Friday, September 2, 2016
Vol. 93, No. 1
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Residents ask for more police presence in southeast GC
NEW DATE FOR HOMECOMING
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Homecoming 2016 will be held on September 17th this year with the Homecoming Parade beginning at 12 noon along Seventh Street where the Annual Street Fair will be taking place, and the school district maroon and gray marchers and community groups will wind their way to Garden City High School through the Village streets. The Homecoming football game vs. Manhasset will begin at 2 p.m. at Garden City High School, and will include a halftime show featuring the high school Marching Band, Lady Trojan cheerleaders, and the award-winning kick line.
Village considers transport for seniors BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Two plans are officially on the table to assist village seniors by providing transportation around town. One would involve splitting cab fares ($10 for two passengers) with All Island Taxi, and the other would be a new SUV for the village to lease and operate, But apparently Mayor Nicholas Episcopia and some others in village leadership would like time to evaluate the plans and see a more formal proposal. The August 18 Village Board of
Trustees’ meeting served as a starting point to the discussion, however. According to Trustee Theresa Trouvé, Village Board liaison to the senior advisory committee, an action soon is necessary to aide senior residents who do not have their own means of transportation for dental, medical and social services appointments and “just regular transportation to the supermarket, Mass, the synagogue, or wherever they would like to go.” Doing so before winter is important, as getting
around only gets more difficult. In her research Trouvé looked around Long Island for examples of senior services. Port Washington’s senior center has a hot lunch daily, served from 12 p.m. onward. Port Washington’s center also provides door-to-door transportation for its residents as well as residents of Roslyn. “Seniors make only a voluntary contribution of about 50 cents,” she explained. The Port Washington Senior Center is well-funded by both the See page 38
In response to heightened concerns over security and village police’s presence in neighborhoods in the East section of Garden City, at the Thursday August 18 Board of Trustees’ meeting Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson delivered a comprehensive report of police department functions and proactive measures taken to fight crime and prevent incidents in the village. While the topic arose an hour into the August meeting, close to a dozen residents brought their small children to make a point to the Board of Trustees – safety needs to be stepped up. John and Ellen Colucci of Willow Street got up to speak at the podium first. But it was their young son Jack, whose face could barely reach up to the podium, that captivated the attention of the trustees, members of the village executive staff, and the crowd of over 50 residents at the meeting. See page 39
Lawn signs opposing LIRR third track stolen BY RIKKI N. MASSAND Harry Chohan of Greenridge Avenue attended the June 7 WPOA meeting at Homestead School to hear from officials including MTA spokesperson John McCarthy. He later hosted McCarthy in his backyard for a three-hour conversation and they went over ways in which the proposed “Third Track” 9.8-mile stretch of the LIRR expansion would impact his community and his own backyard, up to the staging of construction. Garden City Mayor Nicholas Episcopia and West Trustee Robert Bolebruch even met him at his neighbors’ home a few doors down at the end of July to discuss their collective and individual concerns. However with the whole summer having passed, petty crime became a related issue and one of the most basic of Constitutional rights has apparently been violated in Garden See page 38
Chamber of Commerce holds golf outing PAGE 30 Little Sprouts Preschool enjoys summer PAGE 37