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Vol. 102, No. 35

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Village reviews recreation projects, praises pool staff BY RIKKI MASSAND As Labor Day and the close of the 2025 Garden City Pool season approach, the Village Board of Trustees and Assistant Superintendent of Recreation and Parks Andy Hill reviewed ongoing capital projects and facility upgrades at the August 14th Board meeting. Hill also paused to thank staff for their efforts during another successful summer at the community pool. “We have some kids (employees) that went off to college already and many others are high school students who are starting to play fall sports, but I want to especially thank our senior members and staff down there that have kept the Pool/ Community Park ticking over. I have not been able to be there as much as I was in 2024, but they really haven’t missed a beat. It’s a team effort down there but without those guys it would not be as successful an operation as it is – I would like to publicly thank every employee,” Mr. Hill told the Board.

Garden City’s Junior Alvarado continued his record setting year with a tremendous ride aboard Sovereignty in Saratoga to win the Summer Classic, The Travers Stakes. on August 23rd. The pair also won the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Jim Dandy this year. See page 20. Photo by Ed Rotondo

Trustees welcome Deputy Treasurer, approve budget adjustments BY RIKKI MASSAND

At its August 14th meeting, the Garden City Village Board of Trustees appointed Richard Cassar of West Hempstead as the new Deputy Village Treasurer. He will work directly under Village Treasurer Irene Woo, who introduced him to the Board before the appoint-

ment vote. “Richard graduated from Long Island University-C.W. Post in 2008 with a degree in accounting, and he’s worked in various public and private accounting positions over the last 15 years. Most recently he worked for the Village of East Hills.” He comes to us ready to

tackle a lot of the governmental finance work we have to do in our Finance Department, and the team is very excited to welcome Richard here,” she said. Cassar attended the meeting and was invited by Mayor Ed Finneran to stand so the Board and public could greet him. See page 34

Tree and Stump Removals

Hill reported that 4TS Premier Land Services of Bohemia completed significant tree and stump removals identified by Village Arborist Joe Umana. “So far, so good. The majority of the ‘priority removals’ Joe highlighted have now been taken care of. The crew is hopeful that by the end of the year they’ll have worked through the list Joe made,” he noted. In May, the Board awarded 4TS the contract for removals on an “as-needed” basis, based on unit cost. Deputy Mayor Judy Courtney asked Hill about the total number of stumps removed to date. Hill said he would follow up with Arborist Umana to provide those figures. Courtney also inquired about smaller stump removals using equipment the Board had approved. Hill confirmed the new machine is in use. “They have been working through as many in-house removals as they can, and they LOVE that piece of equipment. A lot of members of the public also see it as an amazing piece of equipment, and it’s really helped Joe Umana get through the work we See page 33

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