The Metropolitan Transportation Authority officially asked President Barack Obama to appoint a second Presidential Emergency Board on March 5 in resolving its longstanding contract impasse with Long …
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By Emily Webb
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3/6/14
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Negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road unions to avoid a labor strike later this month ended early on Feb. 27 with no resolution, but with new …
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By Emily Webb
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3/4/14
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Young skaters eager to learn more about one of the nation’s most popular winter sports took to the ice at Bellmore’s Newbridge Arena on Sunday, as a new semester of the hockey skills development program began at 5 p.m.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/27/14
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After a dozen members of Congress from New York urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reconsider its contractual demands for a three-year wage freeze on Long Island Rail Road workers, …
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By Emily Webb
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2/25/14
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The Long Island Rail Road announced that it will activate new train schedules on Monday, Feb. 24, including the restoration of two eastbound trains during evening rush on the Babylon branch, which …
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By Emily Webb
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2/24/14
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As motorists pass the intersection of Soma Avenue and Merrick Road in Bellmore, they may notice a construction site near the creek there. That’s because Nassau County crews are repairing the Whaleneck Creek culvert.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/21/14
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A dozen members of Congress from New York, three from Long Island, have urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reconsider its contractual demands for a three-year wage freeze or …
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By Emily Webb
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2/19/14
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As soon as dawn breaks on typical weekday mornings, the race is on for a parking spot in the lot at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station. Within a few hours, the lot is full, and many commuters have missed their chance. That’s the way it’s been for decades in Merrick.
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By Brian Racow
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2/19/14
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Nassau County’s snow plows, salters and sanders were out in force Thursday morning, a county spokesman said, as these vehicles’ operators worked to clear the roadways while thick, wet snowflakes fell rapidly.
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By Brian Racow
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2/13/14
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Are we seeing things or are we seeing something? Police are looking for the person or persons who wrote anti-Semitic epithets . . .
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1/31/14
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