Village offices were closed Monday, Nov. 12 in observance of Veterans Day. There was no garbage or recycling pickup on Veterans Day. Residents scheduled for recycling on Veterans Day should put their recyclables out Nov. 17.

The Nassau County Department of Senior Citizen Affairs, in cooperation with the Winthrop-University Hospital, the Nassau County Department of Health and the Nassau County Medical Center, will again co-sponsor a free, countywide flu immunization program for seniors.

The program for our area will be held at the Garden City Senior Recreation Center at 6 Golf Club Lane on Tuesday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents 60 years or older who are interested in receiving the vaccine should call the Garden City Recreation Department at 465-4075 to make an appointment. Residents should be prepared to indicate if they wish to receive just the flu immunization or if they would like the additional protection of the pneumonia immunization.

Garden City's Tree Management Program is used as a model by many universities. Under our program, village street and park trees are inspected annually. Those trees, which are in questionable condition, are monitored during both the growing and dormant seasons and, if necessary, treatment is performed. Only when, in the judgment of our trained arborist, Michael Didyk, a tree is dead, dying or hazardous, is it marked for removal.

Residents who wish to have a street tree planted by the village are encouraged to write to the Director of Public Works, Robert Mangan, P.E., with their request prior to Dec. 14. We will make every effort to accommodate your request.

The Town of Hempstead Sanitation Department will conduct its monthly S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing out Pollutants) program Sunday, Nov. 18. The program, which is being held at various locations throughout the Town, will make hazardous waste facilities accessible to as many residents as possible. Saturday's program will be held at Baldwin Park Garage on Grand Avenue in Baldwin between 8 a.m. and 3 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.