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🌱 Patch AM: What you’ll learn at Garden City’s water and sewer info night

Coming up: You're Invited to the Childhood Reset Summit on the Garden City Patch calendar

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Cheers Garden City! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What you'll learn at Garden City's water and sewer info night
  • How Garden City's Trojans stayed perfect in conference after tough week
  • How NYU Langone's Garden City center shifts school and property taxes.

Also on today's calendar: You're Invited to the Childhood Reset Summit and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A bit of afternoon rain, with a high of 64 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 72, low: 48.
  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 63 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• EAB to host program on village water system (gcnews.com) — Garden City residents can get detailed answers about their drinking water and sewer systems at a village program on Wednesday, October 7 at the Garden City Senior Center. The superintendent of Water & Sewer Services will explain where village water comes from, how it's treated, and ongoing plans to replace aging infrastructure, including potential lead service lines, with time for residents' questions.
   

• Demanding week sees Trojans Boys Soccer go 2-2 (gcnews.com) — Garden City's boys varsity soccer team just wrapped a grueling four-game stretch, going 2–2 but remaining undefeated in conference play at 8–0. Local players delivered dramatic late goals, bounced back from an 8–0 road loss in New Jersey, and closed with a confident shutout win, keeping momentum strong heading into the final four regular-season games.
   

• Long Island hospitals took $4.8 billion in property value off tax rolls, increasing taxpayer burden (newsday.com) — A major NYU Langone outpatient center in Garden City, built in the former Sears on Franklin Avenue, is now fully tax-exempt, shifting roughly $784,000 a year in county, town, village, and school taxes onto other property owners. The article explains how this and similar nonprofit hospital expansions across Long Island are removing billions in property value from tax rolls and prompting debate over whether hospitals should contribute more.
   

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  • Westbury High School Ensures 9/11 Is Never Forgotten With Impactful Speaker —Jake Mendlinger Read on Patch
  • Panera posted a job opening for Catering Coordinator in Garden City. Apply here.
  • Spencer's posted a job opening for Store Manager - Spencer's in Garden City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garden City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mineola

  • A fresh start for East Meadow's Matty Mazello (liherald.com)
  • High school roundup: Soccer, field hockey, volleyball and boys golf (newsday.com)
  • Trading Technologies Acquires TRAFiX, Adding Global Equities and Options to SaaS Stack (crowdfundinsider.com)

West Hempstead

  • West Hempstead students explore careers at Career Jam (liherald.com)
  • East Rockaway, West Hempstead merge varsity football programs (liherald.com)

Freeport

  • 3, Including Teen With Smoke Inhalation, Rescued From Baldwin Fire: Report (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the scarecrow given an award?" — Because he was outstanding in his field! (Thank you Teresa M. for sending it in!)
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