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🌱 Patch AM: A favorite Garden City dining spot just shut its doors for good.
Be sure to catch You're Invited to the Childhood Reset Summit on the Garden City Patch calendar
Hello Garden City! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
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In today's newsletter:
- A favorite Garden City dining spot just shut its doors for good.
- How Garden City's AI-powered operation helped find 37 missing kids
- Garden City police helped close this fatal Freeport hit-and-run case.
Also on today's calendar: You're Invited to the Childhood Reset Summit and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 75 and low of 54 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 72, low: 55.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Restaurant chain closes its only New York location after bankruptcy filing (democratandchronicle.com) — True Food Kitchen has permanently closed its only New York restaurant at Garden City's shopping hub after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, ending the chain's presence in the state. Garden City diners now lose a popular wellness‑focused option as the company shutters 12 locations nationwide and seeks a buyer to stabilize its remaining restaurants elsewhere. 
• AI and facial recognition help find 37 missing children in NY area (pix11.com) — An intensive three-day operation in Garden City brought together law enforcement agencies using facial recognition and AI tools to help locate 37 missing children and teens from Long Island and New York City. Investigators compared online images, including scraped sex ads, to photos of missing youths, with New York State agencies and the National Child Protection Task Force coordinating the effort.
• Babylon Man Pleads Guilty to Fatal Hit-and-Run in Freeport (longisland.com) — Garden City residents should know their local police department helped Nassau prosecutors secure a guilty plea in a fatal March hit‑and‑run in Freeport that killed a 66‑year‑old pedestrian. A Babylon man admitted leaving the scene and tampering with evidence, and now faces a potential state prison sentence when he returns to court in December.
📸 Around Garden City
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Garden City
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★ Featured events ★
- You're Invited to the Childhood Reset Summit →
Hilton Long Island/Huntington, 598 Broadhollow Rd, Melville
5:30 pm - Walk For Epilepsy →
Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Tpke, East Meadow
10:00 am - Broadway's Melissa Errico & The Knights: A Celebration of Regent Roger Tilles →
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd, Greenvale
5:30 pm - Monthly Coffee & Conversation →
Russo Law Group, P.C., 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd, Garden City
9:00 am
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 17
Monday October 19
Tuesday October 27
Want to see your event featured? Click here!
Other local events
- Traffic Commission Meeting →
Garden City, NY Calendar, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City
5:30 pm - Ribbon Cutting - Keta Medical Center
Garden City Chamber of Commerce, 230 7th St, Garden City
5:30 pm - Wine Dinner Experience →
The Red Salt Room by David Burke at The Garden City Hotel, 45 7th Street, Garden City
7:00 pm - Board of Trustees Meeting →
Garden City, NY Calendar, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City
7:30 pm - Haunted Hikes →
Garden City Bird Sanctuary, 182 Tanners Pond Rd, Garden City
6:30 pm - Touro Law Center's Annual Goods and Services Auction →
Touro Law Center, 225 Eastview Dr, Central Islip
5:30 pm - Path To Homeownership →
54-60 E Main St, Patchogue
5:30 pm - Adelphi Breast Cancer Program's Annual Celebration of Survivorship →
Adelphi University, 1 South Ave, Garden City
4:00 pm
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Wednesday October 21
Thursday October 22
📣 Garden City Shout Outs!
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Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Garden City PatchAM possible:
- HearingLife — (516) 824-1195
- Brands Cycle & Fitness — (516) 781-6100
- Sunflower Bake Shop — (516) 486-2253
- Ayur Interventional & Vascular Care — (516) 240-1547
- Long Island Swim School — (516) 378-8467
- Wendel Home Center — (516) 746-0460
- NY Axe Throwing — (631) 237-0050
- HearingLife — (516) 824-1195
- Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi — (516) 506-7659
Click here to show your appreciation! 💚
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hot Topic posted a job opening for Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 1 in Garden City. Apply here.
- Bristal Assisted Living posted a job opening for Porter - Full time -Sunday to Thursday - 2pm to 10pm in Garden City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garden City here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mineola
- Jerry D. Hai, DO Joins OCLI Vision in Lake Success and Mineola (invisionmag.com)
- Mineola High School marching band to perform at 2028 London Parade (newsday.com)
- Mineola commercial building partially collapses (longislandpress.com)
Hempstead
- LI 1-Year-Old Leads 'Baby Of The Year' Group As Voting Deadline Nears (patch.com)
West Hempstead
- Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame welcomes 30 inductees in its Class of 2026 (longislandpress.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: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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