🌱 Patch AM: How to take the new Girl Scout-designed Garden City history tour

Hello again Garden City! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How to take the new Girl Scout-designed Garden City history tour
• Why Garden City holds a special place in airmail history
• How Garden City students "made their mark" on International Dot Day

Also on today's calendar: Superheroes for Child Care 5K & Kids' Fun Run and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Who's in favor of bringing back Roman Numerals? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy and windy, with a high of 70 and low of 57 degrees.
• Saturday: A little rain; windy, cooler, temps: high: 63, low: 57.
• Sunday: Cloudy, a little rain; windy, with a high of 64 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Tune in to Garden City history (gcnews.com) — Garden City residents can now explore a new self-guided historical walking tour and companion podcast created by local Girl Scouts, starting and ending at the Garden City Historical Society. The route highlights seven village landmarks, with maps, transcripts, and packets available online or at the Historical Society, plus a small prize for those who complete the tour materials.
   

• DAR members tour aviation museum (gcnews.com) — A Garden City-based DAR chapter recently toured the Cradle of Aviation Museum, learning how local sites shaped early flight history. Members were especially proud to see the Village of Garden City recognized as the starting point for the world's first airmail letters, sent to nearby Mineola in 1911.
   

• Garden City celebrates International Dot Day (gcnews.com) — Garden City Public Schools recently marked International Dot Day, using the story "The Dot" to inspire students' creativity and confidence. Classrooms across the district tied reading, writing, art, and music into the celebration, reinforcing a year-round message about courage, self-expression, and making a positive mark on their community.
   

📸 Around Garden City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Garden City

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 25
• Harry Styles →
  Madison Square Garden Box Office, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 26
• Fall Fashion Celebration Saturday →
  Macy's Roosevelt Field, 630 Old Country Rd, Garden City
• Fall Fashion Celebration Saturday | September 26, 2026 (Roosevelt Field) →
  Macy's Roosevelt Field, 630 Old Country Rd, Garden City
• Singles Meet & Match in Ice Cream →
  Roosevelt Field, 630 Old Country Road, Garden City
• Superheroes for Child Care 5K & Kids' Fun Run →
  Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Tpke, East Meadow
  9:00 am
• Sukha Backyard Book Club →
  Sukha Studio, 62 New Hyde Park Road, Garden City
  12:30 pm
Monday September 28
• SSHS: Financial Aid Night (SSHS Auditorium)
  William S. Covert Elementary School Hempstead, NY 11550
  6:30 pm
• America's 250th Book Club Meeting →
  Garden City, NY Calendar, 230 Seventh Street, Garden City
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Sukha Slow Flow →
  Sukha Yoga Studio, 62 New Hyde Park Road, Garden City
  7:15 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Spin & Paint
  Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs at the Meeting Room, 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury
  4:30 pm
• The Truth About GPA, AP Scores, and College Admissions →
  Virtual Event
  7:30 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Seasons 52 Fresh Grill posted a job opening for Line Cook in Garden City. Apply here.
• Saks Fifth Avenue posted a job opening for Merchandising Operations Associate - PT Hours in Garden City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garden City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mineola

• Vincent J. O'Brien (newhavenindependent.org)
• Hacienda Tulum opens in Long Beach (newsday.com)

Hempstead

• Rabies Cases Prompt Nationwide Health Advisory: What Long Island Residents Should Know (patch.com)

West Hempstead

• Word Prompt – ETROG (jewishpress.com)

Ok Garden City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I for 1. (Thank you Bill L. for sending it in!)
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