Friday, September 9, 2016
Vol. 93, No. 2
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GC Farmers Market shifts gears for fall harvest
HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
This past Tuesday marked the first day of school for children in Garden City. Backpacks, galore filled the streets as kids heading off for a new year. In Franklin Court, Amelia Moran, Liam Hanrahan and Doran Hanrahan await the buses for school! Good Luck to all the students in the coming school year!
Adelphi Jagger Fellows pursue careers BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Over the summer Alexus Haddad, a biology major and chemistry minor and member of Adelphi University’s Class of 2018, interned at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and worked with cutting-edge CRISPR/Cas9 technology for pancreatic cancer research. A few known tumor-suppressor genes cause pancreatic cancer but there are several more
genes yet to be discovered, Haddad said. This hands-on study at Cold Spring Harbor will continue for another several months in pursuit of scientific findings. But midway through college Haddad’s jump into her career field and the enthusiastic starts of 69 others came as part of this year’s Jaggar Community Fellows Program at Adelphi University.
Summer internships
Having just completed its seventh year of enriching opportunities, the Jaggar Program provides students with paid summer internships at a variety of nonprofits on Long Island and New York City. With a reception held at its Garden City campus on Wednesday August 17, Adelphi celebrated the See page 54
It’s the midway point the 2016 season of Garden City Farmers’ Markets, held every Tuesday, 7 am to 1 pm, from June up until two days before Thanksgiving (November 22 is the last market this year). Three summer months are in the books but three special months with fall flavors, produce, culinary delights and homemade goods will provide plenty for residents and visitors to discover. With summer having been ‘slower’ due to the Nassau County Courts being in session for fewer daytime hours, the fall season is critical to many local and organic growers, small businesses and entrepreneurs present at the markets. Ethel Terry and her husband Fred operate Fred Terry & Sons’ Farms on the eastern end of Long Island, and they run several growers’ markets in Nassau and Suffolk County hubs. Ethel spoke with The Garden City News last week before the seasons officially change. She says fall vegetables including pumpkin, broccoli; orange, green and other varieties of cauliflower along with winter squashes will start to highlight weekly produce. The root crops farmers harvested throughout summer are all still coming in including spinach, beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, yellow and cherry tomatoes and shallots. Melons will also be available at the markets throughout September. Over two years ago, then-Garden City Mayor John Watras questioned the Tuesday timing of the market, which is located at parking lot of 101 County Seat Drive behind the State Supreme Court and off of Old Country Road (technically Mineola). He commented at the May 15, 2014 Board of Trustees’ meeting that on Tuesday mornings many residents are busy and on their way to work, and a weekend morning may bring a better turnout. But Terry explained the timing and thoughts behind catering to a ‘court crowd.’ “The judges, lawyers, jurors, court officers and others working there as well as in different office buildings around there are not going to be there during the weekend. It’s a great opportunity,” Terry said.
Fall is busier season
Labor Day and the following weekdays often mark the return to the routine for County Court employees, lawyers, jurors and judges who walk over to the market. They’re all in time for seasonal treats from natural snacks and starters to dessert. “It gets much busier in the fall and we anticipate that, we grow for that purpose. Fall ushers in a very full array of products. We have a lot of variety at the markets as far as vegetables go, it gets bigger and bigger as the season goes on with those crops. Then we have our apple farmer – Orchard of the Conklins from Pomona, New York – with fall apples and berries, and homemade pastries and pies made right from the fruit. They keep the market well-supplied with fresh fruits each week,” Ethel Terry explains. See page 46
Garden City Schools welcome new teachers PAGE 34 EPOA seeks rep for budget review committee PAGE 10