It is with pleasure that we announce that Garden City has been named as the recipient of the Award for Excellence in the 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. Without the aggressive involvement of our police force in the special programs for traffic safety, the village's police department would not have received the Platinum Award for the fifth consecutive year. I thank Commissioner Cipullo and all those under his command for their efforts.

Please mark your calendar for this Saturday, Oct. 29, as it will be a very festive day in our village, marked by the Chamber of Commerce's 27th annual "Fall Festival Street Fair," combined with the annual High School Homecoming Day Parade and annual Street Fair. Bring your family and enjoy the community spirit and fun.

The Chamber's street fair on Seventh Street and Franklin Avenue is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and will run through mid-afternoon. Seventh Street, between Franklin and Hilton Avenues, will be closed to all traffic from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. For your convenience, please use the Hilton and Franklin Avenue entrances to Parking Field 7S and the Stewart Avenue entrances to Parking Field 7N. The high school's homecoming parade will step off promptly at 12:15 p.m. from the most easterly end of Seventh Street and proceed west along Seventh Street to Cathedral Avenue, north onto Stewart Avenue, west to Oxford Boulevard and north to the high school parking field. The homecoming festivities and football game will follow the parade at the Warren King Field.