According to a Floral Park Police Department report, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, a 14-year-old Garden City boy was playing handball in Floral Park when he noticed Kevin Cloherty of Garden City, a convicted sex offender who served four years in Elmira Prison for second-degree attempted sodomy. FULL STORY

Leon Vance, Jr. was not a native of Garden City but was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma, where his father was the local middle school principal and a flight instructor. His uncle was a decorated World War I flyer who was killed in France. FULL STORY

"Each new game provides a brand new challenge rich with opportunities. A time for achievement. A time for purpose. A time for glory." FULL STORY

The recreation department will be sponsoring a new fall concert mini series. The second concert will take place in front of 1001 Franklin Avenue between 12-1:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24. "Time Was" will perform. Please join the recreation department in listening as you take a break and enjoy lunch "Outside on Franklin." The recreation department wishes to thank Garden City Center Associates for making their property available for these concerts. FULL STORY