The annual observance of Fire Prevention Week in Garden City will be Oct. 1 through 8. All residents and friends are invited to attend the Annual Inspection and Open House on Sunday, Oct. 1 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.

It is with pleasure that we announce that Garden City has been named as the recipient of the Award for Excellence in the 1999 Community Traffic Safety Program.

This award, granted by the Automobile Club of New York, signifies the efforts of our police department in safeguarding citizens of our community.

Railroad Parking Licenses for residents for the year 2000/01 are now being issued at the Village Office at a $25 fee. A photocopy of your car registration must accompany your application and check.

Speeding within Garden City will not be tolerated.

A subject often addressed at Property Owner's Association Meetings is resident concern over vehicular speeds within residential areas of our Village and the observation that vehicles are exceeding the 30 mph Village-wide limit and the 20 mph limit within school zones. I want to assure our residents that violations will not be tolerated and that Police Department speed enforcement will be increased.

It is most disconcerting to note that many of those who violate our speed limits are our neighbors - residents of Garden City.

Please, in the interest of public safety, be mindful of the responsibility that each of us has as an operator of a motor vehicle.