The annual observance of Fire Prevention Week in Garden City will be Oct. 4 through 10. All residents and friends are invited to attend the Annual Inspection and Open House on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 12:30 p.m. The program will be conducted at fire headquarters and in the employee parking field, located on the west side of village hall on Stewart Avenue.

Your fire department does an outstanding job to protect our lives and homes. Please stop by to show your support for them. I'm sure that your entire family will enjoy the program.

The Town of Hempstead Sanitation Department will conduct its monthly S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) Program on Sunday, Oct. 4. The program will be held at Sanitary District #1, 1 Bay Boulevard in Lawrence. The hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Under the S.T.O.P. Program residents are able to take polluting materials to the facility and have them disposed of by a registered professional disposal company, free of charge. The facility will not accept the following materials: Ammunition, explosives, radioactives, infectious waste, gas cylinders and barbecue tanks.