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Easing traffic congestion and increasing accessibility during emergencies are the two main reasons that Legislators Howard Kopel and Phillip Goldfeder are campaigning for the state to complete construction of the Nassau Expressway.

Calling for the immediate overhaul of the Nassau Expressway, County Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence) and State Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) have scheduled a rally at Five Towns Mini Golf & Batting Range, at 570 Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence, on Sunday at 10 a.m. to press their point. more

By Jeff Bessen and Vanessa Parker | 10/1/14

Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department Chief John McHugh thinks that a cement median like the one near Rock Hall Road on the Nassau Expressway, above, is also needed on the roadway by Bay Boulevard.

Send a letter, fix the roadways (possibly)

County Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence) is leading a letter-sending campaign to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an attempt to expand the Nassau Expressway (Route 878) and construct a bypass to relieve traffic congestion on Rockaway Boulevard. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/25/14

Road repair on the Nassau Expressway is planned to be performed in the fall. Above, the intersection at Burnside Avenue on the expressway.

Raring to go for roadway repair

After a severe winter that gouged many huge holes on local roads due to extended frost-and-thaw cycles, the long-neglected Nassau Expressway will receive some relief as the state Department of Transportation plans to perform approximately $6 million worth of repair work to a portion of the roadway in the fall. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/18/14

Five Towns residents will cut the grass and clean up along Route 878.

Keeping Inwood clean

For the second consecutive year, members of the Inwood Civic Association and other volunteers will spend part of their Saturdays from now through Sept. 30 mowing the grass and picking up debris along the Nassau Expressway, between Bayview Avenue and Doughty Boulevard. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/4/14

Two men were injured, one seriously, after two-car wrong way crash in Lawrence on the Nassau Expressway on April 25, closed the roadway for several hours to the Atlantic Beach Bridge.

Police investigate wrong-way two-car crash in Lawrence

Police are investigating a two-car wrong way collision as a man, 55, driving a 2003 Nissan Sentra heading north in the southbound side of the Nassau Expressway (Route 878) crashed into a 2003 Toyota 4-Runner at 2:37 a.m. on April 25. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/25/14

A truck went off the road on the Nassau Expresway north of Burnside Avenue and spilled a portion of its 80-gallon load of oil.

Out of control truck spills oil on Nassau Expressway

A tractor trailer truck with a 80-gallon tank of oil went off the Nassau Expressway a quarter-mile north of Burnside Avenue and skidded up on the guardrail for 60 feet and spilled some of its load at 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 19, said Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Chief John McHugh. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/19/13

Five Towns residents got an opportunity to give their opinions on what projects are important to them at the Community Reconstruction committee meeting. At left Town of Hempstead Senior Plan Examiner Rebecca Furst and state planner Frank Fish, center, spoke with community members.

Repairing the Five Towns

With $27.6 million in funding for projects that could help mitigate future damage from storms such as Hurricane Sandy at stake, residents, especially from Meadowmere Park, made their case for what is needed at public meeting No. 1 of the Five Towns Community Reconstruction program committee on Oct. 17. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/23/13

Three people were injured and one woman had to be extricated from a vehicle after a two-car crash in Lawrence.

Nassau Expressway car crash injures three

Two women and one man were injured in a two-car crash at the intersection of Nassau Expressway and Bay Boulevard in Lawrence at 3 p.m. on Sept. 15, according to Lawrence-Cedarhurst Chief John McHugh. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/17/13

Inwood residents and landscaping business owners in Inwood mowed the grass and cleaned up the shoulder areas of the Nassau Expressway.

Cleaning up the Nassau Expressway

Nearly three months ago, after hearing non-stop complaints from residents about the overgrown grass and debris on the Nassau Expressway, which runs through Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence to the Atlantic Beach Bridge, Inwood resident Pete Sobol decided to bring volunteers together to mow the grass and clean up the roadway. more

By Ann Friedman | 7/31/13

Five Towns Crime Watch

Arrests INWOOD- Erick Pelaez, 27, of N. Lawrence and Sergio Acosta, 18, of Inwood were arrested for attempted murder for an incident that occurred at Carisma Restaurant, located at 199 Mott Ave. in Lawrence, on Feb. 23 at 4:18 a.m. more

6/26/13

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