are incredibly proud of Mason, Riley, and William for their hard work, dedication, and the spirit they bring to mathematics every day,” said Ms. Eileen Vota, principal of Locust School. “They are a wonderful example of what our students can achieve when curiosity and perseverance come together.”

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Two businesses to open on Seventh Street

NuMed Spa and FS8 will hold their grand opening on Saturday.

BY GARY SIMEONE

Two new businesses are set to have their grand opening ceremonies this upcoming Saturday on Seventh Street. NuMed (Medical Spa & Integrative Wellness) and FS8 (Pilates Tone Yoga) will have their grand opening from 2 p.m to 5 p.m at their new location at 114 Seventh Street.

Chrissy Scavo, owner of NuMed Spa, said this is her second location after originally opening the business in Merrick eight years ago.

“The principle behind NuMed is that we treat both the aesthetic and wellness sides so that the patient is treated both on the inside and outside,” said Scavo. “On the wellness side we focus on improving aspects like autoimmune, inflammatory and other medical conditions and on the aesthetics, we have numerous treatments including Botox, microneedling, sclerotherapy, hydro facials, hair restoration and threading. Many of our patients overlap and we find that when you correct what’s going wrong with a person, such as having brain fog or an ongoing autoimmune or inflammatory condition, you make that person more confident and comfortable in their own skin.”

Scavo said that between the tow locations she has five onsite providers including physicians assistants and nurse practitioners and three aestheticians on hand.

“We have over thirty five hundred patients between our two facilities so we are a very busy practice. Since moving to our Garden City location a few months ago we’ve had nothing but a positive response from the community and we’ve seen many of our patients have a renewed quality of life.”

The other business to open at the new

location is FS8, a franchise business which specializes in yoga, Pilates and strength training group fitness classes.

Rocky and Nicole Fonovich, owners of FS8 and F45 in Carle Place, said the new business will be a more low-impact style of group training with classes focusing more on cardio and strength training.

“Classes in this location will be more of the low-impact variety focused on strength and training with the requisite reformers and mats available for our members,” said Rocky. “What will be unique about classes held here is that there will be multiple tv’s stationed throughout the studio so members can view themselves to ensure they are performing hr exercises correctly.”

Fonovich, who is from Seaford, said that he originally opened studios in Seaford and Carle Place during the pandemic before deciding to open a new one here in Garden City.

“The fitness industry is always expanding and we were looking for a new territory in a nice and home-based community on Long Island. We have found a great reception and a new home here in the Village.”

He said that FS8 stood for functional and style and that the number eight represented the eight key elements in fitness.

“Those eight elements include cardio, strength, flexibility, mobility, posture, coordination, balance and mental health. These were all the main core reasons I became interested in the fitness industry.”

To find more information about NuMed you can visit their website at numedny. com and FS8 studios at fs8.com.

The grand opening for both businesses will be held this upcoming Saturday, April 26th from 2 p.m to 5 p.m.

Welcome to this exceptional 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath split level home, ideally situated in the heart of the Estates on a rare 90 x 110 property.

This beautifully maintained residence offers a bright and spacious layout, perfect for both everyday living and entertaining.

Some of this home’s meticulous details include:

• sun filled living room with wood burning fireplace, moldings that flows into the formal dining room

• showcase chef’s delight eat-in-kitchen complete with a stunning gambrel vault ceiling, custom cabinetry and top of the line stainless appliances

•3 generously sized bedrooms, including a primary suite with a recently updated full bath as well as another updated full bath in the hallway

•sizable family room with custom built-in bookcase and workspace/desk

•bonus recreational area/laundry and storage

•attached 2 car garage with additional storage space

•enormous serene yard with large patio and mature lush landscaping

Additional features include: 2 zones baseboard/radiators heat, 1 zone CAC, IGS, Anderson windows, portico, dry wells, high hat lighting, near to school, park and LIRR.

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GCPD part of National Drug Take Back Day

The Garden City Police Department will participate in the Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25. From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., community members can safely dispose of their unwanted or expired prescription drugs at the collection center located at Garden City Police Department Headquarters, 349 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York.

This event is part of a nationwide effort to combat the growing opioid epidemic and promote safe disposal of prescription drugs. According to the DEA, the majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet. By participating in National Drug Take Back Day, individuals can prevent these drugs from falling into the wrong hands and potentially save lives.

Acting Commissioner Kneisel states,

“The Garden City Police Department and Drug Take Back Program helps collect unused, expired, and unwanted medications often associated with drug abuse, accidental poisonings, and overdoses. It allows for the safe disposal of drugs instead of flushing, burying, or throwing them out in the garbage, which poses significant environmental and health risks.

The GCPD encourages all residents to take advantage of this opportunity and join in our efforts to combat the opioid crisis. Acting Commissioner Kneisel also advises that the Police Department accepts unused, expired, and unwanted medications every day for anyone who cannot turn them in on April 25, 2026. Don't miss this chance to safely dispose of your unwanted prescription drugs. Join the Garden City Police Department on Saturday, April 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 349 Stewart Avenue.

GC Historical Society hosts clothing exhibit

Did you know that in the early 1900s bathing suits were made from wool?! It’s true. They were designed for modesty, featuring dark, heavy wool that covered the body from neck to knee. Weights were sometimes added to the hem to prevent floating.  In 1907, Annette Kellerman, an Australian swimmer, was arrested in Boston for wearing a one-piece wool suit that exposed her arms and legs. Ribbed wool swimsuits became popular in the 1910s–1920s. While more revealing than earlier designs, they were still modest compared to modern standards. Hollywood glamour influenced the 1930s–1940s swim wear. The modest wool garments became more form-fitting and stylish, with lower-cut backs, sleeveless designs and cutouts revealing the midriffs. “Lastex,” (aka “latex”), nylon and rayon, miracle stretch fibers, came into use because they allowed for tighter, more comfortable and faster-drying garments. This marked the end of the knitted wool era.

May 4–9, the Garden City Historical Society (TGCHS) Museum will be open daily, 12:00–3:00 p.m., for a small-scale Garment Exhibit of vintage and antique clothing. We will display several vintage ladies’ bathing suits. We will also have a display of ladies’ lawn dresses, and children’s clothing.

All garments in our collection have been donated to TGCHS over the years. Just last month, we received some items, including: an adorable toddler outfit (which I refer to as “little boy blue”), a beautiful woman’s embroidered nightie, a vintage decoupage pocketbook, a vintage Lucite pocketbook, vintage ladies’ hats and some baby blankets/pillows. We plan to showcase a number of these items at the exhibit. These garments help to keep our exhibits fresh and ever-changing. Museum volunteers will also provide a guided tour of the Museum, including its recently re-furbished bedroom and meeting room on the second floor.

A wool swimsuit from the early 1900s

Kicking off the Exhibit, we will have a lecture at TGCHS Museum on Sunday, May 3. Having grown up on Long Island’s Gold Coast, Monica Randall, noted Long Island author, has always been fasci nated by the homes and the ladies who lived in them. Early in her career, she began scouting locations for movies and has worked on the sets of The Great Gatsby, The Gilded Age and The Age of Innocence. Her lecture, “Legendary Women of Long Island,” focuses on sto ries surrounding the wealthy socialites of Long Island’s Gold Coast. She will talk about the interesting lives of socialites Edna Woolworth (Barbara Hutton’s moth er), Alva Vanderbilt, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Ann Woodward, to name just a few. This promises to be a fascinating lecture!   Sunday, May 3, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $20/person. Space is lim ited. Tickets may be purchased on Eventbrite and in the TGCHS Exchange Consignment Shop at the lower level. Light refreshments will follow the lec ture. The Shop is open Monday – Friday, 10-4:00 p.m. (Wednesdays until 6:00 p.m.) and Saturdays, noon – 4:00 p.m.. AND, just in time for Mother’s Day, the week’s activities will culminate in a flower-making activity on May 9 (12:003:00) in the Museum. Elementary-aged kids are invited to make tissue paper flow ers. Museum volunteers will oversee and assist the kids in this activity. Except for the lecture, the Garment Exhibit and the flower-making activities are open to the public at no cost.

GRAND OPENING EVENT

Saturday, April 25th, 2–5 p.m. 114 7th Street, Garden City

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295 NEW HYDE PARK ROAD, GARDEN CITY

Welcome to 295 New Hyde Park Road, a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath Colonial located in the Western section of Garden City. The home has approximately 1,500 interior square feet and perfect for both entertaining and everyday living. The first floor features an entry foyer, a spacious living room, formal dining room, kitchen, family room and half bath. The upstairs has a primary bedroom with 2 large closets, 2 additional bedrooms and a full bath. Some highlights of the home include an updated kitchen with granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances, central air conditioning, crown molding, gas heating, gas cooking, hardwood floors throughout, a finished basement, laundry room and a 1-car detached garage. This home has incredible curb appeal and is in close proximity to the Long Island Railroad, shopping, restaurants and the park. Having lived there for over 30 years, this beloved home has been filled with love, laughter and cherished memories. This beautiful house is ready for you to call home! Don’t miss it! Asking price $999,000

Garden City Real Estate Market Information

142 Cambridge Ave

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.

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Date: 04/17/2026

Sold price: $1,930,000

4 bedrooms, 3 baths

Architectural Style: Colonial

Property size: .2 acre

Square feet: 3,100

MLS number: 938153

The Seller’s Team: Kathleen Lucchese, Daniel Gale Sothebys Intl Realty

The Buyer’s Team: Marie Grieco, Howard Hanna Coach

Welcome beautiful 142 Cambridge Avenue to the Garden City Market. This delightful classic center hall colonial home is ideally located on the corner of Whitehall Blvd in the heart of the Adelphi Estates section and boasts an impressive 3100 square feet of living space and ideal floor plan for exceptional modern day living. The oversized living room highlights a wood burning fireplace while an adjacent large sunlit den off the living room invites additional relaxation and entertaining space and overlooks beautiful yard. The formal dining room is the perfect venue for holidays and entertainment space. The large custom kitchen boasts Viking and Sub Zero appliances and is adjacent to additional great room/dining area with French doors that lead to outdoor bluestone patio. Most convenient laundry room, full bathroom and entry to two car garage complete this first level. Awaiting on the second floor is primary bedroom with en-suite bathroom, 3 additional bedrooms with large closet space and additional full bathroom. The basement delights with additional living space with large recreational room for relaxation that includes a legal egress window for safety and light, finished custom cabinetry and a large storage room which includes cedar closets and mechanicals. The delightful yard features a bluestone patio , outdoor speakers and mature landscaped yard for full privacy. Located in the ever beloved Adelphi Estates section, this wonderful home is just a few short blocks from shopping , restaurants and LIRR transportation. Other amenities include, Full house generator, full house water filtration system, Cental Air Conditioning, attached 2 car garage, radiant heat, exterior wall coat, fully fenced in yard, IGS, alarm system and legally egressed basement. All updates throughout the entire house completed by Old World Quality Corp. Truly wonderful home and rare Garden City opportunity!

Date: 04/15/2026

Sold price: $1,480,000

3 bedrooms, 3 baths

Architectural Style: Split Level

Property size: .15 acres

Square feet: 2,186

MLS number: 958292

The Seller’s Team: Maureen Lagarde, Howard Hanna Coach

The Buyer’s Team: Fan Liu, Lin Pan Realty Group

Perfectly situated mid-block in Garden City’s Northeast section, this beautifully updated split-level home leaves nothing to be desired. Gleaming hardwood floors run throughout the bright, spacious interior, which offers 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, plus a bonus finished third floor with two additional rooms. The large eat-in kitchen features stainless steel appliances and opens to a formal dining room and an oversized living room with stunning picture windows. The lower level is ideal for entertaining, with a generous family room, powder room, and direct access to a covered patio and well-manicured backyard. Additional highlights include a sizable finished basement with rec room, utilities and storage, irrigation system, security alarm, and LOW taxes. Convenient to the LIRR Mineola station, parks, and schools. Approximately 2,186 sq ft plus lower-level, finished basement, and third floor living space.

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Garden City PTA News

PTA Sportswear Sale

The PTA Sportswear Sale ends April 26. Please scan the QR code below to order!

Save the Date - All-Schools PTA Meeting and Vote May 6

Join us Wednesday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the GCMS Cafeteria for our final All-Schools PTA meeting of the year. We will be voting on our preliminary budget for 26–27 as well as some proposed updates to our GCPTA bylaws. We must make a quorum to vote, so please stop by!

New Executive Committee Slate

Thank you to all who submitted nominations for the open positions on our 26–27 GC PTA Executive Committee! Please join us at our All-Schools Meeting on Wednesday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. at GCMS to confirm our full slate of EC members.

• President - Kristen Whitaker

• President Elect - Jennifer Virzera

• Secretary - Zeynep Vitale

• Treasurer - Elise Chamberlain

• Executive Vice PresidentLauren Peeples

• VP Curriculum - Nicole

Barrese

• VP Legislation - Colleen

Ciullo

• VP CommunicationsStephanie Buttrill

• HS Director - Donna Kraus

• MS Director - Lamina Bowen

• Stewart Director - Ali Calame

• Stratford Director - Yasmine Iliya-Clark

• Hemlock Director - Meredith Liddle

• Homestead Director - Jessica Mullins

• Locust Director - Mary Alaina Burbage

Other Important Dates

• Sportswear Sale ends 4/26

• All-Schools PTA Meeting & Vote at GCMS: 5/6 @ 7:30 p.m.

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This renovated 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath colonial blends timeless charm with modern living in an open-concept layout ideal for entertaining and everyday comfort. A chef’s kitchen features custom cabinetry, premium stainless-steel appliances, and a waterfall island, flowing into the dining area. The formal living room boasts a marble wood-burning fireplace, and a stylish powder room completes the main level. The primary suite offers a well-appointed bath, while three additional bedrooms share a modern full bath. A finished basement provides two large recreation areas for flexible use.

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9 Sunset Lane, Garden City

Open House: Sat, April 25th & Sun April 26th from 12N – 3PM

This exceptional Colonial is ideally situated at the top of a quiet cul-de-sac on Sunset Lane, set on over half an acre of beautifully landscaped property with room for a pool. Offering 3,100 square feet of elegant living space, this classic residence features 5 bedrooms and 3.5 beautifully renovated baths. The main level offers a seamless and inviting flow. A gracious foyer welcomes you into a spacious living room with fireplace, complemented by a powder room and a large formal dining room. The kitchen includes a separate eatin area and is adjacent to a comfortable family room. Additional conveniences include first-floor laundry and a guest bedroom with full bath ideal for visitors or flexible living arrangements. The rear of the home is lined with oversized windows and French doors, filling the interior with natural light and creating a wonderful indoor-outdoor connection. Step outside to a patio and enormous backyard perfect for relaxing mornings or entertaining guests. Upstairs, the primary suite impresses with two walk-in closets and a private bath with a large glass shower. Three additional well-proportioned bedrooms, each with excellent closet space, and a full hall bath complete the second level. Additional highlights include central air conditioning, gas heat, an unfinished basement with great potential, in-ground sprinklers and a two-car attached garage. Conveniently located near Cherry Valley Country Club and the Garden City Pool, this home offers both tranquility and accessibility.

Women’s Health Care of Garden City committed to personalized care

By John L. Gomes, MD

John L. Gomes, MD, founded Women’s Health Care of Garden City in 1995. It has remained an independent private practice, providing personalized obstetrical and gynecological services.

He employs the technical advances of conventional medicine with an integrative approach to navigate women through difficult pregnancies into the menopausal years. He treats a wide variety of OB/GYN conditions and is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care.

All tests are conveniently done on the premises, and a dedicated, compassionate staff is on call 24/7.

He is committed to excellence in patient communication, education and support, as many patients come with anxiety associated with past experiences and future concerns.

Dr. Gomes received his undergraduate degree from Brown University, and his Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University.

He is both Board Certified and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Women’s Health Care of Garden City is located at 1000 Franklin Avenue, Suite 200, Garden City.

Mobility Impaired Committee gets good news

BY GERRY KELLY, MOBILITY IMPAIRED COMMITEE

The Mobility impaired Committee has a busy Spring agenda ranging from Village Hall to the St Paul’s complex. This week we received good news from the Garden City Hotel who will be working on the patio bar making it ADA accessible. We were excited to hear from the Hotel and commend them on the speed in moving the project along. The mobility impaired committee, hopes the patio bar will be fully accessible this year.

The village of Garden City will be voting on their budget Thursday, April 23 . The village has designated $200,000 for the main entrance to become ADA accessible. Earlier this year the village applied for a state grant of $365,000 for

the same job. The Mobility impaired committee has been assured that extra dollar figure will come from the public works operating budget to cure the drainage issue that impacts both the village parking lot and the ADA improvement to the village main entrance.

The Mobility Impaired Committee has also commented to the Village on Cluett Hall, part of St Paul complex, and the replacement of the ramp with a lift. The landing on the top of proposed lift is difficult to maneuver your walker or wheelchair and open the door. Hopefully this project and all the ongoing or planned initiatives will be familiar with ADA regulations .

The Mobility impaired Committee welcomes new ideas and members. Our web site is accessaisle.org or phone 302-547-0800

Fight for Earth Day Spring Festival

To celebrate Earth Day, the Creation Care Community of The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island is hosting “Fight for Earth” Day and Spring Festival on Saturday, April 25. The annual celebration will be held at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, 50 Cathedral Ave.

“Our theme is ‘Fight for Earth’ because the struggle continues to keep, preserve and restore our beautiful planet,” said the Rev. Dr. Matthew Moore, Diocesan Missioner for Environmental Justice.

Fr. Moore continued: “The Diocese of Long Island stretches from Brooklyn Bridge to Montauk Point, from dense

city neighborhoods, to suburbs, to farms, so we don’t have to look far to see how climate change and extreme weather events affect us all. We have to make our stand now to protect the earth and all creatures on it, humans included, now and for the future.”

“Fight for Earth” Day starts at 11:00 a.m. with prayer for Earth inside the Cathedral, under their new exhibition, “Gaia: This Fragile Earth Our Island Home”, which opens that same day.

“Fight for Earth” Day attendees will be the first in the country to see this striking exhibit in a house of worship.

Similar to last year’s Moon exhibition, Gaia, by Luke Jerram of the United Kingdom, features a 20 ft. diameter scale lit model of the earth, using NASA imagery.

Music at the prayer service will include students from the St. Luke and St. Matthew Choir School from Brooklyn; the acclaimed steel band from Achievement High School in Brooklyn; and celebrated organist Kurleigh Lowe from St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Brooklyn.

The Rev. Lester Mackenzie, a third-generation Anglican priest, will be the keynote speaker. He will address the importance of climate change, caring for creation, and why this is everyone’s current challenge and concern.

Fr. Mackenzie is Chief of Mission Program in the office of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, with a charge which includes creation care and climate justice, racial justice and healing, gender justice, ethnic and multicultural ministries, evangelism, and young adult and campus ministries.

Fr. Mackenzie is a native of South Africa. His grandfather was an assisting bishop of Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Cape Town.

The afternoon program starts at 1:00 p.m.

After lunch for the morning attendees, there will be a host of activities starting at 1:00 p.m., open to all.

To kick things off there will be a panel discussion, “Gaia: Exploring the Possibilities of Peace” with Fr. Mackenzie and students and professors from Adelphi University.

A  heart-health focused health fair will run simultaneously all afternoon, led by Dr. Michelle Chester and the NYC Nurses Honor Guard. It will offer free Narcan training; BP monitoring; DermaScan; and CPR training.

The afternoon schedule also includes crafts for kids; tours of the Cathedral, its bees and pollinator garden; a seeds giveaway by ReWild Long Island; a nature walk; and free books and other goodies to take home.

“We hope everyone will join us because there will be something for everyone,” said the Rev. Mark Genszler, Rector of Christ Church, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, and co-Chair of the Diocesan Creation Care Community Leadership Team. “Most importantly, we hope that each person, whether adult or child, will leave with a renewed sense of purpose and new ideas on how to help pass on a healthy earth to future generations.”

GCMS Hackathon team earns second place

Garden City Middle School is proud to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of its sixth grade Hackathon team, which earned second place overall in this year’s competition and also received first place for its Capital Display Project submitted in advance of the event.

With the team in its second year of participation, the Hackathon has quickly become a meaningful opportunity for students to showcase far more than coding skills. Throughout the experience, students worked collaboratively to problem solve, think creatively, communicate ideas and apply computational thinking in authentic ways.

The team began preparing in November 2025 and spent months working together on block-based coding, Python challenges, pixel art design and Capital Display Project development. During the competition, they navigated a live challenge map, completed coding and design tasks, solved “auto gate” puzzles to unlock opportunities and submitted projects to a panel of judges for feedback and scoring.

The team’s first-place winning Capital Display Project gave students an opportunity to express themselves through a larger creative challenge connected to this year’s theme, Ancient Egypt. In less than a week, students diverged and converged in their learning and creation, with

some helping write and sing an original song, some designing individual games based on the theme, and others creating artwork and animations that supported the story. Each participant was able to showcase their individual interests and strengths while also contributing to one cohesive final project. With support from ideas built on the work of the previous year’s Hackathon team, students connected their pieces through a shared storyline, and the final project was submitted by the team captain to be judged by a panel of KidOYO mentors.

A standout part of the team’s success was its strong collaboration. Students contributed in different ways, from coding game elements to designing original pixel art sprites and animations used during the competition. Their teamwork, persistence and creativity played a major role in helping the team capture five territories during the event, with student-created artwork helping secure two of those wins.

The Hackathon team was led by team captain Benjamin Collins and supported by student team members Kylie Chean, Ethan Cheng, Christian Leon, Henry Schinn, Lebao Tao, Launy Zhong and Pantelis Zografos. The group was coached by Mrs. Danielle Scibelli and Mrs. Nadine Wenger, with support from Mr. Michael Davola, who helped the team prepare in the final

leading up to the competition.

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Multiple incidents

On April 15th, Garden City Police responded to four auto accidents.

Gas odor call

Garden City Police responded on April 15th to a fire call due to the smell of natural gas.

Brush fire

On April 15th, Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to a fire call on Manor Rd. where a small brush fire reignited from Tuesday’s transformer explosion.

Smoking complaint

GCPD responded to St. Paul’s on April 15th for a report of a woman smoking; no violations were observed.

Disabled vehicle

On April 15th, GCPD responded to help a motorist with a disabled auto.

Parking issues

Garden City Police responded to two parking conditions on April 15th.

False alarm

On April 15th, GCPD responded to 111 Cherry Valley Ave. for a fire alarm that was set in error.

Confused hotel patron

Garden City Police responded to the Residence Inn on April 15th to assist security with a patron who was confused.

Domestic calls

On April 15th, Garden City Police responded to two domes tic incidents.

Lights out

GCPD units directed traf fic at several locations on April 15th due to a brief power outage that disabled several traffic lights.

Signal issue

On April 15th, GCPD units directed traffic at North Ave. and Nassau Blvd. related to a malfunctioning traffic light.

Bus in distress?

GCPD responded on April 15th to Old Country Rd. to investigate a NICE Bus with a distress signal. The bus was gone when officers arrived.

Shattered window

On April 15th, Garden City Police responded to the vicinity of Homestead School for a report of a vehicle rear window that had been shattered.

Jump assist

Garden City Police responded to PF 6E on April 15th to assist a disabled vehicle with a jump pack.

Missing vehicle

On April 16th, Garden City Police responded to a Stratford Ave. residence to assist a resident in locating a vehicle.

Alarm error

Garden City Police and Firefighters responded on April 16th to Nassau Blvd. for a fire alarm that was set in error.

Disturbance report

On April 16th, GCPD responded to a Franklin Ave. medical office for a report of a person causing a disturbance; the individual was no longer at the scene upon arrival.

School drill

GCPD conducted a lockdown drill at a Garden City school on April 16th.

Motorist assist

On April 16th, GCPD assisted a motorist with a disabled vehicle on Old Country Rd.

Flat tire help

Garden City Police assisted a motorist with a flat tire on Stewart Ave. on April 16th.

Audible alarm

On April 16th, GCPD responded to Stewart Ave. to investigate an audible house alarm. They found that all was in order.

Accident response

GCPD responded to two auto accidents on April 16th.

Medical calls

On April 16th, GCPD responded to nine medical aided calls for service.

Hotel dispute

On April 17th, Garden City Police officers responded to the Residence Inn for a dispute.

Fall assist

GCPD responded on April 17th to a Stewart Ave. residence to assist a homeowner who had fallen.

Suspicious van

On April 17th, GCPD responded to Hampton Rd. to investigate a suspicious van. The van was no longer at the scene.

Lockout assist

Garden City Police responded to Pell Terrace on April 17th to assist a resident locked out of their home.

Construction alarm

On April 17th, Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to Kellum Place for a fire alarm set off due to construction.

Car fire

Garden City Police and Firefighters responded on April 17th to a car fire at Adelphi University.

Reckless youths report

On April 17th, GCPD responded to Edgemere Rd. for a report of youths on motorbikes being reckless. They were gone upon arrival.

Suspicious male

Garden City Police responded on April 17th to Hamilton Place for a report of a suspicious male yelling.

Ladder check

On April 17th, GCPD responded to a Stewart Ave. residence to investigate a suspicious ladder left in bushes. Police found that all was in order.

Business alarm

Garden City Police and Firefigthers responded on April 17th to a 7th St. business for a fire alarm set in error.

Damaged pole

On April 17th, GCPD responded to New Hyde Park Rd. for a damaged PSE&G pole.

Multiple calls

Garden City Police responded on April 17th to two auto accidents and five medical aided calls for service.

Suspicious vehicle

On April 18th, GCPD responded to Westbury Rd. for a suspicious vehicle. They determined that all was in order.

Parade detail

GCPD controlled traffic and policed the Little League Opening Day Parade on April 18th without incident.

Home lockout

On April 18th, GCPD responded to a Stewart Ave. residence to assist a homeowner locked out of their residence.

Neighbor dispute

The GCPD assisted with an ongoing

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Here’s the latest on the Edgemere Firehouse: construction fencing is being installed to secure the site and prepare for the next phase of work. The project team will begin by having licensed electricians and plumbers disconnect existing utilities and establish temporary utility services to maintain operations throughout construction. The existing generator will also be disconnected during this phase. In addition, the contractor will install a temporary structure to house one of the fire trucks that is currently stored inside the building. The structure will be fully equipped with electrical service, heating and air conditioning to ensure proper protection of essential equipment. Once these preparations are complete, the team will proceed with the demolition of the rear staircase and portions of the exterior rear of the building. Looking ahead, we anticipate that by June, excavation will begin for the new rear foundation, which will include a full basement. This will be followed by the pouring of concrete.

Seventh Street “Spring Cleanup”

You may have seen earth movers, some tree removal and new tree plantings, grate cleaning and a myriad of other “spring cleanup” activity on Seventh Street last week. DPW and Rec

THE MAYOR’S UPDATE

crews worked in tandem to “gussy up” the “avenue” in prep for Spring and Summer’s many fun activities. Please check out the Village website for times and dates of all happenings.

P.S. We did have a blast marching in last Saturday’s annual Little League parade! There was a great crowd of LL’s best in the parade and our neighbors cheering us on...on Franklin Ave., Seventh St., and on the Village Green.

LIRR upgrades continue this weekend

This weekend the LIRR will continue its signal upgrades between Floral Park and Queens Village stations as part of the Queens Interlocking project. The LIRR will also be taking advantage of this outage to rehabilitate the Hilton Avenue grade crossing.

Queens Interlocking Signal Pre-Testing

There will be no Hempstead Branch service operating, however there are some unique service changes in effect:

• For Stewart Manor, Nassau Boulevard, Garden City, and Hempstead, bus service will be provided to and from Mineola.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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vided as soon as possible.

2. The Purpose of the Law: The open meetings law designed to ensure that the public is aware of the decision-making process. Frequently voting on items not listed on the agenda is considered bad practice and a disservice to the public.

3. The only exception is if the item was a true emergency. If it was not an emergency, the board should have placed the item on the agenda and provided adequate notice to the public.

4. ” Secret” or Pre-meetings: Meetings in private before a public session to decide, “rubber stamping,” or bypassing public deliberation is also considered a violation of public trust.

5. Blocking Access / Recording: Improperly restricting public access, failing to allow video recording, or not providing reasonable accommodations for an in person or remote viewing.

6. Consideration Rules: Robert’s rules of order suggest that a motion to reconsider a decision should ideally occur at the same meeting, though some governing boards will allow it at

the next regular meeting.

My request is that our BOT be given, reads and follows the NYS Open Meeting Laws along with their fiduciary duties and responsibilities before making any future decisions or recommendations rather than abusing them.

Bob Orosz

Abomination without verification

To the Editor:

People, like Mr. P.A. O’Rouke in his Garden City News letter of April 16, should be careful calling out qualifications without verification. Among others, he claims President Trump is a rapist!

Maybe I should mention some qualifications of his friends like Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries etc. I don’t know where to start and I don’t know where to end.

No, no! I know better. I will not put myself on Mr. O’Rouke’s level, dishing out cheap shots! What a shame!

Heinz Mayer

• For Bellerose and Country Life Press, NICE Bus will accept LIRR tickets on nearby routes.

• Ronkonkoma Branch service will be reduced to hourly in both directions.

Hilton Avenue Grade Crossing Rehabilitation

• At a high level, the LIRR will be removing the existing rubber pads, intervening asphalt paving and installing new concrete pads and repaving this crossing.

• Road closures will be managed by MTAPD.

• This work will be conducted Saturday morning, April 25 beginning at 12:00 a.m. until Monday morning, April 27 at 3:30 a.m.

• Once work is complete on these weekends, LIRR crews will return at a later date to complete the final paving of the crossing.

Riders are encouraged to use the TrainTime app to plan their rides as

well as check the MTA’s planned services webpage.

Upcoming National Grid Work

Beginning the first week of May, National Grid crews will be conducting test holes on Stewart Avenue near Hilton Avenue between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Test holes are smaller excavations made to inspect underground utilities and record findings for a future project. This work is anticipated to take 1-2 weeks to complete. There will be no interruption to service for our resident customers. Traffic will remain open on Hilton Avenue and Stewart Avenue but expect lane-shifts during work hours. A traffic flagger will be on site to assist vehicular and pedestrian traffic. There will be temporary impacts to business driveways on Hilton Avenue and Stewart Avenue. Crews will assist residents in and out when necessary. There will be materials and machinery storage areas near the construction zone during and after work hours. Once the work is complete crews will backfill and restore impacted areas to Village specifications. For your safety please do not enter work zones and be mindful of traffic cones and signs.

THI S WEEK AT ROTARY

Superintendent to Report on Status of Water Quality In Garden City

Next Tuesday, April 28, 12:15 at Mineola’s Davenport Press Restaurant, Mineola-Garden City Rotary will be pleased to welcome as guest speaker, Stan Carey, superintendent of water and sewer for the Village of Garden City. Rotary invites all to join us as we learn about the water quality within our Village while enjoying a great Davenport luncheon of choice.

As superintendent of water and sewer, Mr. Carey is the chief executive officer responsible for overall management, operation and compliance of our municipality’s water supply and waterway systems which ensure safe, reliable and compliant water supply services for our residents and businesses.

In addition to operational leadership, Stan Carey is also responsible for emergency response plus budget, planning and infrastructure maintenance.  He also serves as a liaison between the Village government and the public, ensuring transparency and trust in the water and sewer services.

Stan Carey has been working in the public drinking water industry for 40 years.  In the past, he has served as superintendent for the Massapequa Water District and as a director at Suffolk County Quality Council, appointed by the governor.

In the past Mr. Carey has also served as chairman of the Long Island Water Conference and Chairman of the Long island Commission for Aquifer (LICAP).  He has managed many projects related to drinking water filtration as well as upgrading aging infrastructure.

JOIN US SATURDAY, MAY 9

TO END HUNGER ON LONG ISLAND!

Just leave non-perishable food items by your mailbox your letter carrier will collect it for Island Harvest! soh.islandharvest.org

Garden City Superintendent of Water and Sewer Stan Carey

To reserve for this luncheon meeting as well as those listed below (fee: $40 payable at the door) - including the breakfast on May 12 (fee: $20 also payable at the door, please register by emailing mineolagardencityrotaryclub@gmail.com.

Upcoming Meeting Speakers

Tuesday, May 12: Breakfast meeting, 8 a.m., Carle Place Diner.  Guest speakers: Management Team, Marianne Malagon, Library Director and Courtney Rosenblatt, Operations Director, Garden City Public Library. Tuesday, May 26: Luncheon meeting, 12:15, Mineola’s Davenport Press Restaurant.  Guest speaker: Dr. Suan Posner, President, Hofstra University.

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 at Doctoremma.com/in-the-community. To apply you must submit a completed application, senior photo and a signed release form.

Mail completed applications to Dr. Denise L. Emma, 70 Seventh Street, Garden City NY 11530 For questions, please call 516-741-7970.

Let your voice be heard!

Is there an issue in your community you want to discuss? Want to respond to something you saw in our paper?

Then write a letter to our editor and bring it to everyone’s attention! Send your letter to editor@gcnews.com and we’ll publish it for you!

THERE REALLY IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

At NYU Langone, we’re doing all we can to make sure our patients receive the best care during and after their hospital stay, so they can go home and stay home. Shorter hospital stays reduce your risk of infection, medication side effects, and complications. Plus, you can get back to the things you love most: your own bed, family dinners, and life as usual.

But getting you home is only half the story. Our low readmission rates mean you won’t have to come back days or weeks later for the same issue. Because when it comes to hospital stays, nobody wants a sequel. Just another reason we’re ranked #1 for quality care in the U.S.

Spotlight on Garden City Business

SUBMITTED BY THE GARDEN CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Bileddo’s Key Food –A Family Legacy Rooted in Community

At Bileddo’s Key Food, the story behind the business is just as meaningful as the service it provides to the Garden City community. For owner Gianni Bileddo, the grocery business is deeply personal—rooted in family, tradition, and a lifelong commitment to serving others.

Gianni shares that his inspiration comes from his father, Anthony Bileddo, who immigrated from Palermo, Sicily, and worked as a butcher. In the 1970s, Anthony and his brothers opened their first Key Food store in Brooklyn, laying the foundation for what would become a family legacy. Gianni, along with his brothers Joe and Sal, grew up in the business, learning every department from a young age. It wasn’t just work—it was part of their everyday life. What continues to drive him today is not only that legacy, but also the role the store plays in people’s daily lives and the ability to make a difference through service.

The Garden City location has been part of the community since 2001, when Anthony Bileddo took over the store from Grand Union. In the early days, the focus was simple but critical: earning trust. That meant long hours, being present on the floor, and paying close attention to the small details that customers remember. Over time, those efforts transformed into something much deeper. Relationships formed, familiar faces became part of daily routines, and the store became woven into the fabric of people’s lives—from weekly shopping trips to life’s biggest celebrations.

What sets Bileddo’s Key Food apart from larger supermarket chains is that personal connection. In a family-run business, ownership is present and engaged. Customers are recognized, conversations come naturally, and service is often tailored to individual needs—whether that means recommendations or accommodating special requests. The experience feels genuine and community-driven rather than transactional.

That connection has proven especially important during difficult times. The store has stood alongside the community through events like Hurricane Sandy and the COVID-19 pandemic, remaining a dependable resource when it mattered most. There is a

strong sense of trust—customers know they can rely on the store to be open, prepared, and ready to serve. Special care has also been given to supporting senior residents and ensuring they are looked after during challenging circumstances.

Over the years, the grocery industry has changed significantly, and Bileddo’s Key Food has adapted right along with it. Today’s customers are more mindful of what they’re buying, seeking organic options, fresh and locally sourced products, and food they feel confident serving their families. In response, the store has expanded its offerings to include organic produce, grass-fed meats, and a full-service kitchen providing fresh, prepared meals—balancing convenience with quality.

The store’s connection to the community is further strengthened through its longstanding relationship with the Garden City Chamber of Commerce. Being part of the Chamber has reinforced the importance of collaboration and supporting local businesses. He points to one of the President of the Chamber, John Wilton’s key philosophies, that has stayed with him—that if something is good for local businesses, it is good for the entire community. That belief continues to guide both his business and his outlook, reinforcing the idea that small businesses are the backbone of a place like Garden City.

Looking ahead, the mission remains consistent: continue providing quality products, competitive pricing, and exceptional customer service, while staying closely connected to the community. Recent partnerships, such as working with the Garden City Welcoming Club to support new homeowners, reflect that ongoing commitment.

For Gianni, being a local business owner in Garden City is something he considers an honor. Having grown up in the store, he has witnessed generations of customers—and now, in many cases, their children—become part of the same story. It’s a full-circle experience that continues to shape both the business and the person behind it.

Bileddo’s Key Food is more than a supermarket—it’s a reflection of family, resilience, and the kind of community connection that defines Garden City. The Garden City Chamber of Commerce proudly encourages residents and visitors alike to continue to shop local and support small businesses, recognizing that doing so helps preserve the character, strength, and vitality of the entire community.

GC Democrats Club meets to discuss races

The Garden City Democrats Club, along with The Western Nassau Democratic Club, met informally recently at the Tap Room. Spirited conversations were had regarding the upcoming elections in November. The headline races for Governor Kathy Hochul and Controller Tom DiNapoli of New York State, along with our Congressional contest with our Representative Laura Gillen were at the top of the agenda.

Attendees were then treated to introductions and greetings from two important local races. Garden City resident Joy Jankunas, Democratic candidate for our Nassau County legislature seat spoke with energy about her view for the future for the residents of our County.  Jankunas is an attorney, with an interest in helping all people to afford and realize their ambitions.

Colleen Connaughton, Garden City res-

ident and Democratic candidate for our New York State Assembly seat, spoke to the group with passion about her vision for New York State, and how the State could support us here in Nassau County and Garden City.

These two new candidates have not held public office in the past. They both are professionals with solid credentials, who would bring some fresh insight to our political world.

The Western Nassau Democratic Club is a recently formed, active organization that covers Elmont, Bellerose Village and Terrace, Floral Park, Franklin Square, South New Hyde Park, Stewart Manor, and West Hempstead. Garden City Democrats meet regularly on the first Wednesday of each Month. Each organization has an informative website.

Class of 2020 reunion

The Garden City High School Class of 2020 will hold a belated 25th reunion on May 2 from 5–ß8 p.m. at Somerset Brewery (owned by our very own Manny Fajardo) 94 Cherry Valley Ave.,

Unit C, West Hempstead. $70 unlimited food and drink. Please RSVP to Katie Roland (Masterson) katiemasterson@gmail. com by April 25.

Do you have grandchildren?

Enter our “World’s Most Beautiful Grandchildren” contest! Just send in your grandchildren’s photos and a brief description of the child (or children) along with your name and address to editor@gcnews.com

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

Teens can earn community service credit at Teen VolunTuesday and at Teen Art Workshop.

Join Us for Teen VolunTuesday and Teen Art Workshop Next Week at the Library!

Next week, teens are welcome to join us for Teen VolunTuesday on Tuesday, April 28, at 4 p.m. and Teen Art Workshop: Blackout Poetry Collage on Wednesday, April 29, at 4 p.m. at the Library! These programs are for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12. At Teen VolunTuesday, teens can earn community service by working on a variety of projects for the Library while having snacks and chatting with friends. At Teen Art Workshop: Blackout Poetry Collage, teens will celebrate National Poetry Month by learning about the history of blackout poetry and then make their own; in the latter half of the program, teens will use their works in a collage to create a unique piece of art. Registration is required for these programs on LibCal at https:// gardencitypl.libcal.com unless otherwise noted. Teens who complete an online survey after specific programs can receive community service for participating.

Upcoming and Ongoing Library Programs for Tweens and Teens

These programs are for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12 unless otherwise noted. Registration is required for these programs on LibCal at https:// gardencitypl.libcal.com unless otherwise noted.

Teens who complete an online survey after specific programs can

receive community service for participating.

Registration is live online at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com for the following programs:

• Ongoing: 100 Books Before Graduation - Register online here: https://forms.gle/j262hNm4tGsvR8wz9. After you register, pick up your 100 Books Before Graduation Packet located at the Library to participate!

• Tuesday, April 28, at 4 p.m.: Teen VolunTuesday (Grades 6–12)

• Wednesday, April 29, at 4 p.m.: Teen Art Workshop (Grades 6–12)

Registration begins Tuesday, April 28 at 10 a.m. online at https:// gardencitypl.libcal.com for the following programs:

• Tuesday, May 5, at 4 p.m.: Teen Advisory Board (Grades 6–12)

• Thursday, May 7, at 4 p.m.: Teen Dungeons and Dragons (Grades 6–12)

Registration begins Tuesday, May 5 at 10 a.m. online at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com for the following programs:

• Tuesday, May 12 at 4 p.m.: Tween Tuesdays (Grades 4–7)

• Friday, May 15 at 3:30 p.m.: Teen Gamers (Grades 6–12)

Registration begins Tuesday, May 12 at 10 a.m. online at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com for the following programs:

• Monday, May 18 at 4 p.m.: Teen Manga Mondays (Grades

During Spring Break, teens in Grades 6–12 visited the Library for several fun programs. This included Teen Paint Party on Wednesday, April 8, Teen Crafternoon: DIY Clear Umbrellas on Thursday, April 9, and Teen Movie Club: Star Wars: Rogue One on Friday, April 10. Visit the Library’s website at gardencitypl.org or LibCal at gardencitypl.libcal.com to learn more about upcoming programs for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12.

6–12)

• Tuesday, May 19 at 4 p.m.: Teen VolunTuesday (Grades 6–12)

• Thursday, May 21 at 4 p.m.: Pizza and Pages: Teen Book Club (Grades 6–12)

• Friday, May 22 at 3:30 p.m.: Teen Clubhouse (Grades 6–12 )

Ongoing Take-Home Community Service Opportunities

Looking to volunteer? Check out some of our ongoing take-home community service opportunities for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12. Please check at the Library for more information on each of these opportunities; all volunteer projects should be submitted at the Library with a Volunteer Form, which can be found outside the Tweens and Teens Room.

• Ongoing until Friday, May 15, 2026: America 250 Recipe Cards for Community Service - No registration required. Up to 5 poems can be submitted per volunteer.

• Ongoing until Friday, May 15, 2026: America 250 What America Means to Me Project for Community Service - No registration required. Up to 2 submissions (1 writing and 1 art) can be submitted per volunteer.

• Ongoing until Friday, May 15, 2026: America 250 Art and Writing Showcase for Community Service - No registration required. Up to 3 pieces of art and 3 pieces of writing can be submitted per volunteer.

• Ongoing until Friday, May 15, 2026: Teen Social Media Team’s America 250: What America Means to Me Video Project - No registration required, but parents must sign a volunteer form located at the Library. One video can be submitted per teen volunteer for this project.

• Ongoing: Teen Social Media Team - No registration required, but parents must sign a volunteer form located at the Library. Up to four social media content items can be submitted per volunteer monthly.

• Ongoing: Bookmarks for

• Ongoing until Friday, May 1, 2026: Teen Art and Creative Writing Showcase 2026 - No registration required. Up to 3 pieces of art and 3 pieces of writing can be submitted per volunteer.

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

Community Service - No registration required. Up to 20 bookmarks can be submitted per volunteer monthly.

• Ongoing: Kindness Cards for Community Service - No registration required. Up to 10 cards can be submitted per volunteer monthly.

• Ongoing: Friendship Bracelets for Community Service

- No registration required. Up to 10 bracelets can be submitted per volunteer monthly.

New 100 Books Before Graduation Challenge!

Tweens and teens are asked to read 100 books before they graduate! This program launched earlier this year for tweens and teens currently in Grades 6–12. For every 10 books read, you will get 10 tickets to trade in for a prize in our prize cabinet. Pick a prize, or save them until you collect more tickets to use later toward a bigger prize! You will receive 25 bonus tickets at 20, 40, 60, and 80 books and 50 bonus tickets at 100! Plus, when you reach 100 books you will get your name up on  our Hall of Fame Wall of Readers!

• Sign-up began January 5, 2026. Not in 6th grade yet? You can sign up beginning June 15 of the summer before you enter 6th grade!

• You must finish the challenge by June 15 of the year you graduate high school

• Track what you’re reading on this reading log. You can only track books you have read after you have

signed up for this program.

• Any book (physical, eBook, and audio) you read that’s on your reading level after registering counts towards the goal. This includes books read for school! The only books that do not count towards the goal are books read before you register.

• While we love rereading, for this challenge, each book you read needs to be a book you’ve never read before.

• Hate the book you started reading? As long as you read 50% of the book, you can count it toward this challenge!

Register online here: https://forms. gle/j262hNm4tGsvR8wz9 or using the QR code. After you register, pick up your 100 Books Before Graduation packet located at the Library to participate!

Books Before School encourages reading

NEW! Encourage Reading through 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten and

500

Books Before Middle School

Our Children’s Department is thrilled to introduce exciting new reading initiatives designed to help young readers discover the joy of books!

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Encourage your child to embark on a journey of reading 1,000 books before entering kindergarten. This program fosters a love for reading, improves literacy skills, and provides fun milestones to celebrate along the way.

500 Books Before Middle School

For older readers, we offer the 500

Books Before Middle School program. This challenge promotes independent reading and helps children continue developing their imagination and comprehension skills.

Why Join?

These programs are designed to help children experience the pleasure of reading, build lifelong habits, and nurture a natural curiosity of stories.

How It Works:

Register in the Children’s Department beginning January 5.

Start reading and track your books.  Celebrate your progress with fun sticker rewards!

Together, let’s inspire a generation of readers!

For more information, contact the Children’s Department Staff.

NEW! The Grades K–5 After School Hive!

Weekdays after school, children in Grades K–5 are encouraged to play, build, craft, and work together! Starting at 3 p.m. every weekday after school, children in Grades K–5 can join us in the Children’s Room for a different after school activity!

• Board Game Mondays: Board games will be available in the Children’s Room for kids to play until 8:30 p.m.

• Craft Tuesdays: Craft sup-

plies like beads, yarn, scratch art, and more will be available in the Children’s Room until 8:30 p.m.

• LEGO Wednesdays: Build with LEGO in the Children’s Room until 8:30 p.m.

• Puzzle Thursdays: Work on jigsaw puzzles in the Children’s Room from Thursday through the end of the weekend!

Activities will also be available for kids in the STEAM Workshop if there isn’t a program. No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult in the Children’s Room and STEAM Workshop.

News from the Children’s Room

Please join us on April 28, at 11:30 a.m. for Preschool Craft - 3 to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Upcoming April Library Programs for Children

These programs are for children ages Birth through Grade 5. Registration is required. Visit https://www.gardencitypl.libcal.com to register for April and May programs.

Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided for registration, a direct attempt will be made to notify participants.

New Storytime Registration Rules

Children’s programs are extremely popular! To give as many children as possible the chance to enjoy storytime, each child may register for one storytime per week. Please choose the session that best fits your child’s schedule and interests.

If a child is registered for more than one storytime, the librarian will select which session the child will attend. As space allows, we will continue to welcome children from the waiting list and walk-ins.

If your child is registered, please arrive at least 5 minutes early. At the start time of the program, if your registered child is NOT checked in, you will forfeit your child’s spot to a child on the waitlist or walk-in list.

• Saturday, April 25, at 10:30 a.m.: Matters Of The HeART - 2 to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

• Monday, April 27, at 10:30 a.m.: Toddler Storytime - 18 Months to 3 Years

• Monday, April 27, at 11:30 a.m.: Mixed Age Storytime - Birth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

• Tuesday, April 28, at 10:30 a.m.: Mother Goose StorytimeBirth to 17 Months

• Tuesday, April 28, at 11:30 a.m.: Preschool Craft - 3 to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

• Wednesday, April 29, at 10:30 a.m.: STEAM Preschool Building - 6 Months to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

• Thursday, April 30, at 10:30 a.m.: Mixed Age Storytime - Birth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

• Thursday, April 30, at

Please join us on April 29, at 10:30 a.m.: for STEAM Preschool Building - 6 Months to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

11:30 a.m.: Mother Goose StorytimeBirth to 17 Months

• Thursday, April 30, at 3:00 p.m.: Sensory Play Session - 3 to 7 Years

• Thursday, April 30, at 4:00 p.m.: Kid Gaming Club - Grades 3–5

Monday, May 4, at 10:30 a.m.: Toddler Storytime - 18 Months to 3 Years

Monday, May 4, at 11:30 a.m.: Star Wars StorytimeBirth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Monday, May 4, at 4:00 p.m.: Star Wars Storytime and CraftGrades K–2

Tuesday, May 5, at 10:30 a.m.: Mother Goose StorytimeBirth to 17 Months

Tuesday, May 5, at 10:30 a.m.: Mixed Age StorytimeBirth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Wednesday, May 6, at 10:30 a.m.: STEAM Preschool Building - 6 Months to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Thursday, May 7, at 10:30 a.m.: Mixed Age Storytime -

Birth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Thursday, May 7, at 11:30 a.m.: Mother Goose StorytimeBirth to 17 Months

Saturday, May 9, at 10:30 a.m.: Tots Morning Out - 2 to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Monday, May 11, at 10:30 a.m.: Toddler Storytime - 18 Months to 3 Years

Monday, May 11, at 11:30 a.m.: Mixed Age StorytimeBirth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Tuesday, May 12, at 10:30 a.m.: Mother Goose StorytimeBirth to 17 Months

Tuesday, May 12, at 11:30 a.m.: Preschool Craft - 3 to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Wednesday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m.: STEAM Preschool Building - 6 Months to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Wednesday, May 13, at 4:00 p.m.: STEAM Fun Club - Grades K–2

Thursday, May 14, at 10:30 a.m.: Mixed Age StorytimeBirth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Don’t miss an amazing book sale May 2–3

A summer barbecue

From the beach to barbecues and all points in between, you’ll find books and baskets that interest you at the library book sale May 2 and 3. A wide selection of books for readers of all ages will be available (children, young adult, adult). Silent Auction bids on the baskets will begin at the library circulation desk about a week before the sale.

Reach for the Beach

Sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Library, the sale will be held two days:

Saturday, May 2:

• From 9:30-4:00, you will be able to buy wonderful, gently used books

• Place Silent Auction bids on baskets

Sunday, May 3:

• From 1:00-3:00, book sale and Silent Auction bids

• raffle basket winners will be announced at 3:00 on Sunday

All proceeds will be used to support the Garden City Public Library including the very popular Museum Passes,

Monday Movie Matinees, special programs, furniture and the Lower Level Renovation Project

The Garden City Public Library’s website is gardencitypl.org where you will find information about the Friends of the Library and the Book Sale. The library is located at 60 Seventh St, Garden City, NY.

News from the Children’s Room

Thursday, May 14, at 11:30 a.m.: Mother Goose StorytimeBirth to 17 Months

Thursday, May 14, at 4:00 p.m.: Kid Game Club Grades 3-5.

Thursday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m.: Books Before Bed - Birth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Monday, May 18, at 10:30 a.m.: Toddler Storytime - 18 Months to 3 Years

Monday, May 18, at 11:30 a.m.: Mixed Age StorytimeBirth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Tuesday, May 19, at 10:30 a.m.: Mother Goose Storytime -

Birth to 17 Months

Tuesday, May 19, at 10:30 a.m.: Mixed Age StorytimeBirth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Wednesday, May 20, at 10:30 a.m.: STEAM Preschool Building - 6 Months to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Thursday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m.: Mixed Age StorytimeBirth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Thursday, May 21, at 11:30 a.m.: Mother Goose StorytimeBirth to 17 Months

Tuesday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m.: Mother Goose Storytime -

Birth to 17 Months

Tuesday, May 26, at 11:30 a.m.: Preschool Craft - 3 to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Wednesday, May 27, at 10:30 a.m.: STEAM Preschool Building - 6 Months to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Thursday, May 28, at 10:30 a.m.: Mixed Age StorytimeBirth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Thursday, May 28, at 11:30 a.m.: Mother Goose StorytimeBirth to 17 Months

Thursday, May 28, at 4:00 p.m.: Kid Gaming Club - Grades

Attention students!

3–5

Saturday, May 30, at 11:00 a.m.: Tiny Song Birds - Birth to 5 Years (Not in Kindergarten)

Unattended Child Policy

It is Library policy that all children under age 11 must be accompanied by a parent or designated responsible person while in the Library. Also, if the young child is attending a Library program, we require the parent or designated responsible person to remain in the Library throughout the program and meet the child upon completion of the program.

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Adult Services at the Garden City Public Library

Monday Movies

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

April 2026 MoviesApril is Action Movie Month

4/27/26  - “Men in Black”, PG-13, 1997, 98 mins.

May 2026 Movies

5/4/26 - “Point Break”, R, 1991, 121 Mins.

5/11/26 - “The Devil Wears Prada”, PG-13, 2006, 109 Mins.

5/18/26 - “Shawshank Redemption”, R, 1994, 142 Mins.

April and May 2026 Programs

Next Step Italian Classes

Thursdays, 11–12 noon in the Large Meeting Room

We have added the following classes to Mrs. Lea Brunetti’s popular Learn Italian program. This is considered to be an Intermediate class.

Thursdays:

• May 7

• May 21

Even if you were in the previous winter session, you must REGISTER again.  Please register online at LibCal at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com/. For additional information contact Adult Services at (516) 742-8405 ext. 5236 or email speakingofbooks@gardencitypl. org.

Adult Crocheting and Knitting with Lupe

Wednesdays, May 6 and 20 from 7–8 p.m.  in the Large Meeting Room

Crafter, knitter and crocheter Lupe Velasquez will be on hand to teach, help and suggest projects to do. Please register online at LibCal at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com/. Register once to cover the entire series. For additional information contact Adult Services at (516) 742-8405 ext. 5236 or email speakingofbooks@gardencitypl.org.

Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided for registration, a direct attempt will be made to notify participants.

Mah-Jongg Open Play

Wednesdays, April 29, May 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 9:30–11 a.m. and 6–8 p.m. Small Meeting Room unless otherwise noted

We are offering the opportunity to sign up for open play Mah-Jongg for all. In order to hold the room, registration is required. The room will be set up in groups of four and is open to all who would like to play.  Please note there

is no instruction for this program. You must bring your own mah-jongg board.

Please register online at LibCal at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com/. For additional information contact Adult Services at (516)742-8405 ext. 5236 or email speakingofbooks@gardencitypl. org. Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided for registration, a direct attempt will be made to notify participants.

Organize Me! of NY, LLC Presents: How to Manage Your Paper (Without Losing Your Mind!)

Monday, April 27, from 7–8:15 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room

Organize Me! of NY, LLC presents a one-hour organizing presentation followed by a short Q & A (15 mins). In this presentation you will learn techniques on how to easily manage incoming mail, address paperwork that has piled up, and find important documents needed to file taxes without stress. We also teach how to create a command center for handling short-term, active paperwork AND how to handle long-term filing at any organizing level, including the simplest filing system you’ve ever seen.

Jim Coll Presents: Understanding the 1980 Election

Wednesday, April 29 from 2–3 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room

A pivotal contest that would shape the country's future, the 1980 presidential election lived up to the hype and became one for the history books. In this lecture we will seek to get a better sense of the issues, the primary battles on each side of the aisle, the impact of previous election cycles, the electoral map shaping the campaigns and the candidates for chief executive.

Jim Coll has been a lecturer at the Garden City Public Library for several years, and his specialty lectures are on American history and the Constitution. Since this is the 250th anniversary of America, Jim has agreed to do a lecture a month the entire year to celebrate the history of America. Join James Coll, a constitutional historian at Hofstra University and an adjunct professor of American and Constitutional history at Nassau Community College. He lectures to Library and Community Groups on U.S. Constitution and history topics.  Please register online at LibCal at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com/. For additional information contact Adult Services at (516)742-8405 ext. 5236 or email speakingofbooks@gardencitypl. org. Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided

for registration, a direct attempt will be made to notify participants.

Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the  Large Meeting Room

Join us on Saturday, April 25, 2026 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. for a Defensive Driving Course with the Empire Safety Council. Receive 10% reduction on automobile/liability insurance and qualify for a license point reduction. Register in person at the Garden City Public Library. Space is limited, so check with the Reference Department for availability. Register separately for each person. Proper ID is required when registering an absentee party. You must bring a $33 check made payable to Diana Wilbur, APW and current Library card with you to register. Bring your valid New York State driver’s license and a pen to class. Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided for registration, a direct attempt will be made to notify participants.

Mahjong Beginners Instruction

Mondays, May 11 and 18, from 10:30 to noon in the Small Room

Join Mahjong Living for a beginner-friendly lesson where you’ll learn the game in a relaxed, social setting. Come build new skills, meet others, and enjoy a morning centered around play, connection, and community—no experience required.  All game sets will be provided and the Mah-jong cards can be purchased through the instructors and additional information will be available at the program. Mah Jongg" (often with two “g’s”) typically refers to the American style, which uses National Mah Jongg League rules, jokers, and a yearly card. “Mahjong” (one “g”) usually refers to Asian styles (such as Hong Kong, Riichi, or Filipino) and is the more common international spelling. Both are valid, generally denoting which ruleset is played.

If you’ve joined us for this beginner lesson before, we’d love to welcome you to one of our guided play events as your next step. Follow Mahjong Living@ mahjong.living for events and guided play sessions.

Please register online at LibCal at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com/. For additional information contact Adult Services at (516)742-8405 ext. 5236 or email speakingofbooks@gardencitypl. org. Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided for registration, a direct

attempt will be made to notify participants. Registration is limited.

Creative Pillow Making with Barbara Anerella

Thursday, May 7, from 2–4 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room

Join Barbara Anerella and create and handstitch your own fabulous pillow. Material, pillow-stuffing and sewing supplies will be provided.  Sew and make your own pillow and bring home that day!

Please register online at LibCal at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com/. For additional information contact Adult Services at (516)742-8405 ext. 5236 or email speakingofbooks@gardencitypl. org. Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided for registration, a direct attempt will be made to notify participants.

Tout Ruban Presents: Patriotic Wreath Craft Saturday, May 9, from 1–3 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room Commemorate 250 Years of Liberty! Join us for a landmark crafting experience as we celebrate the United States! This isn’t just a wreath-making class, it's an opportunity to create a lasting symbol of pride to hang on your home during this historic 250th anniversary year. You'll design a premium American wreath that honors our nation's journey from 1776 to 2026.

Learn how to:

• Master the Deluxe Patriotic Bow: Learn the “pro-loop” technique to make a multi-layered, voluminous bow using premium wired ribbons. This show-stopping centerpiece will give your wreath a high-end, designer finish.

• Design your floral composition: Explore the principles of balance and texture as you select and arrange a curated palette of red, white, and blue botanicals.

• Assemble your 14” grapevine wreath and learn the proper way to secure stems and accents to a natural grapevine base, ensuring your creation is durable enough to display for the entire 250th anniversary season.

Please register online at LibCal at https://gardencitypl.libcal.com/. For additional information contact Adult Services at (516)742-8405 ext. 5236 or email speakingofbooks@gardencitypl. org. Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided for registration, a direct attempt will be made to notify participants.

Adult Services at the Garden City Public Library

Hidden Gems: A Title Swap Book Discussion

Tuesday, May 12, from 11 a.m. to noon in the Small Meeting Room

Join the Adult Services Librarians for Hidden Gems: A Title Swap Book Discussion.  Share what you’ve been reading recently and learn about the newest hits and old titles that you may have missed! Garden City Public Librarians will lead this discussion.

Participants who don’t have a chance to read a book before the program are still encouraged to join to get book recommendations for future reads.

Town of Hempstead Presents Narcan Training

Wednesday, May 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 in the Large Meeting Room Training includes:

• How to identify an overdose victim, administer the Narcan kit, and contact emergency officials.

• Obtain a Narcan certification and a Narcan kit.

Registration is required online through the Town of Hempstead at toh311.net/ narcan-signup.

Bingo for Adults

Fridays, May 15 and June 19, from 11 a.m.–12 noon in the Large Meeting Room

Join us for a fun morning of Bingo and win some fun prizes. Register for each Bingo online on LibCal (https://gardencitypl.libcal.com) or call Adult Services Reference Desk at (516)742-8405 ext. 5236 or email  speakingofbooks@gardencitypl. org.  Programs may be canceled due to weather, power outages, lack of registration, or other unforeseen circumstances. If contact information has been provided for registration, a direct attempt will be made to notify participants.

Museum Passes: Children’s Museum Pass and Benefits to Change May 15

Important Announcement:

Beginning May 15, 2026, the Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) will be a Print-on-Demand pass. In addition, the benefits included will change.

• LICM New Print on Demand Pass Terms: Free admission for 1 adult (the reserved cardholder) and 1 child Passes are good one day only, the date of the reservation.

• Please note: GCPL policies allow one pass checked out at a time per household.

• LICM requires the reserved cardholder to show their ID with the Print-on-Demand pass. The name on the ID MUST match the name on the pass.

• LICM will give the reserved cardholder $2.00 off for two additional general admission tickets. This cannot be combined with any other discounts.

• Additional visitors in the cardholder’s party will need to pay the full museum admission.

• Additional benefits include $2.00 off for up to four theater tickets on the same day.

The Library understands this is a big change to borrowers, but were made by the museum for the library pass program, effective upon the Library’s renewal date. Any comments or questions should be directed to the LICM at (516) 224-5800. Thank you for your understanding.

Eight Print-on-Demand Passes Added,  Thanks to the Friends of the Library

The Garden City Public Library is pleased to announce that, through the generosity and continued support of the Friends of the Garden City Public Library, eight additional museum passes are now available to our patrons.

The newly added passes include:

• The Frick Collection (Print on Demand)

1 East 70th Street at Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Free admission for 2 adults (no children under age 10)

• Sands Point Preserve (Print on Demand)

127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point, NY

Free parking and entrance to the preserve

• Garvies Point Museum & Preserve (Print on Demand)

50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove, NY

Free admission for 2 adults and 2 children (ages 5–12)

• The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center (Print on Demand)

Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY

4 general admission passes (not recommended for children 10 and under)

• Long Island Museum (Print on Demand)

1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook, NY

Free admission for 2 adults and 2 children under 18

• New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) (Print on Demand)

47-10 111th Street, Corona, NY

Free admission for 2 adults and 4 children under 18

• The New York Historical (Print on Demand)

170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY

Free admission for 2 adults and 4 children under 18

• New York Transit Museum (Print on Demand)

99 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY

Free admission for 2 adults and 4 children under 18

These additions join our current muse-

um pass offerings, which include: the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Cradle of Aviation Museum, Empire Pass, Guggenheim Museum, Intrepid Museum, Long Island Children’s Museum, Lt. Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum, MoMA, Firefighter’s Museum, Nassau County Museum of Art, Old Westbury Gardens, and the Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion & Planetarium.

We are deeply grateful to the Friends of the Garden City Public Library for making these valuable cultural and educational opportunities available to our community. Their generosity continues to enhance the library’s mission of lifelong learning and enrichment.

All of the newly offered passes are available via Print on Demand. In addition to the newly offered passes, these eight (8) additional museum passes are available by Print on Demand: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Intrepid Museum, Lt. Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum, Firefighter’s Museum, Nassau County Museum of Art, Old Westbury Gardens, and the Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion & Planetarium. If you do not have access to a printer, the Library will be happy to print the pass for you. These passes will be good for one day only, and do not have to be returned to the Library.

Passes for the following four (4) museums still need to be picked up at the Library: 9/11 Memorial Museum, MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art), the Long Island Children’s Museum (until May

14, 2026), and the Empire Pass, which allows entry of the vehicle when the card is presented at most New York State Parks, Department of Environmental Conservation forest preserve areas, boat launch sites, arboretums and park preserves. These passes also must be returned to the library by their due date and are subject to overdue charges (and cost of the next patron’s admission) if returned late, as per the Museum Pass agreement.

Museum passes are available only to Garden City Public Library cardholders in good standing who have signed the Museum Pass User Agreement in person at the Library. Museum passes may be reserved in advance and must be checked out by an adult (18 years and older), who must be present to pick up the pass at the Library.

Reservations can be made via LibCal on the Library’s website (www.gardencitypl.org), which requires a Library card and a PIN. Please visit the Circulation Desk to verify or create your PIN. Once you have a PIN, you can make your reservations from home or at the Library. Reservations will be taken up to one month in advance of the desired date, subject to availability on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations can also be made in person at the Adult Services Desk or over the phone.

For more information, visit the Library, call the Library Adult Services Desk at at 516-742-8405 x5236, or visit the Library website at 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!

FOR SENIORS fyi

Garden City’s Senior Center is open. Please visit the Senior Center Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for further information on activities and events!

Fall Prevention Demonstration

Jim Horn, PT will be at the Senior Center on Friday, May 22, at 12:30 to demonstrate how to utilize the outdoor equipment for fall prevention and facilitate balance. To register, please stop by the Senior Center front desk or call (516) 385-8006.

Creating Healthy Relationships

Join us at the Senior Center for a presentation on May 12 at 11:30. Carol Leitner will present “Creating Healthy Relationships with Self and OthersBecoming a Healthier and Happier Person”. To register, please stop by the Senior Center front desk or call (516) 385-8006.

Upcoming Trips, Mark Your Calendars

Registration has begun: Sunday, July 19: A trip to see “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at the Argyle Theatre, tickets $72  A check made payable to the “Argyle Theatre”, lunch $50 cash. To register, please stop by the Senior Center front desk.

Registration has begun: Wednesday, July 29: “Dual and Farewell,” a trip to Fraunces Tavern for lunch and tour of the museum above the tavern, then Trinity Church and St Paul’s Chapel, $190 per person. To register, please stop by the Senior Center front desk. Make checks payable to “One if by Land Tours”.

Registration has begun: Thursday, August 27: “The Rose and the Thorn,” a tour of the Katherine Hepburn Museum in Old Saybrook Ct, and a visit to the Helen S. Kaman Rose Garden at Elizabeth Park for a self-guided tour, the third largest rose garden in the United States,  lunch at the Red Fox Restaurant, then down the road for a wine tasting at the Crystal Ridge Winery and Vineyard. Price: $199 per person. To register, please stop by the Senior Center front desk. Make checks payable to “One if by Land Tours”.

Scam Awareness Seminar

Join us on Wednesday, April 29, for a Scam Awareness BINGO Seminar at 2:00. Sponsored be HANK Services and Peapack Private.  Learn about the most recent scams and how to avoid them, also identity theft and fraud. To register, please stop by the Senior Center front desk or call (516) 385-8006.

Meditation

Join us at the Senior Center on Fridays beginning April 24 at 11:15–12:15 for Meditation with Abbot Feren. Meditation offers a direct path to mental quietude-a profound state of inner peace free from noise of thoughts and emotions. When you find peace within, it creates a better, more harmonious world

for everyone. To register for this free activity, please stop by the Senior Center front desk or call (516) 385-8006.

Trip to See West Side Story

Join us as we travel by coach bus to the Tony Award winning Papermill Playhouse in NJ, to see “West Side Story”, Thursday, June 25. Cost is $225.00 which includes round trip transportation, lunch at Basilico Restaurant and a ticket to the performance. This is the early bird price, only available until April 30, after that the trip will cost $250.00. To register, please stop by the Senior Center front desk. Make checks payable to, “One if by Land Tours”.

Spring Zumba Gold

Join Andrea for Spring Zumba Gold. Beginning Tuesday, April 14, at 10:45–11:30. Her spring session will run for 8 weeks until June 2. Cost is $65.00. Register on Community Pass or at the Senior Center.

BINGO

Join us for BINGO with Erin Fleischmann from Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Wednesday, May 13, at 12:15. Space is limited, to register, please stop by the Senior Center front desk or call (516) 385-8006.

Open Mah Jongg and Canasta

Every Tuesday we will be offering pickup Mah Jongg, Canasta, and Rummikub games, open to all residents from 12:00–2:00. Bring a set and have some fun.

Open Ping Pong

Senior Center Ping Pong on Tuesdays from 1:00–3:00. This is no longer a drop-in program, If you are interested in playing, please stop by the Senior Center front desk or call (516) 385-8006 to have your name put on an interest list.

Chair Yoga

Chair yoga schedule for Tania at the senior center.  Thursdays, 9:15–9:45: Meditation, 9:45–10:45: Chair Yoga class.

Open Chess

Join us for Open Chess at Senior Center, every Friday at 2:00–3:30. Beginning December 5. No registration is required, just stop by and play!

Summer Dance Registration begins today. Begins July 6–August 14, runs for 6 weeks. Register on Community Pass.

Senior Center Lunch Group

Join our Senior Center Lunch Group at 12:30–3:30 on Wednesdays, or, if you miss your pool friends, join the Garden City Pool Chat Group at the center, on Thursdays beginning at 1:00–3:30. For both groups, coffee and tea will be served, just bring your lunch and chat!! Also, call to inquire about our two book clubs, one meets on Thursdays during the day and the other on Wednesday evenings.

Blood drive to be held at Library

The Garden City Public Library will be holding a blood drive on Thursday, May 14, 2026, 1:00 p.m. –7:00 p.m. in the Large Meeting room on the lower level of the Library.

Appointments are strongly preferred; walk-ins are welcomed only if capacity permits. To schedule an appointment, please visit the Garden City Public Library website at www. gardencitypl.org, you can scan the QR code with your phone and type in Garden City, click on the link below or you can also call 1-800-933-BLOOD to schedule an appointment or for any medical questions concerning blood donations.

https://donate.nybc.org/donor/ schedules/drive_schedule/332652

Thank you for your donation and support during this critical time.

Library book donations paused

Book donations at the Garden City Public Library will be paused starting Monday, April 27. This pause will allow the Friends of the Library time to prepare for the upcoming book sale May 2–3.

Monday

Book donations will resume after the May book sale and the date will be announced.

The Friends appreciate your continued support through book donations and attendance at book sales.

Night Bridge

Results

The winners of the Monday, April 20, 2026 games: North / South:

First Place: Athena Philippides and Carol Cook

Second Place: Janice and George Salem East / West:

First Place: Lynn Cahill and Tom Adams

Second Place: Bill Drabyk and Nick Basile

The 2028 Democrats

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

At this writing, the biggest news story revolves around the efforts to build a lasting cease-fire in the Iranian war. The prospects for continuing peace are very uncertain, with continuing doubt on such basic subjects as whether there will be talks any time soon in Pakistan or even who represents the Iranian government.

I'm hoping that next week's piece will reflect some good news and progress toward a just peace, but nothing is certain. For the moment, the United States will continue its blockade of Iran, which may have a very negative effect on the Iranian economy, and perhaps encourage the regime leadership to engage in constructive negotiations.

So let's turn to a subject that is still a fairly long time away, but will increasingly loom larger -- the identity of the Democratic presidential nominee in 2028. Of course, with President Trump constitutionally ineligible to run again for president, this will be an open seat (no, I don't believe any conjecture to the contrary). The two most likely Republican nominees for President seem to be Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but that's a subject for a different column.

Probably as good a place as any to start in this analysis are the rankings of veteran author and political analyst Mark Halperin, who publishes a monthly ranking of the top aspirants called 8 for '28  Right now, Mr. Halperin’s four top contenders, in order, are California governor Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, former Transportation Secretory Pete Buttigieg and former Vice President Kamala Harris. Let's discuss each of them in turn.

Gavin Newsom became governor of California in the 2018 elections and was reelected in 2022.  While he is an articulate spokesman for his party and liberal ideals, and has executive experience in leading the nation’s largest state, his biggest problem in pursuing a run for the White House may be the  image of his state.

Despite California’s beautiful weather, many residents just don’t

want to remain there. For example, in a survey of migration between states by U-Haul in 2025, California had the greatest out-migration, as it had for the sixth consecutive year.  The state is known for high taxes and sky-high gasoline prices, partly due to state fees and regulation.   Wages are relatively high, but the cost of housing and many other goods, including food and electricity, are elevated.  Some cities, like San Francisco, have come under heavy criticism for quality of life issues. In short, in a time of affordability concerns,  Governor Newsom is going to have a difficult time convincing people that California is a good model for the United States.

Josh Shapiro provides a somewhat low key alternative to Gavin Newsom.  He is generally regarded as a competent governor, if a little liberal for some tastes, and his management style and policies avoids most of the “woke” extremes.  He showed considerable grace after an arsonist attacked his family in 2025  and generally avoids inflammatory attacks on political opponents. His relatively low profile approach is both an advantage and disadvantage as he looks at higher office.

Pete Buttigieg, who has been a presidential aspirant before, is perhaps the most articulate of the major aspirants.  One issue  with Secretary Buttigieg is a lack of big time experience beyond being mayor of South Bend, Indiana and a relatively minor cabinet placing.  He will also have to reach out further to base Democrats.

Finally, Kamala Harris is a bit of a wildcard.  As the 2024 Democratic nominee, Ms. Harris certainly has national name recognition, as well as a base of loyal supporters,.  The obvious problem is that many people were not impressed by her campaign, which couldn’t settle on a message (particularly relating to differences with former President Biden) and didn’t seem to use money effectively.

There will likely be additions and deletions from this list of 2028 Democratic front runners, but the party has already put forth a number of intriguing and credible candidates.

NEWS FROM ADELPHI

Susan Lucci in conversation with Adriana Trigiani at Adelphi's Writers &

Festival in April.

It’s been a busy and exciting spring semester at Adelphi University. Between hosting literary legends on our campus and preparing to open a new satellite center in New York City, there is plenty for our Garden City community neighbors to celebrate and enjoy.

Turning the Page: Adelphi’s Biggest Literary Festival Yet

Adelphi recently hosted its third annual Writers & Readers Festival, drawing a historic crowd of nearly 700 literary enthusiasts from our extended community. The event, founded by Adelphi alumna and renowned author Alice Hoffman, was headlined by New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult and Garden City’s own Emmywinning legend, Susan Lucci.

The festival offered a rare opportunity for the University to welcome fans and aspiring writers to engage with industry giants through intimate panels and meet-and-greet sessions.

Bridging the Gap: New Manhattan Center

Opening This Summer

Adelphi is set to open its new Manhattan Center at 529 Fifth Avenue this summer, extending its reach into the city to offer flexible and convenient professional and graduate degrees in a range of disciplines. Just steps from Grand Central Station, the center is ideally suited to the modern commuter, offering a seamless transition from

Long Island to the pulse of New York City’s professional world.

Prospective students can now apply to high-demand graduate programs, including AI and Machine Learning, Business (MBA and Business Analytics), Education (PhD programs in Learning Sciences and Global Higher Education), Social Work (MSW) and Psychology (Concentration in Human Resources). A low-residency MFA program for aspiring writers is also being offered.

To celebrate the opening, a $10,000 award is available to all students enrolled at the Manhattan Center in Fall 2026, making a world-class NYC education more accessible than ever.

Learn more at adelphi.edu/manhattan

Broadway Sings America: A 250-Year Celebration at Adelphi PAC

The Adelphi University Performing Arts Center’s spring season culminates on Saturday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m., with "Broadway Sings America: 1776–2026."

This musical journey, in honor of the nation’s upcoming Semiquincentennial, will feature iconic selections from hit musicals including Hamilton, Suffs, Hair, Ragtime, Hairspray and 1776. It promises to be a powerful evening of reflection, told through the lens of the American stage, and will serve as the kick-off for other Adelphi celebrations of the birth of our nation 250 years ago. Tickets available at adelphi.edu/pac.

Let your voice be heard! Is there an issue in your community you want to discuss? Want to respond to something you saw in our paper? Then write a letter to our editor and bring it to everyone’s attention! Send your letter to editor@gcnews.com and we’ll publish it for you!

Registration at Community Church Nursery School

Garden City Community Church Nursery School has limited openings in programs for 2, 3, and 4 year old children for the 2026/27 school year.

The GC Community Church Nursery School provides children with a quality and developmentally appropriate educational program which inspires them to create, discover and achieve; fosters self-awareness and self-esteem; teaches them to treat others with gentleness, respect, compassion and generosity; and prepares them for advancement to the next level of learning.

Classrooms are set up to encourage free exploration, with a wide

variety of materials and activities that are fun and interactive, and experiences that stimulate all of their senses. Programs are offered for 2, 3 & 4 year olds.

The school has added some wonderful Enrichment programs to complement the Nursery Pre-K program. Enrichment classes include Community Cooking, Great American Artists, Science Explorers Class & Lunch Bunch.

Two programs are offered for 2-year-olds, PlaySchool – a gentle separation program, and Next Steps – a drop-off/pick-up program.

Author to present forum at GC Community Church

BY MELVA VICTORINO

Behind the Red Curtain: A Memoir Chronicles a Young Nurse’s Missionary Journey into Revolutionary China

Garden City Community Church (GCCC) will hold a forum on Sunday, April 26 at 11:45 a.m. on the book of Mary Reed Dewar Behind the Red Curtain. At 103 years-old, Mary Reed Dewar doesn’t look nor sound her age. Her voice resonates as young person used to speaking before an audience.

Behind the Red Curtain, written by

Vicki E. Panhuise, Ph.D., is a powerful memoir that brings readers into post–World War II China through the eyes of a 23-year-old American nurse whose life is forever altered by history in China. Behind the Red Curtain tells the true story of Mary Reed Dewar, a young woman who leaves behind an orderly New Jersey upbringing to serve as a medical missionary in a country on the brink of revolution. In 1947, Mary boards the Marine Lynx, a converted troopship bound for China, watching the Golden Gate fade into fog as she begins her first overseas mission. Assigned initially to Peiping (now Beijing), she navigates dust-choked streets by bicycle, learns language by ear, and practices medicine amid hyper-inflation shortages, and political uncertainty. By early 1948, she is sent to rural Shansi Province, where her workplaces put her directly in the path of the advancing forces. What follows becomes international news. As revolutionary front lines move, a routine supply trip turns into a disappearance that leaves Mary and three fellow missionaries missing. Headlines appear back home — “Four Missionaries Missing in China” — while her family waits in agonizing silence, separated by an ocean and a nation at war.

Told in Mary’s unmistakable voice— braided from letters, news clippings, and recent conversations with her family—this deeply human memoir traces a young woman’s passage from convic-

tion to courage. It is a story of service without guarantees, of friendship in a language learned one tone at a time, and of the ordinary life that make endurance possible. Behind the Red Curtain will resonate with readers interested in World War II aftermath of history, missionary and medical memoirs, women’s history, and stories of courage lived far from headlines.

Vicki E. Panhuise, Mary’s niece, is the author of Behind the Red Curtain. Drawing on extensive archival research, family correspondence, and firsthand accounts, Panhuise brings historical depth and emotional clarity to this true story of faith, service, and endurance at a pivotal moment in world history.

Vicki Panhuise is a retired strategic business leader with 40 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing and engineering roles for commercial and defense markets.  Vicki held key business leadership roles at Honeywell Aerospace including Vice President, US Defense Customers, as well as many other significant roles during her tenure.  She also was an executive for Airborne Systems Group and National Technical Systems.

Vicki holds several degrees including a B.A. in Mathematics from Wells College, M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia, and an MBA from the University of Arizona.  She has served as the Chairman of the Arizona Aerospace and Defense Commission and

on the Arizona Commerce Authority Board appointed by the Governor.  She is currently a Trustee on the Wells College Board of Trustees.

Vicki is married to John Panhuise and resides in Scottsdale Arizona.

Visit GCCC for other projects, events, and worship services. Regular church services are on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in-person and live-streamed. To get information regarding its virtual and in-person worship services and programs, visit its website at www.theGCCC.org.

Garden City Community Church warmly invites all to worship and connect with a community of faith. No matter who you are or where you are on your life’s journey, you are welcome at GCCC. The church offers worship services, programs, and events for all ages, including weekly Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. (in-person and livestreamed), church school classes every Sunday, and youth group gatherings every other Sunday evening. For additional information about in-person and virtual services and programs, visit www.theGCCC.org.

Garden City Community Church is part of the United Church of Christ (UCC) and is an Open and Affirming congregation, welcoming all people of all ages, races, gender identities, and sexual orientations. The church is located at 245 Stewart Avenue, between Whitehall Boulevard and Kensington Road.

Estates POA 2026 scholarships

The Property Owners Association of the Garden City Estates (Estates POA) announces that it will be awarding up to three $1,000 2026 Yuter-Newman Estates POA Scholarships and that the application is now available.

This merit-based scholarship will be awarded to one or more 12th grade students (from any public or private high school) that reside in the Garden City Estates section. The applicants must be accepted to, and planning to attend,

a four-year college full-time in the fall. The selection of the winners will be by the Estates POA Scholarship Committee and will be based on academic excellence and the level of involvement in local civic causes and community ser-

vice. To download an application, visit the POA’s website at www.gcestates. org/scholarships. Applications must be received by Thursday, April 30, 2026 to be eligible.

Music Bingo strikes right note at SEPTA event

The SEPTA board members: Sivan Chapman, Rebecca Gallaro, Kiersten Cooke, Shanna Maier, Anna Stankiewicz, Jaime Donovan, Linda Vailliant

The annual SEPTA event was a resounding success this year, highlighted by an evening of lively Music Bingo that brought the community together in a fun and memorable way. Attendees filled the room with energy as they tested their musical knowledge, sang along to favorite hits, and competed for prizes.

The event created a welcoming atmosphere where families, friends, and supporters connected through laughter and shared excitement.

Lucky winners: Anna Scacchi, Alicia Meehan, Daniela Gold.

From classic throwbacks to current chart-toppers, the Music Bingo playlist kept everyone engaged and on their toes.

SEPTA is grateful for the strong turnout and enthusiastic participation, noting that events like this help strengthen community bonds and support its mission. With such a positive response, Music Bingo is sure to remain a favorite feature in future celebrations.

Overall, the evening was a perfect

5K Run/Walk remembers GC resident

The 1st Annual Alexandra’s Rip Current Awareness 5K Timed Run/ Walk, will take place on June 6 at 25 Pond Lane in Southampton,at 8:00 a.m.

Alexandra DeMoura was a model daughter, a loyal friend, and a gifted athlete who competed at the national level for Garden City High School and later earned a scholarship to George Washington University. There, she became a team captain and MVP, admired not only for her talent but for her humility, leadership, and character.

Tragically, Alexandra lost her life to a rip current while on vacation—an unimaginable loss that underscores how critical ocean safety education truly is.

This race is not only a tribute to Alexandra’s life, but also a commit -

ment to protecting others. Proceeds will directly support swimmer safety training and rip current awareness initiatives.

Everyone is invited to join —as participants, supporters, or sponsors—in honoring Alexandra and strengthening the safety of coastal communities.

Race Day includes a beautiful 5k run/walk around Agawam Lake, music by Mr. DJ Entertainment, Raffle Baskets, food, drinks and fun for the entire family!

All donations are tax-deductible.

The Alexandra DeMoura Rip Current Awareness Foundation Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) charity.

For more information, please visit our website Alexandrasripcurrentawareness5k. net or contact Kerry Calvert, Race Director, at Kerrylcal@gmail.com

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blend of entertainment, community spirit, and celebration—leaving attendees already looking forward to next year’s event.

SEPTA gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the businesses and families who donated raffle items. Your generosity played an important role in the success of the event, and will enable the schools to create successful learning environments for all students.

A special thank you to our raffle

donors:

The Chapman Family, The Cooke Family, Drip Bar, Garden City Country Club, Garden City Wines and Spirits, Heather Krumholtz, Kendra Scott, KKG Silent Disco, LAE by Nicole Marotorana, Lagree Fitness, the Maier Family, The Valliant Family, Vanity Aesthetics, Relash and, our amazing schools; Stewart School, Stratford School, Homestead and Locust School, Hemlock School, Garden City Middle School.

German pen pals

Frau Basiles’ ninth grade students have been writing pen pal letters to students at a school in Bavaria, Germany. This experience has enabled the students to develop their communicative competence in German and learn more about the German culture by corresponding with peers their own age. The students are very excited to learn more about their new German friends, and many hope to establish long lasting relationships.

Village budget finalized without St. Paul’s line

Trustee Rich Catalano, chair of the Finance & Audit Committee, reviewed CHIPS revenue projections and asked for clarification. Woo explained, “The revenues we have in the budget pertains to prior year road paving….We’re allowed to go back around 18 months but there is a limit to how much we submit for reimbursement from the CHIPs program, and typically we have done a couple of millions of dollars-worth of our road paving in the last few years.”

Woo added that the Village has already submitted a list of roads for reimbursement, with additional paving projects coming. “We actually just received the CHIPs’ reimbursement for our last year’s submission, and the check was for $981,000 so it is trending very high, which is why we’ve increased our budget reflecting the amount anticipated ($950,000),” she said.

Catalano noted that these adjustments are tied to a reduced bonding requirement—down by $3.5 million. While the impact will not be seen in the upcoming budget year, it is expected to take effect in the following fiscal cycle. Woo agreed, noting that earlier projections had anticipated a sharp increase in debt service tied to future borrowing.

“Now that we’ve cut that down it should level-out debt service in the next fiscal year,” she said.

The tax levy remains $57.9 million within the $73.7 million

budget.

Including a $500,000 appropriation to the Village’s termination reserve fund—previously discussed by Woo—the total 2026–27 budget rises to approximately $74.209 million.

Mayor Edward Finneran described the budget process as intensive, crediting Treasurer Woo and Village Administrator Ralph V. Suozzi.

“After we left here two weeks ago (April 2nd) there were a lot of meetings internally and I participated in some with Mrs. Woo and Mr. Suozzi to talk about how we could trim the budget, in light of a number of projects that we have to take care of based on activities of previous Village Boards and this Board too. I thank you, Mrs. Woo, for your diligence and I am sure you spent serious time with the executive staff to make sure everything was buttoned-up appropriately,” he said. Woo agreed.

Where is St. Paul’s in the budget?

Amid tighter capital planning for the upcoming fiscal year, no specific allocation was included for the St. Paul’s main building—whether for rehabilitation, conversion, or interior upgrades.

Mayor Finneran addressed the omission, noting that residents reviewing the budget would likely question the absence of a dedicated line item. He pointed to the recent election and the Community Agreement Party’s campaign proposal for a roughly $10 mil-

lion “Landmark” plan for the site.

“There was a considerable amount of time spent towards the end of the campaign on a Landmark option for the building, with the potential cost of up to $10 million. We are putting a tight plan together which is in development now, and I am hoping the Board will be able to share it within a month – no promises but that’s the goal,” Finneran said.

He outlined five key areas of work, beginning with the most significant: replacement of the Mansard roof using synthetic slate to stabilize the structure. The proposed roofing project, estimated at $6.175 million, would include scaffolding, repairs to flashing and gutters, joint soldering, and debris removal.

Additional possible plans include minor structural masonry work, moving some intact windows from the back of the building to the front where windows have been boarded up, installation of enhanced security systems, and replacement of temporary construction fencing with a permanent “estate-type” barrier.

“We also hope to bring the construction fence off Rockaway Avenue because there is a tremendous amount of open area over there that can be utilized,” the mayor said.

The Village is exploring landscaping improvements to create a more open and welcoming green space around the building. Plans may include removing existing roadway

surfaces and installing new plantings to enhance the site’s appearance.

“We hope to take up the macadam and roadway in front of the building and we’d plant all types of new, beautiful flowers and bushes and create a whole different look in front of the building. The idea is to give it that, and this is a Gothic

Revival structure which is the largest contributing property within the A.T. Stewart-era National and State of New York Registers of Historic Places, historic district buildings. That is the outline of our plans, not inconsistent with what you probably heard during the 2026 campaign,” the mayor said.

LEGAL NOTICES

NASSAU COUNTY BIDS

Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY & DELIVERED TO:

PURCHASING DIVISION

Inc. Village of Garden City 351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, UNTIL 11:00 AM EDT THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following: CLUETT HALL AV UPGRADE

Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of: Garden City, Inc. Village of Dated: 4/24/26

NASSAU COUNTY NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

MZUMED LLC. filed with SSNY on 02/06/26. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process & shall mail copy to: 30 East Dr, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: Any lawful.

NASSAU COUNTY NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that bids for the following will be received at the Garden City Union Free School District, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530 until 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 18th, 2026 at which time and place bids will be opened and read aloud.

“PRINTED ENVELOPES” 20262027

Copies of the specifications and instructions may be obtained at the aforesaid Business Office between the hours of 8:30 am through 4:00 pm Monday –Friday up to the time of the bid opening.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that bids for the following will be received at the Garden City Union Free School District, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530 until 10:30 am on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 at which time and place bids will be opened and read aloud.

"PRINTING OF VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS" 2026-2027

Copies of the specifications and instructions may be obtained at the aforesaid Business Office between the hours of 8:30 am through 3:00 pm Monday –Friday up to the time of the bid opening.

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Dana DiCapua Assistant Superintendent for Business & Finance Garden City UFSD

Dana DiCapua Asst. Supt. for Business and Finance Garden City Union Free School District

Village voices rally behind Library vision

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is not up to up – the staff there is fantastic and the librarians are a tremendous resource. But the library has to modernize, and it’s still looking like in the 1950s when it first opened but libraries no longer just do books – they have computers, they hold classes, it’s a center and it is here for the village,” he said.

Two weeks earlier, former Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan urged the Board to support the project and fund the lower-level renovation. On April 2, she commented, “The second phase of renovations will give us so much more usable space as the library is bursting at the seams, and at times it’s busy with kids of all ages. They need the space, and GCPL needs its lower level to match the greatness of what’s going on there (upstairs). This can’t be cut and it has to be a priority for the village, the project is long overdue and there’s also funding issues with upcoming elections that you are probably aware of – so just keep that in mind, the funding opportunities are now for a project like this.”

Another public comment that evening came from Huntington Road resident Monica Kiely.

“I’m a big believer in ‘put your money where your mouth is.’ I am very impressed with the $55,000 donation that the Friends of GCPL have raised, and it is a message coming to the Board from our residents that they really value the library – and in addition to their tax dollars, they are giving money over and above that, and I think that should send a powerful message. People reached and gave a donation, and for every person that gives a donation there may be dozens of others they represent so I think the money represents more than just money,” Kiely said.

Last week, resident Sivan Chapman offered another round of remarks, praising the library while expressing surprise that more residents were not aware of its programming and the potential of the proposed renovation.

“It’s such a shame, I think so many people in our community don’t really know what’s happening as far as the budget and renderings about the library. I think the library is currently used for little kids and new families, and I think if more people in the community knew what it was we are looking to do with the proposed lower level renovations – the cafe and the makerspace and so on – I think a lot more people would be speaking up and investing in the library,” Chapman said on April 16.

Chapman also read from an online post by the Garden City SEPTA (Special Education Parent Teacher Association).

“Investing in our library is an investment in the health and future of our community. The Garden City Library is more than just books; it is a vital community hub for literacy, technology and connection. Garden City SEPTA strongly supports a sustainable budget to ensure the GCPL can offer modern resources, educational programs and safe spaces for all residents….And personally, I have been going to the library since the renovation and I am finding it to be such a wonderful, safe space for my teens and for my special needs child. I love what they have done and what the librarians have done with the sensory spaces and pop-ups, and I would really love to see the downstairs match the upstairs and open the space up for EVERYONE, not just little kids. I am sure if you build it they will come and the teens will start coming,” she said.

Trustee Jessica Tai, who was appointed April 6 as the new Board liaison to the library, responded to Chapman’s remarks.

“Speaking for the Board, we share your sentiment and we agree that the library is so much a part of the community and there’s so much that happens there for ALL ages. We really appreciate all the residents, from the many young moms to all age groups who have reached out to us via email, and we did receive a lot of feedback. The best ways to contact the Board are via email and by speaking at the Board meetings. We appreciate your support, thank you,” Tai said.

Mayor Edward Finneran also addressed Chapman, noting the

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LEGAL NOTICES

NASSAU COUNTY LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION

GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Garden City, New York

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Garden City Union Free School District, Garden City, Nassau County, New York, will be held at the library of Garden City High School, 170 Rockaway Avenue , Garden City, New York, in said District on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM, prevailing time, for the transaction of such business as is authorized by the New York State Education Law, including the following items.

1. Presentation of the budget document.

2. To discuss all of the items herein set forth, to be voted upon by voting machine, at the election to be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, as hereinafter set forth.

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that said vote and election will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 , in the library of Garden City High School, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, New York, at which time the polls will be open from 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM, prevailing time, to vote by voting machines upon the following items:

1. Appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for the school fiscal year 2026-2027 or propositions involving the expenditures of money or authorizing the levy of taxes, or for such other propositions as may have been duly presented.

2. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2026, and expiring June 30, 2029, as a result of the vacancy created by the expiration of the term of Elizabeth Gaffney.

3. Authorization to expend the sum of $13,685,000.00 from: (1) uncommitted capital funds and capital reserve funds for capital projects that were previously completed, in the amount of $660,896.71; (2) capital funds and capital reserve funds previously allocated during the 20212022 and 2022-2023 school years to construct a greenhouse and courtyard at the Garden City High School that was not commenced or completed, in the amount of $3,300,000.00; and (3) the Garden City Union Free School District Capital Reserve Fund, which was established on May 17, 2022, in the amount of $9,724,103.29, to undertake and perform the following capital improvements/ projects: Middle School: Roof replacement, Window replacement; Hemlock School: Roof replacement; Administration Building: Roof replacement, together with such incidental and ancillary work, including related projects, site work and abatement, if necessary, and such architect, construction management and legal costs to compete such projects provided the details and costs of the components of the capital improvements/projects may be reallocated among such components/projects within the total authorized expenditure as the Board of Education shall determine to be in the best interest of the District.

4. Authorization to establish a Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the New York Education Law to be known as the 2026 Garden City Union Free School District Capital Reserve Fund for a probable term of ten (10) years and an ultimate amount of Eleven Million Dollars ($11,000,000.00) , whose purpose shall be to fund, in whole or in part, capital additions or improvements to the facilities of the District, including, but not limited to, construction, reconstruction and renovation of facilities, roofing, asbestos abatement and insulation, masonry work, electrical work, generator, lighting, security enhancements, air conditioning, HVAC, site-work and related work, with such funds to be obtained from transfers of end of year budget surplus funds; and/or budgetary appropriations; amounts from certain other reserve funds as authorized by law; other funds that may be legally appropriated; and the interest accrued on such funds over the term of the capital reserve fund.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of Member of the Board of Education of the Garden City Union Free School District shall be filed with the District Clerk of said School District at the District Clerk’s office, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday, but by no later than April 20, 2026, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, prevailing time. All nominating petitions must be signed by at least 35 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election, whichever is greater); must state the name and residence of each signer, and must state the name and residence of the candidate. Each petition shall be directed to the District Clerk and shall describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated. Each vacancy upon the Board of Education to be filled shall be considered a separate specific vacancy.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to New York Education Law §2014 or pursuant to Article 5 of the New York State Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to New York Education Law §2014 and has voted at any annual or special district meeting within the past four (4) calendar years, such voter is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the New York State Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. Voters may register on any school day prior to May 14, 2026 at the Office of the District Clerk, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, prevailing time, to add any additional names to the registers to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have her or his name placed on such registers provided that at the meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such public hearing or election for which such registers are prepared, and that the registers so prepared pursuant to New York Education Law §2014 and the registration list prepared by the Board of Elections Nassau County will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk of the School District, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on weekdays between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, prevailing time, on and after May 14, 2026, and Saturday by pre-arranged appointment, except Sunday .

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to New York Education Law §2014, the Board of Registration shall meet on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in the gymnasium of the Garden City High School, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, New York, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM , prevailing time, to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the annual meeting and election that is to be held in 2027, and any special meeting that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have her or his name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such Register is prepared.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that qualified voters with disabilities who seek information about access to polling places may, in advance of the day of the vote, contact the District Clerk at 516478-1040 for information about accessibility.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that beginning seven (7) days immediately preceding the May 12, 2026 public budget hearing, any resident in the District may request to review a copy of the proposed budget by appearing at the Office of the District Clerk, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York . Additionally, a statement of the estimated expenses for the ensuing year may be obtained by any resident in the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said election on the school

170 Rockaway time, to prepare to be held which time such meeting of Registration Register AND FURTHER about access 478-1040 AND FURTHER May 12, proposed York . Additionally, resident district website: hours of Building, in which Saturdays, · · AND FURTHER School District which will final assessment granted, expressed the roll; (b) as payments all exemptions District for AND FURTHER be obtainable . In accordance applications and must mailed to to the agent be received

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170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, New York, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM , prevailing time, to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the annual meeting and election that is to be held in 2027, and any special meeting that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have her or his name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such Register is prepared.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that qualified voters with disabilities who seek information about access to polling places may, in advance of the day of the vote, contact the District Clerk at 516478-1040 for information about accessibility.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that beginning seven (7) days immediately preceding the May 12, 2026 public budget hearing, any resident in the District may request to review a copy of the proposed budget by appearing at the Office of the District Clerk, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York . Additionally, a statement of the estimated expenses for the ensuing year may be obtained by any resident in the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said election on the school district website: https://www.gardencity.k12.ny.us , at the Garden City Public Library during its normal hours of operation, located at 60 7th St, Garden City, New York, at the School District Administration Building, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York , and at each of the following school buildings in which school is maintained between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, prevailing time, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays:

Garden City High School, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, New York

Garden City Middle School, 98 Cherry Valley Avenue, Garden City, New York Stewart School, 501 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York

· Stratford Avenue School, 97 Stratford Avenue, Garden City, New York Hemlock School, 78 Bayberry Avenue, Garden City, New York Homestead School, 2 Homestead Avenue, Garden City, New York Locust School, 220 Boylston Avenue, Garden City, New York

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Real Property Tax Law Section 495, the School District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and show: (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee and early mail ballots will be obtainable during school business hours at the office of the District Clerk beginning April 20, 2026 . In accordance with Education Law §§ 2018-a and 2018-e, completed absentee and early mail ballot applications may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the election, and must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or to the agent named in the absentee or early mail ballot application. Absentee and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 . A list of persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued, and a list of all persons to whom early mail voter’s ballots shall have been issued, will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 14, 2026 , between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on Saturday, May 16, 2026 , by advanced appointment, by contacting the District Clerk at 516-478-1040 and on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 , the day set for the election. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such lists, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such lists, stating the reasons for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on election day.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Garden City Union Free School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to dicapuad@gcufsd.net or fax sent to 516-294-1045. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on April 23, 2026.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are qualified voters of the Garden City Union Free School District may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk and return such military ballot application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to dicapuad@gcufsd. net or fax sent to 516-294-1045. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on April 23, 2026. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email. A military voter’s original military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York , along with the required signed affidavit by the voter.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 19, 2026 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 PM on May 19, 2026 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with New York Education Law §2035 , any referenda or propositions to change the number of Board of Education members, or a bond issue for capital improvements, or any other petition required by law to be stated in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Election must be filed with the District Clerk at 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York , not later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on March 20, 2026 . Any other petition, except those petitions required by law to be stated in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Election, must be filed with the District Clerk at 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York . All such petitions must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at 87 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 or 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the Board of Education will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, nor any proposition or amendment which is contrary to law.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that those voters seeking information regarding this Budget Vote and Election in Spanish should contact the Office of the District Clerk at 516-478-1040.

Dana DiCapua, District Clerk of the Board of Education, Gar den City Union Free School District, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York

Village voices rally behind Library vision

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volume of resident feedback.

“You should be aware that the Board members have received a TON of emails from supportive residents about the library. We have responded to them all and they’ve been as passionate as you are, and the fact that it’s still in our budget’s capital program when LOTS of programs have been delayed I think speaks volumes,” he said.

Chapman said she hopes the mayor is correct and that more residents will become aware of the project ahead of the April 23 budget hearing.

“I appreciate that this is still going on, and that within the next week (by the budget hearing date of April 23rd) that the Board sees more support for GCPL, before you vote,” she added.

Trustee Vinny Muldoon emphasized the Board’s support for the library while noting that timing remains a key issue.

“I don’t think that in the last two years on the Board I have talked with anybody up here that said the library isn’t a very important part of our village. A lot of work has been done over the last number of years, going back all the way to Mayor Flanagan and before, to make major improvements in the library – we are in full support of that, and I think I can talk for the majority of the Board tonight. We’ve heard the residents loud and clear, and I have talked with (Library Board Chairperson Colleen Foley) about it as well, as it’s really a matter about the phasing of the lower level construction project and the budgeting. But never fear, we (the village trustees) will be there to support the library in both the short-term and the long-term,” Muldoon said.

Trustee Rich Catalano also thanked residents for their engagement ahead of the April 23 public hearing on the proposed $73.7 million 2026–27 village budget.

“It reminds me of our discussions on the turf field as a lot of people came out then, and it’s great to see so many coming out to address the community center and library. I also would like to thank Colleen Foley who calls all of us regularly and who’s done a phenomenal job advocating for the project on the lower level. One final thank you goes to the Friends of GCPL – we have an organization that’s been around for 75 years that has raised over a million dollars over that span, and they have come out very strongly for the library lower level project. We have received a lot of emails from the Friends and I want to thank that organization as well,” he said.

The comments marked the close of the Board’s budget work sessions ahead of the April 23 public hearing and vote.

Knights invite tributes to mothers and fathers

St. Joseph-Bishop Baldwin Knights of Columbus Council No. 15809 members PGK Hector de Marchena, Deputy Grand Knight Stephen Hassett, Chancellor Tony Bennett, Parochial Vicar Rev. Hilary Nwajagu, Grand Knight Joe Levano, PGK John Mastanduono, PGK John Delany, and PGK Michael Ogazon, Sr. prepare for their upcoming Mother’s and Father’s Day Tributes to appear in The Garden City News.

The St. Joseph-Bishop Baldwin Knights of Columbus Council No.15809 invites parishioners and village residents to be part of their tenth annual Mother's and Father’s Day Tributes which will appear in The Garden City News issues of May 8 and June 19.

These beautiful, full-color Tributes will feature a heartwarming photo of a mother with her infant baby for the Mother’s Day Tribute and a touching photo of a father and his children for the Father’s Day Tribute.

Printed below the photos will be a special list of names of parishioners and village residents who wish to express the love and gratitude that they have for their mothers and fathers and to recognize their parents’ sacred roles in cooperating with God's Divine Plan to provide the most precious of gifts - the gift of life.

The Knights invite participants, who wish to add their names to the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Tributes in The Garden City News, to send their names and a small donation of $20 to St. Joseph-Bishop Baldwin Knights of Columbus Council c/o Mr. Tony Bennett, 84 11th Street, Garden City, NY 11530.

Checks are to be made payable to: Knights of Columbus Council No.15809.

The Knights ask that participants indicate how they would like their name to appear. (Examples: John Doe, Mary Doe, In Memory of …..). It is recommended that each participant include an email address or cell phone number in case there is a question regarding how a submitted name is to appear.

Names and donations must be received by Friday, May 1, 2026. The members of the Knights of Columbus hope that the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Tributes will bring fond and loving memories for all.

5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the Board of Education will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, nor any proposition or amendment which is contrary to law.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that those voters seeking information regarding this Budget Vote and Election in Spanish should contact the Office of the District Clerk at 516-478-1040.

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LEGAL NOTICES

Dana DiCapua, District Clerk of the Board of Education, Gar den City Union Free School District, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTACIÓN DEL PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE UNION) DE GARDEN CITY

GARDEN CITY, NUEVA YORK

SE NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE que se celebrará una audiencia pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City, Garden City, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, en la biblioteca de la Escuela Secundaria Garden City, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, el martes 12 de mayo de 2026 a las 7:30 PM , hora vigente, para tratar los asuntos autorizados por la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, incluyendo los siguientes puntos:

· Presentación del documento presupuestario.

· Discusión de todos los puntos aquí establecidos, que serán sometidos a votación mediante máquina de votación, en la elección que se celebrará el martes 19 de mayo de 2026 , según se establece más adelante.

· Tratar cualquier otro asunto que corresponda debidamente ante la reunión.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que dicha votación y elección se celebrará el martes 19 de mayo de 2026, en la biblioteca de la Escuela Secundaria Garden City, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, en la cual las urnas estarán abiertas de 6:00 AM a 9:00 PM, hora vigente, para votar mediante máquinas de votación sobre los siguientes puntos:

1. Aprobación de los fondos necesarios para cubrir los gastos estimados del año fiscal escolar 2026-2027 o proposiciones que impliquen gastos de dinero o autoricen la recaudación de impuestos, o cualquier otra proposición debidamente presentada.

2. Elección de un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación para un período de tres (3) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2026 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2029, como resultado de la vacante creada por la expiración del mandato de Elizabeth Gaffney.

3. Autorización para gastar la suma de $13,685,000.00 provenientes de: (1) fondos de capital no comprometidos y fondos de reserva de capital de proyectos previamente completados, por un monto de $660,896.71; (2) fondos de capital y fondos de reserva de capital previamente asignados durante los años escolares 2021-2022 y 2022-2023 para construir un invernadero y un patio en la Escuela Secundaria Garden City que no se inició ni se completó, por un monto de $3,300,000.00; y (3) del Fondo de Reserva de Capital del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City, establecido el 17 de mayo de 2022, por un monto de $9,724,103.29, para realizar las siguientes mejoras/proyectos de capital: Escuela Intermedia: reemplazo de techo, reemplazo de ventanas; Escuela Hemlock: reemplazo de techo; Edificio Administrativo: reemplazo de techo, junto con trabajos incidentales y auxiliares, incluyendo proyectos relacionados, trabajos en el sitio y remoción de materiales peligrosos, si fuera necesario, así como costos de arquitectos, gestión de construcción y legales para completar dichos proyectos, siempre que los detalles y costos de los componentes de las mejoras/proyectos de capital puedan ser reasignados entre dichos componentes/proyectos dentro del gasto total autorizado según lo determine la Junta de Educación en beneficio del Distrito.

4. Autorización para establecer un Fondo de Reserva de Capital conforme a la Sección 3651 de la Ley de Educación de Nueva York, denominado “Fondo de Reserva de Capital 2026 del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City” por un período probable de diez (10) años y un monto máximo de Once Millones de Dólares ($11,000,000.00), cuya finalidad será financiar, total o parcialmente, adiciones o mejoras de capital a las instalaciones del Distrito, incluyendo, entre otros: construcción, reconstrucción y renovación de instalaciones, techos, remoción de asbesto y aislamiento, trabajos de mampostería, trabajos eléctricos, generadores, iluminación, mejoras de seguridad, aire acondicionado, HVAC, trabajos en el sitio y trabajos relacionados, con fondos obtenidos de transferencias de excedentes presupuestarios de fin de año; y/o asignaciones presupuestarias; montos de ciertos otros fondos de reserva autorizados por ley; otros fondos que puedan ser legalmente apropiados; y los intereses acumulados sobre dichos fondos durante el período del fondo de reserva de capital. Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que las peticiones para nominar candidatos para el cargo de Miembro de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City deberán presentarse ante el Secretario del Distrito en la oficina del Secretario, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, entre las 9:00 AM y las 4:00 PM en cada día que no sea sábado, domingo o feriado, pero a más tardar el 20 de abril de 2026, entre las 9:00 AM y las 5:00 PM, hora vigente. Todas las peticiones de nominación deben estar firmadas por al menos 35 votantes calificados del Distrito (que representen el mayor número entre 25 o el 2% del número de votantes que participaron en la elección anual anterior, lo que sea mayor); deben indicar el nombre y domicilio de cada firmante, y deben indicar el nombre y domicilio del candidato. Cada petición deberá dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito y deberá describir la vacante específica para la cual se nomina al candidato. Cada vacante en la Junta de Educación que deba ser cubierta será considerada una vacante específica separada.

Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que el registro personal de votantes es obligatorio conforme a la Ley de Educación de Nueva York §2014 o conforme al Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral del Estado de Nueva York. Si un votante se ha registrado previamente conforme a la Ley de Educación de Nueva York §2014 y ha votado en cualquier reunión anual o especial del distrito en los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, dicho votante es elegible para votar en esta elección; si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar conforme al Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral del Estado de Nueva York, dicho votante también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse. Los votantes pueden registrarse en cualquier día escolar antes del 14 de mayo de 2026 en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, entre las 9:00 AM y las 4:00 PM, hora vigente, para añadir nombres adicionales a los registros que se usarán en la mencionada elección, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea incluido en dichos registros siempre que en la reunión de la Junta de Registro sea conocida o se demuestre a satisfacción de la Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en dicha audiencia pública o elección para la cual se preparan dichos registros, y que los registros preparados conforme a la Ley de Educación de Nueva York §2014 y la lista de registro preparada por la Junta Electoral del Condado de Nassau serán archivados en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito del Distrito Escolar, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, y estarán abiertos para inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito en días laborables entre las 9:00 AM y las 4:00 PM, hora vigente, a partir del 14 de mayo de 2026, y los sábados con cita previa, excepto los domingos; Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, conforme a la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York §2014, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes 19 de mayo de 2026, en el gimnasio de la Escuela Secundaria Garden City, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, entre las 6:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., hora vigente, para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la reunión y elección anual que se celebrará en 2027, así como en cualquier reunión especial que pueda celebrarse después de la preparación de dicho Registro. En ese momento, cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea incluido en dicho Registro, siempre que en esa reunión de la Junta de Registro se le reconozca o se pruebe, a satisfacción de dicha Junta, que tiene derecho entonces o posteriormente a votar en la reunión o elección escolar para la cual se prepara dicho Registro.

Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que los votantes calificados con discapacidades que deseen información sobre el acceso a los lugares de votación podrán, antes del día de la votación, comunicarse con el Secretario del Distrito al 516-478-1040 para obtener información sobre accesibilidad.

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vigente, que se celebrará preparación sea incluido pruebe, a o elección Y SE NOTIFICA sobre el Secretario Y SE NOTIFICA pública sobre revisar una Cathedral el año siguiente inmediatamente k12.ny.us en 60 7th Avenue, clases, entre · Y SE NOTIFICA Inmuebles, exenciones. final, mostrará presupuestario su autoridad como un el monto en lugar las exenciones mantenido Y SE NOTIFICA estarán disponibles 20 de abril completadas el Secretario Secretario votante, nombrado y de voto p.m., hora Una lista las personas para inspección del jueves para la elección del Distrito Cualquier las calificaciones las razones un designado Y SE NOTIFICA solicitar y devolviendo dicapuad@gcufsd.net votante militar de solicitud más tardar Y SE NOTIFICA Union Free devolver 1045. Para oficina del boleta militar de boleta incluir la solicitud persona con la declaración Y SE NOTIFICA del Distrito del Servicio constancia a más tardar un testigo, Y SE NOTIFICA con la Ley para cambiar de capital, Elección Nueva York, excepto presentarse York. Todas Secretario el mayor y deberán considerará de las facultades ley. Y SE NOTIFICA

name of voters any proposition Budget District,

PM, hora vigente, a partir del 14 de mayo de 2026, y los sábados con cita previa, excepto los domingos;

Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, conforme a la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York §2014, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes 19 de mayo de 2026, en el gimnasio de la Escuela Secundaria Garden City, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, entre las 6:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., hora vigente, para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la reunión y elección anual que se celebrará en 2027, así como en cualquier reunión especial que pueda celebrarse después de la preparación de dicho Registro. En ese momento, cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea incluido en dicho Registro, siempre que en esa reunión de la Junta de Registro se le reconozca o se pruebe, a satisfacción de dicha Junta, que tiene derecho entonces o posteriormente a votar en la reunión o elección escolar para la cual se prepara dicho Registro. Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que los votantes calificados con discapacidades que deseen información sobre el acceso a los lugares de votación podrán, antes del día de la votación, comunicarse con el Secretario del Distrito al 516-478-1040 para obtener información sobre accesibilidad.

calificados la York, el por la Ley máquina más 2026, Nueva York, máquinas escolar impuestos, o creada no un asignados en la $3,300,000.00; y establecido el mejoras/proyectos de reemplazo de incluyendo necesario, proyectos, puedan ser determine la

3651 de Distrito máximo parcialmente, construcción, trabajos de acondicionado, excedentes intereses de la Secretario 9:00 abril deben estar entre 25 o deben candidato. Cada cual se considerada de York. y ha dicho votar elegible votantes Secretario del vigente, momento en siempre que Registro registros, registro Secretario para 4:00 domingos; §2014, la Secundaria hora anual de la nombre reconozca o se reunión información el audiencia

Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, comenzando siete (7) días inmediatamente anteriores a la audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto del 12 de mayo de 2026, cualquier residente del Distrito podrá solicitar revisar una copia del presupuesto propuesto acudiendo a la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York. Además, una declaración de los gastos estimados para el año siguiente podrá ser obtenida por cualquier residente del Distrito durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores a dicha elección en el sitio web del distrito escolar: https://www.gardencity. k12.ny.us , en la Biblioteca Pública de Garden City durante sus horarios normales de operación (ubicada en 60 7th St, Garden City, Nueva York), en el Edificio de Administración del Distrito Escolar (56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York), y en cada uno de los siguientes edificios escolares donde se imparten clases, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., hora vigente, excepto sábados, domingos y días festivos:

Escuela Secundaria Garden City, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York

Escuela Intermedia Garden City, 98 Cherry Valley Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York

Escuela Stewart, 501 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York

Escuela Stratford Avenue, 97 Stratford Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York

Escuela Hemlock, 78 Bayberry Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York

Escuela Homestead, 2 Homestead Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York

· Escuela Locust, 220 Boylston Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, conforme a la Sección 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre Bienes Inmuebles, el Distrito Escolar está obligado a adjuntar a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exenciones. Dicho informe de exenciones, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cuánto del valor total tasado en el registro de evaluación final utilizado en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada, identificada por su autoridad legal, y mostrará: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado ya sea como un monto en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor total tasado en el registro; (b) el monto acumulativo que se espera recibir de los beneficiarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. El informe de exenciones deberá publicarse en cualquier tablero de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito. Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que las solicitudes de boletas de voto ausente y de voto anticipado por correo estarán disponibles durante el horario laboral escolar en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del 20 de abril de 2026 . De acuerdo con las Leyes de Educación Secciones 2018-a y 2018-e, las solicitudes completadas de boletas de voto ausente y de voto anticipado por correo no podrán ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito antes de treinta (30) días previos a la elección, y deberán ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta ha de enviarse por correo al votante, o el día anterior a la elección si la boleta ha de entregarse personalmente al votante o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de boleta de voto ausente o anticipado por correo. Las boletas de voto ausente y de voto anticipado por correo deberán ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., hora vigente, el martes 19 de mayo de 2026.

Una lista de las personas a quienes se les hayan emitido boletas de voto ausente, y una lista de todas las personas a quienes se les hayan emitido boletas de voto anticipado por correo, estarán disponibles para inspección por los votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del jueves 14 de mayo de 2026 , entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. en días hábiles previos al día fijado para la elección anual, y el sábado 16 de mayo de 2026 mediante cita previa contactando al Secretario del Distrito al 516-478-1040 , así como el martes 19 de mayo de 2026 , día fijado para la elección. Cualquier votante calificado podrá, al examinar dichas listas, presentar un desafío por escrito respecto a las calificaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dichas listas, indicando las razones de dicho desafío. Cualquier desafío escrito será transmitido por el Secretario del Distrito o por un designado de la Junta de Educación a los inspectores de la elección en el día de la votación. Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que los votantes militares que no estén actualmente registrados podrán solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo electrónico a dicapuad@gcufsd.net o por fax al 516-294-1045. La solicitud de registro podrá incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir el formulario de registro por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deberán recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 23 de abril de 2026. Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City podrán solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar al Secretario del Distrito y devolver dicha solicitud en persona, por correo electrónico a dicapuad@gcufsd.net o por fax al 516-2941045. Para que se emita una boleta militar, una solicitud válida de boleta militar deberá recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 23 de abril de 2026. Las solicitudes de boleta militar recibidas conforme a lo anterior serán procesadas de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar bajo la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boleta militar podrá incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir la boleta por correo, fax o correo electrónico. La solicitud original de boleta militar y la boleta militar del votante deberán devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, junto con la declaración jurada firmada requerida por el votante.

Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que las boletas militares serán escrutadas si son recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 19 de mayo de 2026 y muestran un sello de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o muestran una constancia fechada de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o si son recibidas a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 19 de mayo de 2026 y están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que se determine no posterior al día anterior a la elección. Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, conforme a una norma adoptada por la Junta de Educación de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York sección 2035, cualquier referéndum o proposición para cambiar el número de miembros de la Junta de Educación, o una emisión de bonos para mejoras de capital, o cualquier otra petición que la ley requiera que se incluya en el Aviso de la Reunión y Elección Anual deberá presentarse ante el Secretario del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., hora vigente, el 20 de marzo de 2026. Cualquier otra petición, excepto aquellas que la ley requiera que se incluyan en el Aviso de la Reunión y Elección Anual, deberá presentarse igualmente ante el Secretario del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York. Todas dichas peticiones deberán estar mecanografiadas o impresas en idioma inglés; dirigidas al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; firmadas por al menos 87 votantes calificados del Distrito (representando el mayor entre 25 votantes o el 5% del número de votantes que participaron en la elección anual anterior); y deberán indicar de manera legible el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta de Educación no considerará ninguna petición para someter a los votantes una proposición cuyo propósito no esté dentro de las facultades de los votantes para decidir, ni ninguna proposición o enmienda que sea contraria a la ley. Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que aquellos votantes que busquen información sobre esta Votación de Presupuesto y

Environmental Tip of the Week

Arbor Day

The first “arbor planting festi val” on record took place in 1594 and was organized by the mayor of Mondonedo in Spain. The town is now called Alameda de los Remedios. A granite marker and bronze plate commemorate this event.

Don Juan Abern Samtrés, the priest of Villanueva de la Sierra, another Spanish village, organized the first tree planting festival in modern times in 1805. He recognized that trees were important for health and the environment. This festival lasted for three days and, besides tree plantings, included a feast and a dance.

J. Sterling Morton, a resident of Nebraska City, organized the first American Arbor Day at a meeting of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. It was to be a holiday, arranged for the purpose of planting trees, and it is estimated that one million trees were planted in Nebraska on that day, April 10, 1872. The original purpose of Arbor Day was to deal with the treeless state of the prairie. Trees were needed for many reasons, including fuel, windbreaks, shade and lumber. In 1885, Arbor Day became a legal holiday in Nebraska.

In 1883 Birdsey Northrop, a resident of Connecticut, was appointed chair of a committee tasked with making Arbor Day a national event. This commit-

tee was set up by the American Forestry Association. Later, Mr. Northrop promoted Arbor Day in other countries, including Japan, Australia, Canada and in Europe. On April 15, 1907, Theodore Roosevelt issued an “Arbor Day Proclamation to the School Children of the United States”. Today, all 50 states observe it. Although the most common date is the last Friday in April, a number of places celebrate it on different dates, taking into consideration that the best planting dates differ according to the local climate. There are many reasons why trees are important. A comprehensive writeup on the importance of trees is beyond the scope of this article. Briefly, they reduce soil erosion and provide habitat for many species of insects, birds and small animals. They act as filters and stabilizers of water supplies. They remove some pollutants from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is one of them; thus, trees help fight climate change. They provide the oxygen that we need to breathe. They combat the urban heat island effect.

Garden City will observe Arbor Day on Friday, April 24th at 2:00 PM at the Veterans Memorial on Seventh Street. An elm tree donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will be planted. Please join us for this event.

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pruebe, a satisfacción de dicha Junta, que tiene derecho entonces o posteriormente a votar en la reunión o elección escolar para la cual se prepara dicho Registro.

Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que los votantes calificados con discapacidades que deseen información sobre el acceso a los lugares de votación podrán, antes del día de la votación, comunicarse con el Secretario del Distrito al 516-478-1040 para obtener información sobre accesibilidad.

Photos from the Village Archives

Doubleday Buildings

Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, comenzando siete (7) días inmediatamente anteriores a la audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto del 12 de mayo de 2026, cualquier residente del Distrito podrá solicitar revisar una copia del presupuesto propuesto acudiendo a la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York. Además, una declaración de los gastos estimados para el año siguiente podrá ser obtenida por cualquier residente del Distrito durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores a dicha elección en el sitio web del distrito escolar: https://www.gardencity. k12.ny.us , en la Biblioteca Pública de Garden City durante sus horarios normales de operación (ubicada en 60 7th St, Garden City, Nueva York), en el Edificio de Administración del Distrito Escolar (56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York), y en cada uno de los siguientes edificios escolares donde se imparten clases, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., hora vigente, excepto sábados, domingos y días festivos: Escuela Secundaria Garden City, 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York

A 1950 aerial view facing northeast of the Doubleday publishing company buildings and surrounding area. The original U-shaped 1910 Doubleday building was [and still is] located east of Fifth St. as 501 Franklin Ave., center left. The original gardens have been replaced by added buildings, 401 Franklin, and large parking lot to its south. Another building [called the tin building because of its metal façade, later demolished] has been squeezed between the original building and the 1911 Chestnut St. underpass. Another building is to its north, fronting Chestnut st., and the original power house building, 601 Franklin., is on the north side of Chestnut St., connected by a tunnel. To its east is a small building, used pre-Doubleday as a blacksmith’s shop, and byDoubleday as a cafeteria, The original 1905 St. Joseph’s church and rectory is at the southwest corner of Fifth St. and Franklin Ave., with the 1938 school building to its south. The church will be replaced in 1953. North of the church are two residences facing Franklin, which will be replaced in 1952 by the Garden City Medical Center.

The LIRR wye is at center left, seen with a two-car shuttle train ready to move to the Country Life Press station and then reverse to take passengers east past Clinton Rd. The house at the northwest corner of the wye and at the east end of Seventh St. will become the first library in 1952.

The completed Mott houses are separated from the original 1910-era Garden City East houses by the unbuilton Osborne Rd. The Franklin

presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada, identificada por su autoridad legal, y mostrará: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado ya sea como un monto en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor total tasado en el registro; (b) el monto acumulativo que se espera recibir de los beneficiarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. El informe de exenciones deberá publicarse en cualquier tablero de anuncios que las solicitudes de boletas de voto ausente y de voto anticipado por correo estarán disponibles durante el horario laboral escolar en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del . De acuerdo con las Leyes de Educación Secciones 2018-a y 2018-e, las solicitudes completadas de boletas de voto ausente y de voto anticipado por correo no podrán ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito antes de treinta (30) días previos a la elección, y deberán ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta ha de enviarse por correo al votante, o el día anterior a la elección si la boleta ha de entregarse personalmente al votante o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de boleta de voto ausente o anticipado por correo. Las boletas de voto ausente y de voto anticipado por correo deberán ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00

Una lista de las personas a quienes se les hayan emitido boletas de voto ausente, y una lista de todas las personas a quienes se les hayan emitido boletas de voto anticipado por correo, estarán disponibles para inspección por los votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir , entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. en días hábiles previos al día fijado mediante cita previa contactando al Secretario Cualquier votante calificado podrá, al examinar dichas listas, presentar un desafío por escrito respecto a las calificaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dichas listas, indicando las razones de dicho desafío. Cualquier desafío escrito será transmitido por el Secretario del Distrito o por

solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City solicitando dicapuad@gcufsd.net o por fax al 516-294-1045. La solicitud de registro podrá incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir el formulario de registro por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deberán recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a que los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar devolver dicha solicitud en persona, por correo electrónico a dicapuad@gcufsd.net o por fax al 516-2941045. Para que se emita una boleta militar, una solicitud válida de boleta militar deberá recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 23 de abril de 2026. Las solicitudes de boleta militar recibidas conforme a lo anterior serán procesadas de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar bajo la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boleta militar podrá incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir la boleta por correo, fax o correo electrónico. La solicitud original de boleta militar y la boleta militar del votante deberán devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, junto con la declaración jurada firmada requerida por el votante.

Court mews attached houses are at right, with the houses east and west of Magnolia Ave. mostly completed. In the far distance at top is the Rossevelt Airfield.

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Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que las boletas militares serán escrutadas si son recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 19 de mayo de 2026 y muestran un sello de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o muestran una constancia fechada de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o si son recibidas a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 19 de mayo de 2026 y están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que se determine no posterior al día anterior a la elección.

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Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, conforme a una norma adoptada por la Junta de Educación de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York sección 2035, cualquier referéndum o proposición para cambiar el número de miembros de la Junta de Educación, o una emisión de bonos para mejoras de capital, o cualquier otra petición que la ley requiera que se incluya en el Aviso de la Reunión y Elección Anual deberá presentarse ante el Secretario del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York, a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., hora vigente, el 20 de marzo de 2026. Cualquier otra petición, excepto aquellas que la ley requiera que se incluyan en el Aviso de la Reunión y Elección Anual, deberá presentarse igualmente ante el Secretario del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York. Todas dichas peticiones deberán estar mecanografiadas o impresas en idioma inglés; dirigidas al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; firmadas por al menos 87 votantes calificados del Distrito (representando el mayor entre 25 votantes o el 5% del número de votantes que participaron en la elección anual anterior); y deberán indicar de manera legible el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta de Educación no considerará ninguna petición para someter a los votantes una proposición cuyo propósito no esté dentro de las facultades de los votantes para decidir, ni ninguna proposición o enmienda que sea contraria a la ley. Y SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que aquellos votantes que busquen información sobre esta Votación de Presupuesto y Elección en español deberán comunicarse con la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito al 516478-1040.

April 24, 2026

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

Travelers are increasingly mindful of their responsibility in preserving and protecting the people, the environment, and the ecosystems of the places they visit and are actively seeking out travel entities - transportation, hospitality, dining, attractions, and destinations - that incorporate sustainable, responsible practices.

Here’s a sampling of how cruises and resorts are not just implementing but also modeling conservation, preservation and regenerative practices, while the revenue from tourism helps fund and sustain these programs.

Havila Voyages, the Norwegian coastal operator, recently completed a historic 12-day voyage aboard its  Havila Polaris, powered by biogas, reducing CO₂ emissions by more than 90%. Combined with the fleet’s advanced battery systems which enable ships to sail for up to four hours with zero emissions, Havila is demonstrating that cleaner, quieter travel at sea is ready to scale for the future. Silent, low-emission cruising allows access to fragile areas like the UNESCO-listed Geirangerfjord without environmental harm, while journeys along Norway’s 34-port coastal route connect travelers to authentic communities through 70 immersive excursions, from dogsledding to Sámi cultural experiences. Its “Havila Food Stories” program partners with local producers and serves seasonal, à la carte menus that have reduced food waste to just 69 grams per guest per day, cutting more than 60 tons annually.

Baa Atoll in the Maldives, Finolhu, a Seaside Collection Resort is committed to safeguarding one of the world’s most delicate and vibrant marine ecosystems. Guests can join the Coral Reef Propagation Project, ocean clean-ups, Citizen Science programs and megafauna dives.

The first Hyatt-branded property in Mazatlán, Mexico,  Dreams Estrella del Mar Mazatlán Golf & Spa Resort has earned the prestigious Platinum Beach Certification for its sustainably maintained shoreline and partnership with local, environmentally responsible suppliers and its water-saving technologies. The resort plays an active role in conservation through its on-site turtle sanctuary, where guests can participate in their protection and preservation.

While sustainable tourism focuses on minimizing the impacts travelers have on a community or ecosystem, regenerative tourism goes a step further to make destinations than they were. All of  The Boat Company’s proceeds (after operating expenses) from its  week-long expeditionary cruises between  Sitka and  Juneau through Alaska’s Inside Passage are reinvested back into conservation initiatives (theboatcompany.org, 360-697-4242).

Set within the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

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at  Rosalie Bay and join rare, responsibly guided encounters with resident sperm whales through Secret Bay’s  Swimming with the Whales & Marine Safari. Dominica also offers one of the Caribbean’s most diverse and untouched hiking trail systems.

High in Costa Rica’s cloud forest where regeneration is visible and measurable, Hotel Belmar is a family-owned icon that gets its eggs, dairy, shade-grown coffee, sugarcane and seasonal produce from Finca Madre Tierra, Costa Rica’s first carbon-neutral farm. Guests can visit milk cows, learn cheese-making, pick coffee and press sugarcane. Belmar uses composting and a biodigester to turn organics into clean gas. In the forest, SAVIA offers themed expeditions from dawn birding to nightfall canopy study. Guests can participate in Monteverde Exploration with local guides and farm-totable-to-farm programs (hotelbelmar.net).

In Dominica, visitors can join rare, responsibly guided encounters with resident sperm whales through Secret Bay’s Swimming with the Whales & Marine Safari (photo: Dominica)

Located in the heart of Valle de Guadalupe, B.C.,  El Cielo Resort & Winery guests can stay in Tuscany-inspired villas, enjoy farm-to-table dining, and explore the property’s organic vineyards. Sustainability initiatives include pioneering solar energy, cultivating grapes without synthetic pesticides and utilizing trained Harris’ Hawks for natural, chemical-free vineyard protection and has created habitats for migratory birds. The resort also captures rainwater to support sustainable irrigation.

In Dominica, the “Nature Island of the Caribbean,” visitors can take part in hands-on conservation experiences like sea turtle nesting season

Nestled between white sandy beaches and coconut groves, sustainability and community-driven practices are woven throughout  Banyan Tree Phuket, Thailand. Guests can participate in sustainable initiatives, such visiting the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary, beach cleaning and cooking classes that promote sustainability and community engagement.

Six Senses Laamu celebrates the impact of its  Sea Hub of Environmental Learning in Laamu (the “SHELL”). This 2,336-square-foot marine education and conservation center offers guests and local communities immersive experiences with the local marine environment, including coral regeneration, seagrass conservation, and sea turtle research. Through the Maldives Underwater Initiative (MUI),  the SHELL hosts a dedicated team of marine biologists working with partner NGOs. Together they have grown over 10,000 baby corals across five species, released more than 12 million coral larvae onto the resort’s house reef, and conducted genetic studies of sea turtles. The team has also cataloged over 1,000 turtles and 140 manta rays in Laamu Atoll.

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BY DENNIS MAMMANA

Week of April 26 - May 2, 2026

Fresh from its historic visit by four intrepid astronauts from Earth, the moon will shine brilliantly in our evening sky this week. It will reach its full phase on the evening of April 30, when it rises in the east just at sunset, and I hope you’ll step outside to enjoy it. Being near its “apogee” (farthest point from the Earth), experienced lunar gazers may notice it appears a bit smaller than usual.

Those wanting to see stars this week, however, may be a bit disappointed. With our brilliant moon overpowering the sky this week, stars will be in short supply. But bright moonlight isn’t the only reason. The fact is that our springtime sky is noticeably devoid of bright stars. Compared to the brilliant stars of winter that we’ve enjoyed the past few months, it appears quite anemic.

From our vantage point on Earth, it’s really quite simple why the night sky changes as it does from season to season. As our planet orbits the sun, we look outward in different directions after sunset, and we see different stars and star groupings, depending on where we are in our orbit. Now this change is extremely gradual (only about one degree of shift every night), but over the past few months, our view outward has shifted considerably.

Traditionally, stargazers consider the wintertime sky to feature such

Farewell, Winter Sky!

bright star groupings as Orion the hunter, Canis Major the great hunting dog, Taurus the bull, and Lepus the hare. And sure enough, these constellations have graced our night sky since they first appeared in the eastern sky after dark late last autumn.

No longer rising in the east at dusk, these beautiful and brilliant wintertime celestial showpieces are now descending in the west as evening falls. And soon, they’ll be gone from view altogether.

Also appearing in the western sky right now are two planets: Jupiter and Venus. They will remain there through much of the springtime, though by early June their own orbital motions will make them appear to converge on each other over the western horizon. By July, Jupiter will be gone, but Venus will hang on through most of the summer.

But fear not. They’re not gone forever. True, they’ll be blotted out by the sun’s glare for a few months, passing overhead not during our dark nighttime hours but during the daytime this coming summer.

Eventually, however, these planets and the winter stars will reemerge on “the other side” of the sun and will shine beautifully in the eastern sky at dawn. This won’t happen until later this summer, but I can assure you that I’ll be out watching when they return to our view.

Several star groupings and planets are still visible to stargazers during the springtime.

Right now, however, we must be content to watch as the winter celestial gems descend in the western sky at dusk. One of the most startling sights will occur as the brilliant star Sirius (in Canis Major) descends lower and lower. Since light of various colors twinkles differently, this bright star

Music to Nobody’s Ears

will appear to radiate like a Fourth of July sparkler before disappearing behind the western horizon.

Not a bad farewell to some of our celestial friends of winter!

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BY TRACY BECKERMAN

I winced as we sat in the audience of an experimental music concert played by a string quartet. Calling it music was being generous. It was more like the sound of a subway car screeching on the tracks, mixed with nails on a chalkboard -- and choruses of crying babies on an airplane.

“I don’t get it,” I whispered to my husband as the quartet tweaked their instruments so violently that strings began to break loose and fly up in the players’ faces.

“Experimental music is about seeing how far the players can push their instruments to get new sounds,” he explained.

“If the instruments ignite and explode, does that mean they succeeded?” I asked.

My husband had brought me to this concert in an effort to expand my cultural horizons. Apparently, though, my horizons were not that willing to be expanded. The music was so profound-

ly unlistenable that had I done some research beforehand, I might have chosen to do something less painful, like stab myself in the eye with my mascara.

The first composition was particularly difficult to listen to. While I’m sure there are people who appreciate this kind of music, for me it was about as pleasing to the ear as a vuvuzela at the World Cup.

“It’s actually supposed to be dissonant,” my husband said when I complained.

“If dissonant is a synonym for torturous, then they’re right on track,” I replied.

In his defense, my husband is a musician and a composer, so he tends to be much more open to new musical experiences than I am. As his wife, I try to be open to experiencing them with him. Unfortunately, I have a limited tolerance for these kinds of things. Call me crazy, but if a musical piece sounds like a power tool drilling metal crossed with a terrified cat, I have a hard time appreciating it as an art form.

“Why did we come here again?” I asked my husband.

“The tickets were gifted to us.”

“Did the person who gifted you the tickets have a grudge against you and want you dead?” I wondered aloud.

The next piece of music was accompanied by a performer. As she started to warble, I was struck by the extremes a human voice could achieve, but not in a good way. Her voice got higher and higher until it was almost at a pitch that only dogs could here. I turned in terror to the windows, expecting them to shatter from the frequency. The sounds were so alien that at any moment, I expected Godzilla to come through the side of the building to take down Mothra.

I looked over at my husband and realized that he was the only one in the audience who did not have a pained expression on his face.

“How are you not horrified by this?” I asked incredulously.

“I’m used to it,” he whispered.

“From your studio?” I asked.

“No,” he said. “From your mother.” Tracy Beckerman is the author of the Amazon Bestseller, “Barking at the Moon: A Story of Life, Love, and Kibble,” available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online! You can visit her at www. tracybeckerman.com.

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A generation gap that is still alive & well

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

Several months may pass in my family without any mention of the generation gap but then several of us of different ages will get together on a holiday or for a special occasion and there it is.

At one of these recent family parties the subject of Westerns came up and my nephew, Patrick, said he liked “The Magnificent Seven” which came out in 2016. It’s about seven outlaws, bounty hunters and gunslingers who’ve been hired by a young widow to protect her small town of Rose Creek.

Led by Sam Chisholm who is played by Denzel Washington, the group defends the town against corrupt industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, played by Peter Sarsgaard, and his private army. They want to seize land for gold mining. The movie also stars Ethan Hawke, Chris Pratt and others.

I said it was a remake of the film originally out in 1960, a fact the younger people didn’t know, and that it was actually a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s movie “Seven Samurai.”

Patrick said he likes the modern Westerns, whether they are movies, TV shows or on cable TV such as “Yellowstone,” “1923,” “Marshals,” “Longmire” and more. He also cited “Hell or High Water,” out in 2016, as an action-packed movie. Starring Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster, it’s set in Texas, a big state with plenty of room for two brothers to rob some banks to pay off a debt.

While busy preparing dinner in the kitchen, I heard Patrick engaging in a rather animated discussion with his cousin, Kylie, who said she likes the old-fashioned Westerns. “They’re better written,” Kylie explained, “and I like some of the old-time actors better. John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen just to name a few.”

I remember Westerns in the 1960s when John Wayne aka “The Duke” was the star and Maureen O’Hara played opposite him. She was his most frequent leading lady. Young when they first came out, I probably saw them on reruns.

Patrick laughed at my “leading lady” reference and said we both sounded pretty old fashioned.

I chimed in and said I agree with Kylie in that some of the old movies are better than the newer ones. Pointing out that Yul Brynner was great in “The King and I,” this time they both rolled their eyes because that was out ages ago. Brynner won the 1956 Academy Award for Best Actor which was years before Patrick and Kylie were born.

His great performance was legendary and I heard that over and over from my parents, aunts and uncles since I was knee high. Yul Brynner had a way of making a scene come alive on the big screen.

My younger friends and relatives like kidding me about the fact that many of us Baby Boomers like eating at the table, drinking coffee every morning, phoning instead of texting and going to the public library once in a while. I laugh at their list of things but then ask what’s so bad about that?

Anyway, we got onto the subject of more modern things such as the Artemis II flight around the moon and all three of us liked seeing it on TV. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch plus Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen spent nine days in orbit and as they went about their work, they took photos of the moon closeup and also of the earth. From their viewpoint it was pretty cool to see that “Blue Marble” as many people call our planet.

Seeing earth and the moon’s craters up close was amazing and we all admitted that we held our breath during their splashdown on April 10 off the coast of San Diego in the Pacific Ocean.

After moving from the inflatable “front porch” raft to the USS John P. Murtha the astronauts were photographed smiling and in good health on the flight deck.

On April 11 the astronauts spoke at a press conference in Houston about what it was like to be so far away and orbit around the moon. Some people described their “moonjoy,” that intense

happiness and sense of awe and excitement as they checked out the moon. Their excitement spread to us here on earth. It was a wonder to behold.

I said when my family and I watched the astronauts walk on the moon in 1969 they didn’t use the word moonjoy but as we watched the historic event on TV we were all so excited we just about fainted.

On July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission. He stepped onto the lunar surface in the Sea of Tranquility and proclaimed, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Then Buzz Aldrin stepped out of the capsule and the two astronauts spent two hours walking on the moon. They were the first humans to do so. And as hard as it was to believe, they were 240,000 miles away from earth.

“Moonjoy” certainly was a good word for that excitement but that’s the difference between Patrick and Kylie, those two Millennials, and me as a Baby

Boomer.

I started singing “Fly Me to the Moon” which was popularized by Frank Sinatra in 1964 and the years following and Patrick and Kylie wondered what that was all about. Some of the words go:

“Fly me to the moon

Let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

In other words …”

I said, “Here goes the generation gap again. Of course, I was young, young, young at that time but don’t tell me you’ve never heard it?”

Patrick and Kylie both shook their heads and said, “Never heard it before” and I broke out laughing. Why does the generation gap rear its ugly head at the strangest times?

Sometimes we laugh long and hard because in these big family parties there’s often one reference after another that we who are 50+ years old get - but the younger generations? Not a chance!

BY TOM MARGENAU

An Old and Whacky Social Security Rant

A reader shared with me an email he got from an acquaintance. It is a Social Security screed that is filled with half-baked ideas, exaggerations and outright lies. The reader said he had never heard of these allegations before. But I pointed out to him that the harangue has been around for decades. 40 years ago, it was passed from one naive knucklehead to another by regular mail and by fax. Today, of course, it floats around in the online world. Sadly, thousands, if not millions, read it and believe it to be true. I’ve tackled the tirade in more than a few past columns. But I guess it’s time to do so again.

It starts out with a couple of paragraphs lambasting the government for calling Social Security checks “federal benefit payments.” The writer says that Social Security is not a “benefit.” He says, “It’s our money that we earned. How dare the government call it a benefit?”

By the way, bear in mind that the guy (and I’ll bet my next ten Social Security checks it was a guy) who originally wrote this misleading missive did so 40 or 50 years ago and has probably long since died. But amazingly, his rant lives on. New generations of Gullible Gus’s read it and get hot under the collar.

But why? I’m sure that conspiracy-minded ninnies are convinced the wording is some sinister attempt by government officials to take away their rights and their money. But I mean -- come on! Everybody knows that you work and pay Social Security taxes and that one day the money comes back to you. And the money you get back is in the form of a “benefit” that comes from the “federal” government in a monthly “payment.” Federal ... Benefit ... Payment. These are just words. Don’t try to read evil or ominous meanings into them.

Next, the writer trots out the disingenuous claim that if you had taken all that money the mean-old government took from you in the form of Social Security taxes and invested it, you would be a multi-millionaire today.

Gosh, isn’t that wonderful! We would all be millionaires today if it weren’t for that devious old Social Security system that is stripping us all of untold riches. For example, just think back to those times before Social Security came along in the 1930s, when the country was just full of millionaires because no one was taking Social Security taxes out of their paychecks. Those sure were the good old days!

I’m not going to spend too much time discussing the fallacies of the “we’d all be millionaires” claims. But I am going to discuss the numbers people use to come up with these meaningless arguments. (And I said the numbers “people” use because it wasn’t just this one old goat 40 or 50 years ago who came up with these misleading allegations. Countless folks over the years have made the same misguided miscalculations.)

And here is where they all go wrong.

When they are figuring out how much money has been taken away from them in Social Security taxes (money they supposedly would have been religiously investing), they always use the figure 15.3%. In other words, they claim that 15.3% of their income has been withheld from them.

But the money actually withheld from their paychecks for Social Security taxes is only 6.2%. So where do they get 15.3%? Well, first, they look at their own paycheck and see that 7.65% has been withheld from them. But that includes 1.45% that is used to fund the Medicare hospital insurance program. You just can’t add that Medicare portion of the tax into any Social Security payback calculations.

Then, the next mistake they make is to add in the employer’s portion of the Social Security/Medicare tax. In other words, they claim the 7.65% employers pay into Social Security was their money that their employer was sending into Social Security on their behalf. But that is just not the case. What employers pay into Social Security is simply a tax that they pay to the government. It is not your money they are sending to the government.

If you want proof of that -- consider this. Say Social Security was abolished tomorrow. Do you think your employer is then going to turn around and say, “Hey, we are increasing your salary by 7.65% because, after all, this is your money we’ve been sending to Washington for you.” Not a chance! To repeat: it’s not your money. It’s just a tax that employers pay.

So anyway, when you are doing these “what did I pay into Social Security calculations,” you have to use 6.2% of your income, not 15.3%. (By the way, I totally understand that self-employed people pay 12.4% of their net profit into Social Security, but these screeds I am talking about are always written by wage-earners.)

Next, the rant writer brings up this timeworn and untruthful argument. It goes like this: “Congress has stolen Social Security money to pay for other programs.” That assertion comes from a misunderstanding of how the Social Security program is financed. In a nutshell, here is how it really works,

As soon as every nickel in Social Security tax collections lands in Washington, D.C., it is immediately converted into U.S. Treasury notes. I own some treasury bonds. You probably do, too. What is the government doing with that money we invested in those bonds? It is spending it, of course. But we still hold the notes. And when we redeem them, we get repaid, with interest. It works the same way with the treasury notes held by the Social Security system, except, of course, on a much larger scale. If you want to learn more about how that works, do a Google search for “Social Security Office of the Actuary” and noodle around in all the Social Security investment data they make available to the public.

Finally, the diatribe writer trots out the tired old “Social Security is a Ponzi

Scheme” allegation. As I have pointed out a hundred times in this column, Social Security is not now, never has been and never will be an investment scheme. Instead, it is a social insurance program that, in addition to providing a base of income support to retirees, for people with disabilities and for the spouses and families of a worker who has died, is also intended to accomplish larger social goals for our country. If you need proof that the social goals of the Social Security program are being met, just consider this. Before Social Security was established in 1935, almost 80% of senior citizens in this country were

living below the poverty level. Today, the number is less than 10%. And that’s even though we are not all millionaires because we never got a chance to invest the Social Security taxes stolen from us!

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has two books with all the answers. One is called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart: 10 Easy-to-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your Questions About Social Security.” The other is “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can find the books at Amazon.com or other book outlets. Or you can send him an email at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.

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REAL ESTATE WATCH

What Downsizing Really Feels Like (According to Homeowners Who Did It)

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

Downsizing is one of the most misunderstood moves in real estate.

On paper, it sounds almost clinical: fewer square feet, lower bills, less maintenance. A rational trade—space for simplicity. But talk to homeowners who have actually done it, and a very different story emerges. Downsizing isn’t just a housing decision. It’s a deeply personal transition—one that touches identity, memory, family, and the future all at once.

Ask people after the boxes are unpacked, and you’ll hear a consistent theme:

“I thought this would be easier than it was.”

It Starts as a Logical Decision

For most homeowners, the decision begins logically.

The house is too big. The kids are gone. Maintenance is exhausting. Costs are rising. Retirement—or simply a new phase of life—is approaching. The property that once felt like a perfect fit starts to feel like excess weight.

In many cases, the motivation is practical: reduce upkeep, unlock equity, simplify life.

But logic only gets you to the decision.

Emotion takes over from there.

The First Shock: It’s Not About the House

One of the biggest surprises homeowners report is this:

Downsizing isn’t really about the house.

It’s about what the house represents.

A longtime home is rarely just real estate. It’s where birthdays happened. Where routines formed. Where children grew up. Where holidays repeated year after year until they became traditions.

So when people prepare to leave, they aren’t just selling property— they’re closing a chapter.

That’s why many describe the experience not as a move, but as a kind of emotional separation.

One homeowner put it simply: downsizing can feel like “losing a piece of identity.”

The Hidden Work: Letting Go

If there’s one part of downsizing everyone underestimates, it’s this: the sheer emotional weight of letting go of belongings.

Every object becomes a decision. And every decision carries a story.

That old chair isn’t just furniture— it’s where someone read to their kids. A box in the attic isn’t just clutter— it’s 20 years of memories. Even things with no practical value suddenly feel important.

Homeowners often discover they’re not holding onto stuff— they’re holding onto versions of their lives.

This is why downsizing can feel overwhelming. It compresses decades of living into a short window of decision-making.

And unlike buying a home—which is about gaining something—downsizing is largely about giving things up.

The Emotional Curve: From Resistance to Relief

Interestingly, the emotional journey tends to follow a pattern.

Phase 1: Resistance

Even motivated sellers feel hesitation. Doubts creep in:

Will I regret this? Will the new place feel like home? What am I losing?

Fear of the unknown is powerful, even when the move makes sense.

Phase 2: Overwhelm

Sorting, packing, deciding—it becomes all-consuming. Many describe this as the hardest stage. The process feels bigger than expected, both physically and emotionally.

Phase 3: Grief

This is the part few people talk about. There is often real sadness in leaving. Not necessarily regret—but recognition that something meaningful is ending.

Downsizing often coincides with other life transitions—retirement, loss, or family changes—which can intensify these feelings.

Phase 4: Adjustment

After the move, reality sets in. The space is smaller. Storage is tighter. Routines change. Some homeowners feel disoriented at first.

Phase 5: Relief (Eventually)

Then, for many, something shifts. Less cleaning. Less maintenance. Lower stress. A simpler daily rhythm. What initially felt like loss starts to feel like freedom.

The Trade-Off No One Explains Clearly

Here’s the truth most homeowners discover after downsizing: You don’t just gain simplicity. You trade space for ease.

And that trade comes with compromises.

Some people miss hosting large gatherings. Others miss having room for hobbies, storage, or visiting family. Smaller homes can feel restrictive at times, especially early on.

Even financial expectations don’t

always match reality. Costs, moving expenses, and pricing differences can offset anticipated savings.

In other words, downsizing solves some problems—but introduces new ones.

The Identity Shift

Perhaps the most profound—and least discussed—part of downsizing is how it changes how people see themselves.

For decades, a home may have symbolized success, stability, or family life. Letting it go can feel like redefining who you are.

That’s why some homeowners delay the decision for years, even when the house no longer fits their lifestyle.

But others find something unexpected on the other side:

A sense that life becomes less about maintaining a home—and more about living in it.

Research on happiness consistently shows that fulfillment is tied more to health, relationships, and financial security than the size of a home.

For many, downsizing becomes a shift toward those priorities.

What Homeowners Say After It’s Done

If you ask people a year after downsizing, the answers become more balanced—and more honest.

You’ll hear things like:

• “It was harder than I expected.”

• “The process was exhausting.”

• “I didn’t realize how emotional it would be.”

But you’ll also hear:

• “I wish I had done it sooner.”

• “I feel lighter now.”

• “Life is simpler.”

Even homeowners who describe the experience as “emotional” or “traumatic” often say they’re ultimately glad they did it.

That duality is the real story.

Downsizing is both difficult and rewarding. Stressful and freeing. Loss and gain—all at once.

The Biggest Mistake People Make

The most common regret isn’t downsizing itself.

It’s rushing the process.

Homeowners who move too quickly often feel they didn’t have time to process the emotional side—or make thoughtful decisions about what to keep and where to go next.

Downsizing works best when it’s intentional, not reactive.

So What Does Downsizing Really Feel Like?

It feels like:

• Closing a chapter you didn’t realize was still open

• Sorting through the physical evidence of your life

• Questioning what matters—and what doesn’t

• Feeling both loss and relief in the same moment

• Letting go of space, but gaining clarity

And ultimately, it feels like change.

Not just where you live—but how you live.

Because in the end, downsizing isn’t about having less.

It’s about deciding what’s worth keeping.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 43+ years experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned 3 significant designations:

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Reap the rewards of expanding your culinary horizons

Green Fish Curry with Rice

Trying new foods is one of the joys of cooking. When people expand their culinary horizons and embrace opportunities to taste new dishes, their mealtime options are endless.

For those looking to experiment with Asian cuisine, this recipe for “Green Fish Curry With Rice” from Lines+Angles is sure to please. Makes 4 servings

For the curry:

2 tablespoons coriander seeds

1 tablespoon cumin seeds

1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg

6 cloves garlic, chopped

5 shallots, chopped

1 large bunch coriander, chopped, plus extra for garnishing

8 green chillies, seeded and chopped

4 1⁄2 ounces galangal, chopped

2 stalks lemongrass, outer leaves removed, inner stalks chopped

4 kaffir lime leaves, chopped

2 tablespoons Thai shrimp paste

1 lime, juiced

1) For the curry: Toast the coriander and cumin seeds in a dry frying pan over a medium heat until aromatic. Tip into a spice grinder and blitz until fine and powdery. Tip into a blender or food processor.

2) Add the nutmeg, garlic, shallots, coriander, chillies, galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, shrimp paste, and lime juice. Blend on high to make a smooth paste.

3) Heat the oil in a large saucepan set over a medium heat. Add the paste and fry for 4-5 minutes until it starts to darken, stirring frequently.

4) Whisk in the stock and bring to a simmer. Place the cod in the sauce, cover with a lid, and cook over a low heat for 10 to 15 minutes until the fish is firm, opaque, and starting to flake.

2 tablespoons sunflower oil

2 cups vegetable stock

4 thick, skinless, boneless cod fillets, approximately 7 ounces each

Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

For the rice:

1 tablespoon sunflower oil

1 cup basmati rice, rinsed in several changes of water, then drained

3 cups water

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

1 large carrot, peeled and finely diced

4 1⁄2 ounces green beans, chopped

Season the curry with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and set aside until needed.

5) For the rice: Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan set over a medium heat. Stir in the rice and fry for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the water and salt. Bring to a boil, then cover with a lid and cook over a low heat for 20 minutes until the rice has absorbed the water and is tender.

6) When the rice is ready, scatter the carrot and green beans on top and cover with a lid. Set aside for 10 minutes. Fluff up the rice with a fork, mixing in the vegetables at the same time.

7) Reheat the curry over a medium heat. Ladle into bowls and serve with the rice on the side and some chopped coriander on top.

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Margaret Corbin celebrated at West Point

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Members of the Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), Heather Zawislak, Regent, traveled to West Point on April 14 to join in celebrating the bravery of Revolutionary War patriot Margaret Cochran Corbin.

Margaret Corbin accompanied her husband John when he joined the Colonial Army in 1775. Many women traveled with their soldier-husbands as the army moved where needed. On November 16, 1776, the British attacked the last American stronghold in northern Manhattan, Fort Washington, where John Corbin was posted. John was responsible for loading the can-

nons, which he and his team fired upon British ships moving up the Hudson. As British allied Hessian soldiers marched toward the fort during battle, John and his team were killed. Rather than retreat, Margaret took up her husband's cannon position and maintained fire. Soon the Hessians focused on trying to stop her, as her aim was excellent. She sustained serious wounds, being hit with 3 musket balls and grapeshot. Shot in the jaw and chest, her left arm was nearly severed and was paralyzed for the remainder of her life. Her injuries left her unable to support herself.

On July 6, 1779, Congress awarded Margaret Corbin a lifelong pension in recognition of her bravery and service.

It was the first time the new US government officially recognized the service of a woman.

The celebration of Corbin's life is an annual event for the DAR, conducted by the New York State Officers Club (SOC). This year was special, marking 100 years since the DAR placed the monument lauding Corbin's life on the grounds of West Point. The Garden City based Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter was represented at the event by three of its members: Genevieve Cupolo, Janice Derr, and SOC Member Leslie Dimmling.

An 11:00 a.m. Memorial Service inside the Old Cadet Chapel began with the presentation of the Colors by West

Point Cadets. Opening remarks were made by SOC President Sandy Zerrillo, followed by a welcome from Colonel K. Matthew, U.S.M.A, West Point. The Colonel also spoke about Margaret Corbin's life and sacrifice.

Following the memorial service, a red, white and blue wreath was placed at Corbin's monument. A gun salute conducted by West Point Cadets concluded the ceremony. Luncheon followed at the Thayer Hotel, located on West Point grounds. Robert McDonald, Ph.D., was the guest speaker and spoke on "Founding Friendship: Adams, Jefferson and American Independence".

Pre K Girls

Pink Flamingos

Cameron Flecker

Brooke Horvath

Green Princesses

Josephine Lee

Elliana Davila

Pink Bunnies

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Team Purple

Sydney Titterton

Selena Reyes

The Blueberries

The Whole Team

Little Lightnings

The Whole Team

Kindergarten Girls

Team Purple

Princesses

Blaire Crain

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Katelyn Collins

Josephine Neuhs

Team 2

Ruby Lee

Stella Van Buren

Mackenzie Schule

Team Blue Dolphins

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Team 4

The Whole Team

Team 5

The Whole Team

Team Lucky Kicks

Arianna Kolic

Louise Inman

Emma McGrath

Kindergarten Boys

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Arianna Kolic

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dispute between two neighbors on April 18th.

Identity theft

On April 18th, a Roxbury Rd. resident reported an identity theft.

CO alarm

Garden City Police and Firefighters responded on April 18th to Bluebell Ct. for a carbon monoxide alarm that was set in error.

Burning odor

On April 18th, GCPD and GCFD responded to Brixton Rd. for a fire call caused by a defective light bulb.

Missing teen

Garden City Police located a missing teen from NJ on April 18th and reunited them with their family.

Sleeping male

On April 18th, GCPD responded to Clinton Rd. for a male sleeping in a wheelchair. Police found he was waiting for a bus and did not need assistance.

Road rage

Garden City Police investigated a past road rage incident on April 18th.

Stolen phone

On April 18th, Garden City Police responded to St. Paul’s to investigate a cell phone that had been stolen from a bag during a basketball game.

Fall assist

Louise Inman

Emma McGrath 1st Grade Girls

Team 1 - Pink Power

Isabella Lanza

Daphne Zinelis

Team 2 - Lavender

Lush Lifes

The Whole Team

Team 3 - Red Cherries

Olivia Santopadre

Siena Gold

Team 4 - Little Grapes

Scarlett Sterling

Ava Gomes

Team 5 - Pink

Bubblegum

Hanna Abdelfatah

Angelica Russo

Team 6

Riley Campbell

Bea Kutner

Team 7

Alice McKeever

Amelia Thornton

Team 8 - Teal Tigers

Emily Hughes

Maggie Fruzzetti

Eleanor Rusten

1st Grade Boys

Team Pombar

Christian Rosario

JD Ferrari

James pereguda

Brendan Schoppner

Team 3

Connor

Team Noble

Luke Serafino

Patrick Bishop

Lorenzo Mannarino

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assisted a Hilton Ave. resident who fell in his residence on April 18th.

Large group

On April 18th, Garden City Police responded to Poplar St. for a report of a large group of youths. They were dispersing upon arrival.

Accident responses

Garden City Police responded to two auto accidents on April 18th.

Sump explosion

On April 18th, GCPD responded to an explosion in the sump behind GC High School. An arson investigation is underway with multiple agencies at the scene.

Alarm malfunction

On April 19th, Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to Stratford Ave. for a fire alarm that malfunctioned.

Extortion report

Garden City Police took a report regarding a larceny by extortion on April 19th.

Domestic dispute

On April 19th, GCPD responded to a verbal domestic incident.

Multiple calls

Garden City Police responded on April 19th to one auto accident and three medical aided calls for service.

Suspicious activity

On April 20th, GCPD responded to 7th St. for a person possibly trying to

Alesia D’Angelo

Kevin Reynolds

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Monsters

Everett Hampel

Tommy Hopkins

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Team Ferraro

Hunter Moody

Matthew Loggie

Team Philippou (Tigers)

Alex Sardis

Anthony Collabello

2nd & 3rd Grade Boys

Team #1 –

Hendrickson

Luke Communale

Mason Hendrickson

Team #2 – San Filippo

Jack Hage

enter cars. No subject located.

Unknown fire

Garden City Police responded to Adelphi on April 20th for a fire call. The cause was unknown.

Single accident

On April 20th, GCPD responded to one auto accident.

Aided cases

GCPD responded to four aided cases on April 20th.

Burglary check

On April 20th, GCPD responded to a residence for a possible burglary. No forced entry was observed and detectives will investigate.

Cooking alarm

Garden City Police responded to a 7th St. business on April 20th for a fire call set off due to cooking.

Erratic driver

On April 20th, GCPD responded to Stewart Ave. for an erratic driver; vehicle not located.

Bench sleeper

Garden City Police responded to Franklin Ave. on April 20th for a man sleeping on a bench. The man left the scene.

Alarm malfunction

On April 20th, GCPD responded to Wyatt Rd. for a fire call caused by an alarm malfunction.

Noah San Filippo

Team #3 – Polcino

Entire Team

Team #4 - Tighe

Declan Tighe

Ryan Chiara

Team #5 – Slattery

Chase Whicher

Henry Chamberlian

Team #6 - Ferraro

Marcus Alvarez

Conor Napoli

Rikhil Doshi

Team #7 - Kouznetsov

Nathaniel Makaryus

Albie Nicado

Team #8 - Lentini

Wharton Wei

Andy Mao

Suspicious auto

On April 21st, Garden City Police responded to Rockaway Ave. for a suspicious auto. The driver was determined to be making a delivery.

Accident response

GCPD responded to three auto accidents on April 21st.

Aided calls

On April 21st, Garden City Police responded to four aided cases.

Suspicious person

Garden City Police responded on April 21st to Nassau Blvd. for a suspicious person. It was determined that construction workers were using a porta-potty on the wrong property. Workers were advised not to go on the property.

Basement smoke

On April 21st, GCPD responded to a 7th St. business for a fire call caused by smoke in the basement. The scene was deemed safe.

Hotel domestic incident

Garden City Police responded to a domestic incident at the GC Hotel on April 21st. The dispute was settled.

Lobby sleeper

On April 21st, GCPD responded to a Franklin Ave. business for a homeless male sleeping in the lobby. No charges were pursued and a field interview was conducted.

Maureen P. Fraser

“A Teacher Grows in Brooklyn”

Maureen P. (Dougherty) Fraser was born on December 3, 1931, to Mary (May) Callaghan and Joseph P. Dougherty. She was the second of seven children, growing up alongside her brothers Joseph, Gerard, and Robert, and her sisters Regina and Cathleen. She is survived by her beloved sister Regina, with whom she spoke every day, and sometimes more often.

She attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Bay Ridge, and then Fontbonne Hall Academy, a Catholic girl’s high school. Although she initially hoped to attend Fordham University, she accepted a full scholarship to St. Joseph’s College for Women. Her time there was a meaningful and enriching—she majored in English, performed in several plays including a role as Ariel in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,  which led to an offer to attend summer stock in the Berkshires, which declined at her mother’s urging. She formed lasting friendships with Alice Fraser, Eileen Brown, Helen Mc Grover and Cynthia

IN MEMORIAM

Preebi.  Alice, introduced her to The New York Times and Alice’s cousin, Duncan A. Fraser, Jr., a young attorney. The seeds to two lifelong love affairs had been planted.

Maureen began her teaching career in a Brooklyn junior high school, where she would later recount many stories about her students with humor and pride. She married Duncan on June 19, and together they raised their five children—Denise, Duncan, Ellen, Donald, and Richard—initially residing on East 10th Street in Brooklyn and then a few years later on their beloved East 29th Street. There they made lifelong friendships with many of their neighbors,  who were also raising large families with lives centered around Our Lady Help of Christians Church and its parish school. In 1969 the family moved to Garden City, where she lived for the rest of her life.

Maureen fully embraced Garden City life. She joined many civic organizations and became deeply involved in the PTA, organizing luncheons, teas and back to school nights. She enthusiastically attended her children’s school activities and sporting events. She championed all opportu-

nities afforded her children for their educational and cultural enrichment, always their teacher.

After her children began heading off to college, Maureen returned to teaching full time at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens. Special Education was her calling. Eventually she became a Resource Room teacher, where she provided steady, oneon-one support to students, helping many reach graduation. She took pride in both her students’ progress and her own professional accomplishments, earning her master’s degree from Adelphi University along with an additional 30 credits thereafter. She often joked that by the time she retired at 72, she might have been the oldest person in the building. She remained close with many of her colleagues in the years that followed.

Upon her retirement, she traveled and was always heading into Manhattan to visit museums, to see a show or to explore a new restaurant. New York City was always her second home.

Maureen and Duncan  also spent 60 years in Long Beach, where they had a home on November Walk and were

IN MEMORIAM

James M. Tonsmeire, Jr.

James M. Tonsmeire, Jr., 81, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 12, 2026, surrounded by his family.

Born in Flushing, New York, on April 22, 1944, Jim was the third of five children born to James and Marjorie Tonsmeire. He was raised in Garden City, where he attended St. Joseph School and graduated from Chaminade High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University.

Jim had a successful business career in logistics management, beginning with the family furniture business A.H. Stiehl and later with Lumex, a manufacturer of durable medical goods. He met his wife Eileen at a Notre Dame football game at Yankee Stadium after being introduced by their sisters. They married in 1967 and raised their sons in Syosset. Upon retirement, Jim and Eileen moved to the North Fork of Long Island, where they built a second career together as real estate brokers.

In their later years they spent winters in Vero Beach, Florida.

Jim will be deeply missed by his sons, Brian and David; daughtersin-law, Cynthia and Sandra; beloved grandchildren, William, Dylan, and Juliana; his siblings, Betty Ann Eastin of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Robert Tonsmeire of Wayland, Massachusetts, and Patricia Wilson of British Columbia, Canada; many cherished nieces, nephews, and their children; and close friends and colleagues. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Eileen and his sister Marjorie.

Jim enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, music, and watching sports. Boating was a lifelong passion he shared with his family, whether sailing on Peconic Bay or cruising the waters of Florida. He was an active and dedicated father who coached both of his sons in baseball and basketball during their elementary school years, creating many cherished family memories on the field and court. Jim was a loving grandfather who liked nothing more than making his grand-

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members of the Atlantic Beach Club, enjoying time at the beach with family and friends.

She is survived by her children Denise and her husband Richard Crisona; Ellen and her husband Michael Burns; Donald and his wife Mary Butler; and Richard and his wife Rachel. She was predeceased by her son Duncan. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law Margaret Glenday Fraser. Her grandchildren include Duncan Fraser IV, Kathryn Crisona, Michaela Fraser, Douglas Crisona, Colin Fraser, Madeline Fraser, Adam Fraser, Emily Fraser Burns, Easton Fraser, Mollie Fraser, and Gracie Fraser; and her great-grandchildren Silas Rudolph Crisona, Milo Fraser Kirshbaum, Asa and Frankie Rudolph Crisona, and Nola Fraser Kirshbaum.

Maureen’s life was rooted in family, friendships, and a long career in education, along with a lasting love of Long Beach and time spent by the ocean.

She loved as God loves, boundlessly and endlessly.

Oh Maureen, how we loved you so, ‘twas heaven here with you.

children laugh. After Eileen’s passing, Jim moved to oceanfront Cocoa Beach, Florida, where he was blessed to have the loving company and care of his nieces Janet Murnaghan and Sharon Ruddock and their children.

Family and friends will gather for Visitation on Thursday, April 23, 2026, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at HortonMathie Funeral Home, Greenport, New York.

An 11:00 a.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, April 24, 2026, at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church, Greenport, New York.

Graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Pennsylvania.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Jim’s memory to Jack Academy, a school in Ghana founded by his nieces in honor of his adored grandnephew, with the goal of breaking the cycle of poverty. Please visit https://jackacademy.com.

If you would like to post an obituary for a loved one, simply send a short biography of them along with (if desired) their photo, details of their funeral/visitation services, and/or any donation requests to editor@gcnews.com, or call our office at 516-294-8900 to inquire.

GCAA Little League Opening Day Parade

Opening Day at GCAA Little League felt bigger than just the start of a season this year—it felt like a full community celebration. Families lined the streets early, kids in freshly received uniforms buzzed with excitement, and the annual parade once again brought Garden City together in a way only Little League can!

The parade itself stayed true to tradition: teams marched proudly behind their homemade banners, coaches waved to cheering parents, and local supporters filled the sidewalks with applause. But this year introduced a creative twist that quickly became the talk of the day—a brand-new baseball card and comic book trading experience sponsored by LI Comic Shop.

Instead of just collecting team photos, players and attendees were invited to swap their baseball cards, alongside limited-edition comic books that blended sports storytelling with superheroes. The idea was simple but effective: combine the nostalgia of trading cards with the imagination of comics, giving kids another way to connect beyond the field, and the trading tables were packed! You could see clusters of players comparing cards, negotiating trades, and showing off their favorite finds after the first pitch was thrown. Some cards highlighted player stats and fun facts. It added a layer of creativity that extended the spirit of the game beyond innings and scoreboards. Members of the Garden City Middle School Baseball team orga-

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volunteers and community

GCAA Little League Opening Day Parade

The overall winning banner: Mr. and Mrs. Met are also celebrating America at 250!

nized the trading and spoke about their own Little League experiences.

Also new this year, former resident and singer Kim Foxen, driven by EPOA Vice President Steve Ilardi, sang baseball-themed songs along the parade route, and players created a sea of American flags, a nod to the festivities of “Garden City Celebrates America at 250”. Team banners were judged, with winners receiving gift cards provided by TCBY. The 3D Patriotic NY Mets Banner took overall first place! The Mayor and Board of Trustees, who coordinated in retro baseball jerseys, threw

out the traditional “first pitches” and the players hit the trading tables!

By the time the festivities wrapped up and teams headed toward the fields, it was clear this wasn’t just another opening day. The partnership with LI Comic Shop added a fresh, engaging dimension that complemented the league’s longstanding traditions. Between the crack of the bat and the shuffle of trading cards, GCAA Little League managed to honor its roots while embracing something new.

Special thanks go out to everyone who made the day a success, with a spe-

Girl Power! Trustee Harrington with a softball player (whose cast looks to have her on the temporary DL) at the trading station.

cial shout-out to the GCAA Directors, the GCFD (who did double-duty riding in the parade and running a recruitment event for National Fire Volunteer Day) and GC Parks and Rec. The grounds of the gazebo looked beautiful, with the tulip gardens in full bloom, and their staff members were in force early in the

Making a careful trade!

morning for a prompt set-up. Thanks, also, to the Seventh Street Starbucks, whose baristas volunteered during the event as part of their Community Volunteer Program. Follow the Little League at Garden City Baseball on Facebook or at www.gc-aa.com. PLAY BALL!

Trojans tested in three-game week against top competition

Henry Koester elevates over the Tigers’ defense and finishes.

The Garden City Boys Lacrosse team continues to cement its place among the nation’s elite, recently earning the distinction of the No. 1 ranked public school team in the country by USA Lacrosse. The Trojans faced a challenging three-game stretch this week, taking on Massapequa, Suffolk County powerhouse Northport, and New Jersey’s St. Augustine Prep.

Garden City 11, Massapequa 7

In a highly anticipated battle, Garden City traveled to Massapequa and delivered a strong 11–7 victory in a physical Nassau I-A matchup.

Chase Kraus struck first, setting the tone early for the Trojans. James DeBusschere led the offense with three goals, while Ben Smith added two goals and an assist. Brayden Robertiello

contributed a goal and dominated at the faceoff X, winning 14 of 21 draws.

Michael Ferrucci and Kraus each added two points, and Merit Ruckh chipped in a goal.

Defensively, Andrew Dengler and the close unit were sharp from the start, holding Massapequa to just two firsthalf goals. In net, Zach Psilakis was outstanding with 16 saves, anchoring the defense and preserving the lead throughout.

Garden City 19, Northport 7

The Trojans followed with a commanding 19–7 victory over Northport, backing up their national recognition in emphatic fashion.

Charlie Koester led the charge with a dominant performance, tallying seven goals and two assists. Ben Smith added

Trojans tested in three-game week against top competition

four goals, while Michael Ferrucci scored twice and James DeBusschere recorded a goal and an assist. Jeff Finnell orchestrated the offense with five assists in a balanced attack.

At the faceoff X, Robertiello controlled possession, winning 17 of 21 draws, while the defense limited Northport’s opportunities.

The game also served as a meaningful celebration of the program’s storied history. At halftime, Garden City

honored the lacrosse classes of 1985, 1986, and 1987—teams that combined for 47 straight wins and included the program’s first state championship squad in 1986.

St. Augustine Prep 9, Garden City 8

On Tuesday, Garden City took to the road again, traveling to Rutgers University to face St. Augustine Prep. In a tightly contested battle, the Trojans fell 9–8, suffering their first loss of the season.

City once again struck first, with Chase Kraus scoring off an assist from Ben Smith. The offense remained balanced, with goals from Kraus, Smith (3), Charlie Koester, Henry Koester, Jeffrey Finnell and James DeBusschere (2).

Facing a disciplined opponent and playing without a shot clock, the Trojans battled throughout with Merit Ruckh, Angelo Cupani and Will Mattice battling for ground balls, but St. Augustine

controlled the tempo late and held on for the win.

Looking Ahead

With two strong wins and a hardfought loss against top competition, the Trojans continue to show why they are among the nation’s best. Garden City will head back to New Jersey this weekend to take on Shawnee High School, looking to build on its momentum and continue its strong season.

Garden City honors the 1985, 1986, and 1987 teams at halftime, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the undefeated 1986 State Championship.

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Girls Lacrosse improves record to 8-2

Friday, April 17: Away v. Wantagh

Like a runaway locomotive blowing through all its stops, the girls varsity lacrosse team barreled through Wantagh last Friday night and left its opponent dazed and confused by a 23-4 final score. In what could best be described as an offensive explosion, sixteen separate scorers hopped aboard the scoring train, led by William & Mary bound senior Kimberly Colucci with 4 goals. Garden City dominated the draw circle winning 22 out of 29 (Regan Backer 8/9, Katie Horn 5/6, Bea Ehrig 2/4, Ali Bennett 2/2, Emily Bennett 5/8). With the clock running with a 10-goal margin, Head Coach Dave Ettinger liberally subbed every

player in this non-contest. Goals were scored by Colucci (4), senior Ashley Clark (her 3 on the day helped her surpass the 100 point career mark!), senior Michaela Molgano (2), senior Katherine O’Hanlon (2), captain Averie Smith, captain Regan Backer, junior Grace Brantuk, senior Ciara Hegarty, junior Stella Goettelmann, freshman Reese Goettelmann, freshman Emily Bennett, sophomore Finlay Newell, sophomore Caileigh McDonough, sophomore Claire LeLeonnec, freshman Lyla Hessler, and sophomore Amanda Backer. Assists were doled out by Smith (6), senior Kiara Ruoff (2), Molgano, senior Katie Horn, O’Hanlon, and LeLeonnec. The defense of

Bucknell bound senior Katie Horn skies for the draw control.

seniors Kate Scuderi, Ciara Hegarty, Jessy Martin, Kennedy Palmer, Daly Prybylski, Nora Donahue, junior Kelsey Kern, and sophomores Charlotte Clark and Lizzy Hagopian stood tall in front of sophomore Teagan Gately (4 saves) and freshman Anna Sullivan (1 save).

Junior defensive stalwart Claire Arendt

endured a crushing season-ending ACL injury earlier in the week against Darien. The fans and coaches will miss watching her play, but the girls in uniform will carry on their mission not only for themselves but also for their fallen teammates in Arendt and senior captain Deanna Prisco (who underwent ACL surgery in September). We

Girls Lacrosse improves record to 8-2

all wish Claire the very best for a speedy and full recovery.

Monday, April 20:

Away v. Cold Spring Harbor

The Lady Trojans travelled up to Cold Spring Harbor on Monday evening, with the emphasis on the COLD. With spring still fighting to break out the way GC’s offense did against Wantagh, the girls faced the defending Class D champion Seahawks on a frigid field. While the temperature was cool, it was the hot play by both goalies that defined this game. Sophomore keeper Teagan Gately recorded 11 huge saves, every one of which was necessary to counteract her counterpart in the far crease, who recorded 15 stops of her own to keep this game close.

Garden City took a 7-2 lead into the second half on the strength of Michaela Molgano’s (5 goals, 2 assists) scoring prowess. The most impressive effort came on her 4th, when senior middie LeeLee Gaffney raced a clear up field with time expiring. She hit fellow senior Ashley Clark (1 goal, 2 assists), who found Molgano for a dazzling over the shoulder tally as the clock

hit 2 seconds. UVA bound captain Regan Backer had her highest point production of the year, tallying 3 goals in addition to leading the Lady Trojans to 13/22 (Backer 7/13, Katie Horn 5/7, Ali Bennett 0/1 and Bea Ehrig 1/1) draw controls. Gaffney additionally played a huge role on the circle as she continually gobbled up ground balls with her speed and tenacity. Also gettng in on the scoring was junior Grace Brantuk (1 goal), with assists by Holy Cross bound defender Ciara

Hegarty and captain Averie Smith. Despite being outnumbered sizably on the sidelines, CSH hung tough and outscored the Garden City by a score of 6-3 in the second half. But Garden City’s defense of Hegarty, Jessy Martin, Kate Scuderi and Ali Bennett made enough key plays to keep the Seahawks at bay to secure the win. It was a needed challenge for the girls to pull out a victory in a night contest. Final score, Garden City 10, Cold Spring Harbor 8. Next up…..Suffern High School in the Gains for Brains tournament Saturday, April 25, back at Cold Spring Harbor. Go GC!!!!

Photos by Michelle Ebel

F riday, April 24, 2026

How to Create a CommunityPass Account!

Three simple steps to create a CommunityPass account:

• Create an account through this link:  https://register.capturepoint. com/GCRecandParks

• Verify your residency with 2 proofs of residency (ID and utility bill) by email (gcrec@gardencityny.net) or stop by the Cottages (108 Rockaway Avenue)

• Log in to your new account and hit the “Click Here To Register” button to find the type of Membership or Class you want to sign up for.

Fencing Program

This program introduces the Olympic sport of fencing to children in grades K-8 in a safe, structured, and engaging environment.  Fencing fosters discipline, focus, agility, and sportsmanship, making it an excellent complement to youth development. Coach will provide all equipment for class.  $375 per child.

Family Fun Time Hours at St. Paul’s

Family Fun Time (for all residents, elementary aged children must be accompanied by an adult) - Sundays, 3 p.m.–5 p.m.

On Sunday afternoons beginning December 7, St. Paul’s Field House will be open for “Family Fun” for Village of Garden City families.   This open time provides the opportunity for families to enjoy various gym activities in an indoor environment.   The gym will be available for use from 3:00pm to 5:00 p.m. each Sunday until March 10th.

This time is designated for family time only.   No organized practices or workouts will be allowed.   Although there will be staff to monitor activity, this is not a drop off program.   We ask that all elementary and middle school aged children must be accompanied by an adult/guardian.   For the safety of our users, sports involving paddle, stick, or bat equipment will not be allowed.

Pioneer Sports

Pioneer – Flag Football- starting Fridays 3/20 – 5/8 at 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. and 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. at St. Paul’s Fieldhouse.  Girls Volleyball- starting Mondays 3/16–4/27 at 3:30 p.m.–4:40 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Fieldhouse.  Each is $160 per child, contact at www.playpioneersports.com or call at (516)470-8343.

SuperTots Sports Academy

Offers Music/Movement Classes,

Multisport Tots, and Soccer Tots for children ages 2–5 years old at St. Paul’s Fieldhouse or Cluett Hall. Tuesday dates 3/3–4/28 from 12–3 p.m. (35 min sessions). The Music/Movement class uses music and songs while focusing on fun activities, based on functional movements, exploring imagination and creativity. The Multisport class gives your little superstar an awesome first step into sports, using age-appropriate games and activities across multiple sports to explore balance, hand/eye coordination, fitness, sport skills, and child development.

https://www.programs4allkids.org/ program/tot-programs-for-ages-1-5to-4/17998

Sports & Recreation Network

Hockey clinic which will emphasize fundamentals, teamwork, and sportsmanship.  The clinic will help in growing skills, capturing smiles, and making memories.  There will be highlight moments and interviews put on video.  Will be held at roller rink in Community Park on Saturday, April 18.  Ages 4–6 at 9 a.m., ages 7–11 at 10:15 a.m., and ages 12–14 at 11:30 a.m..  More information at www.sportsrecnet. com

Yoga in Cluett Hall

Yoga at Cluett Hall on April 25, and May: 2, 9, 16, 23.  For 10 classes it will be $100, $15 drop in.

Spring Youth Tennis Lessons 2026

Registration for the spring youth tennis lessons began Monday, March 30.

Class information and registration is on the Recreation Website: gardencityrecreation.org

You can register with your Community Pass account or in person at the Recreation Office:  108 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530

Summer Youth Tennis Lesson Program

Registration for the summer youth tennis program begins on Monday, April 29.

More information to follow: Dates and times will be posted on the Recreation Website -  gardencityrecreation.org

Stay Up to Date on All Things Recreation!

Follow our new Instagram and Facebook “GardenCityRecreation” for all Recreation content! Any questions regarding programs or facilities can be directed to our new Recreation email, GCRec@gardencityny.net .

Spark Business Academy

Summer Camps

Grades 6–9: “Finance Club” - 7/137/17 from 9–3 p.m. at the Cottages. Learn how to manage your money in this program promoting essential life skills!  Set your financial goals, develop a budget from scratch, shop for a credit card and calculate the monthly cost of your dream car. Through simulations and hands-on activities, students explore financial decisions they will have to make in the future.

Grades K–2: “My First Lemonade Biz” - 8/3–8/7 from 9–3 p.m. at the Cottages. Learn how to make sweet and tangy lemonade and make money by selling it! Experiment with recipes, design flyers, learn how to count money, make change and tally profits. Then, in a showcase finale event, launch your lemonade stand and sell, sell, sell, and raise funds for a charity students select!

Grades 3–5: “Debate Club” - 8/10–8/14 from 9–3 p.m. at the Cottages Learn the art of persuasion! Students work in rotating groups and practice their debating skills in a supportive environment, including developing arguments, issuing rebuttals, providing examples, rebuilding their case and summarizing points of view. Students learn to think on their feet and enhance their public-speaking skills, gaining self-confidence!

You can register with your Community Pass account or in person at the Recreation Office:  108 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530

Community Garden Is Back!

We are thrilled to have the Community Garden back this spring! Do you have any interest in gardening but don’t have enough green space at home? We have you covered!

Plots are available at the Rec Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. There will be no saving plots, you are not guaranteed a spot if you had one last year.

There is no charge for the plots, but space is extremely limited.

Call the Recreation Office at 516-465-4075 starting Monday, April 13, to register. Once you have secured a plot, planting may begin Monday, May 11, 2026.

Little Medical School

Hands on STEM, science, health, and medicine! For curious kids ages 5-12–who love to learn and explore. Little Medical School is a nationally recognized enrichment programs where children explore health science, and medicine through engaging, age – appropriate hands-on

activities.

To register, please visit www.littlemedicalschool.com/nassau

Pool Memberships are Now Available for Purchase!

https://www.communitypass.net/ login

Sample CommunityPass Welcome Email

We are excited to announce that registration for The Garden City Pool will be available online via the CommunityPass registration system starting Friday, APRIL 17, 2026!

Due to a change in recreation software, every household must create a new account.

As online registration for programs begin, we encourage all families that will be registering to create their CommunityPass Account NOW!

In order to register for pool memberships or future programs, you MUST first create an account.

To create a new account, register an existing account, login or register for a program, follow the instructions found within this email or on the CommunityPass site.

Many of our programs, including the Garden City Swimming Pool memberships have residency requirements. In order to verify your residency on your account and gain access to registration for these programs, you must send a copy of your driver’s license AND a utility bill to gcrec@gardencityny.net *

How to Create a Family Account:

• Go to: https://register.capturepoint.com/GCRecandParks

• From the CommunityPass login homepage click on the ‘Create an Account’ button.

• On the next page complete the ‘Account Creation’ fields and click on Create at the bottom of the page.

• On the next page you will see the CommunityPass Privacy Statement.  After reading, click ‘Accept.’ Then click ‘Finish.’

Please save your login and password for future use. Only one account per family is permitted.

Your account will say "unverified" until approved by a Recreation staff member. You will not be able to purchase a pool membership until your account has been created and verified. We will approve your account as soon as we can.

*You can also verify in person at the recreation offices, 108 Rockaway Ave

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Celebrate 91 years of rivalry at the Woodstick Classic

Order your black Woodstick Classic T-shirt by April 26.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 2, as Garden City travels to Manhasset for the Woodstick Classic— the longest-running high school lacrosse rivalry in the country. Since 1935, Garden City and Manhasset have gone head-to-head, and this year marks the 144th boys’ matchup and the 11th girls’ game.

Join us for a full day of lacrosse:

• JV Girls – 11:00 a.m.

• JV Boys – 1:00 p.m.

• Varsity Girls – 4:00 p.m.

• Varsity Boys – 7:00 p.m.

Let’s BLACK OUT THE STANDS—a proud Garden City tradition! Wear

black to show your unity and support for our teams.

Get game-day ready with Woodstick Classic blackout t-shirts and sweatshirts. All proceeds support Garden City Lacrosse.

Order by Sunday, April 26: https://team.macwear.com

Password: Sticks2026 (case sensitive –capital “S”)

Come out and support both our boys and girls as they continue this incredible rivalry. Let’s pack the stands and make Year 91 one to remember!

Questions? Please contact spiritweek@gardencitypta.org.

Field hockey registration

Calling All Rising 3rd Grade to 6th Grade Girls!

The Long Island Field Hockey League Association (LIFHA), now in its 23rd year is registering players for Fall 2026. This is a learning league. Join the fun! Garden City girls can send registration before June 30.

An Adelphi playday and a 5-game travel schedule will begin in mid-September.

How To Register:

1) The registration form can be found

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on the website, www.lifha.com.

Print it out and send with payment to the address below.

2) A USA Field Hockey membership is required for insurance purposes. Print out a copy of proof of membership from the website www.teamusa.org or usafieldhockey.sport80.com. The proof must show the player will be current during the time of play.

Drop off or mail these three items to: Jessica Brantuk, 131 Nassau Blvd., Garden City, NY, 11530.

Sports Events

Trojans Baseball wins series vs. Carey

Last week, the Varsity Trojans Baseball team played a three game series versus their long time foe, Franklin Square’s Carey High School. The games featured several of Long Island’s best baseball players in Jayden Gigante (St. John’s commit), Tristan Hickis (Hofstra commit) and Mark Vera from Carey High School, matching up against our own Joe Carey (Holy Cross commit), Chris Desiderio (James Madison University commit), and several other excellent committed and non-committed baseball players. These boys, and their teammates, have been battling against one another since 10 year old Little League District play. Old scores were going to be settled.

In the first game on Tuesday, April 14th, “Smokin’” Joe Carey took the mound at home and picked up where he left off from the MacArthur series. The senior southpaw quieted the big bats from Carey High School. Carey struck out 10 batters on the day, allowing only two hits and zero runs over six and two-thirds innings while walking one. He was pulled at 101 pitches and

Skyler Lang came in and struck out the last batter to complete the 4-0 shutout win. Jack Murphy went 2-3 with two RBI, driving in the first run of the game to give the run support Joe needed.

In the second game at Carey High School on Wednesday, April 15, big righty “JL” Antico got the ball in a spot start replacing Chris Desiderio in the rotation. Antico had a vintage performance, earning the win. The starter allowed four hits and two runs (one earned) over five innings, striking out five and walking four. Caiden “Clubber” Lang and Tyler “Pack” Packman each appeared in relief for the Trojans. The Trojans got on the board in the top of the second inning after Kyle “Hit the Weight Room” Walsh hit a solo home run to left field, Will “the Thrill” Carroll homered to left field, scoring three runs, and Jack “Irish Stout” Murphy singled, scoring two runs. The final score was 7-3.

On Friday, April 18, the series moved back to Garden City High School as the Trojans looked to bust out their brooms again and sweep another series. Both

teams were strong on the bump on Friday, but the Carey Seahawks were just a little bit stronger at the plate in their 3-2 victory over the Trojans. Brendan Ohl “Faithful” started the game for Garden City Varsity Trojans and recorded 15 outs. The crafty lefty went five innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, striking out seven and walking none. Ohl started the 6th inning already at 85 pitches and with a 2-1 lead, with Mark Vera, who had already gone yard off Ohl earlier in the game, leading off. Vera hit another home run to even up the score 2-2. Skyler Lang relieved Ohl and another run came in to give Carey the lead 3-2, and that’s where the game ended. A great effort on the bump by Ohl “Faithful” but Carey’s starter got the better of our Trojan hitters. Garden City won the series, though, and the toughest part of their league schedule is behind them going 5-1 versus MacArthur and Carey.

On Saturday, April 18, the Trojans traveled to Brookville to play a non-league game versus Long Island Lutheran, a team they had already beaten in a scrimmage earlier

this year. Even though the Trojans collected four hits to Long Island Lutheran's two, they still fell 4-3 on Saturday. Jack Vessio led Garden City with two hits. Up 3-1 in the bottom of the 6th, LuHi capitalized on Garden City errors and ultimately from a pop-up that dropped in just fair for a single and scoring two runs, which gave LuHi the go ahead run and the victory. The team is learning the importance of hitting their cutoffs and communicating in the infield as critical fundamentals for success, especially in tight games in the late innings when the pressure is ratcheted up.

The Trojans are currently 6-1 in league play and 8-3 overall. This week they welcome the Hewlett Varsity Bulldogs to GCHS on Tuesday, travel to Hewlett Elementary School for Wednesday, and then back home on Friday for the third game of the Hewlett series. All games are at 4:45 p.m. Saturday morning they scrimmage Eastport/South Manor at 10 a.m. at GCHS.

New to Market: Timeless Colonial

38 Prospect Avenue, Garden City, NY

Open Houses: Saturday, April 25th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm Sunday, April 26th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

A rare opportunity to own a timeless Center Hall Colonial set on an extraordinary 99’ x 154’ beautifully landscaped property. Filled with warmth and character, this gracious home offers elegant formal rooms, a wood-burning fireplace, stunning renovated kitchen with highend appliances, and inviting spaces for everyday living. 4 bedrooms including a serene primary suite, finished lower level with vintage bar, hardwood floors, and a spectacular 99-foot-wide backyard with patios for unforgettable gatherings. Extensive recent updates complete this exceptional home where classic beauty meets modern comfort. MLS# 988480. $1,999,000.

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Ann Collins

Associate Real Estate Broker

516.248.6655 ext.2208, c.516.384.1869 anncollins@danielgale.com

Friday, 4/24 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm Saturday, 4/25 | 12:00pm - 2:00pm 12 Whitehall Rd, Rockville Centre, NY 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath. MLS# 983665. $1,698,000.

Sayville, NY

4-bedroom, 3-bath. MLS# 982706. $975,000.

Wyndham West, #202

Garden City, NY

2-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 976451. $1,195,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3-bath. MLS# 962653. $2,199,000.

Saturday, 4/25 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm Sunday, 4/26 | 1:00pm -3:00pm

38 Prospect Avenue, Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath. MLS# 988480. $1,999,000. OPEN HOUSE

Garden City, NY

3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. MLS# 983617. $1,499,000.

Wyndham East, #601

City, NY

3-bedroom, 3.5-bath. MLS# 971055. $1,995,000.

Westhampton Beach, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath. MLS# 959328. $2,250,000.

Hempstead, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. MLS# 985240. $745,000.

Centre, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 980736. $899,000. Garden City, NY 7-bedroom, 6.555-bath. MLS# 967556. $5,695,000.*

Centre, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. MLS# 974467. $725,000.