Reflects 4.49 Percent Budget-to-Budget Increase The school budget proposed for 2008-09 will enable the Garden City School District to continue to strive for ever higher levels of academic achievement, as well as increased efficiency. The figure proposed, $94,505,801, reflects a budget-to-budget increase of 4.49 percent and a tax levy-to-levy increase of 4.88 percent. FULL STORY

Longtime Resident Will Replace Retiring Ken Monaghan Angela Heineman is running, uncontested, in this year's race for Garden City Board of Education trustee. She will represent the village's Central section for her three-year term, beginning in July. FULL STORY

A state-of-the-art baseball scoreboard is being planned for the Garden City High School baseball field and it is hopeful that it will display a lot of home team runs! The current scoreboard has been in use for close to 20 years and is showing signs of normal wear. FULL STORY

May is National Tennis Month and to encourage people of all ages to pick up a racquet, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) is serving up a community initiative across America. From coast to coast, community tennis organizations will host "Tennis Block Parties" to encourage people of all ages and abilities to take to the court. FULL STORY