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 …
more
By Emily Webb
|
2/19/14
|
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.
more
By Brian Racow
|
2/19/14
|
In the midst of a deadlock with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority over a contract for its workers, the Long Island Rail Road’s largest union unanimously voted last week to approve going …
more
By Emily Webb
|
2/11/14
|
State Assemblyman Brian Curran hosted a forum at the Rockville Centre Library on Jan. 30, addressing local concerns about the Long Island Rail Road — primarily the lack of weekend service on …
more
By Emily Webb
|
2/4/14
|
Are we seeing things or are we seeing something? Police are looking for the person or persons who wrote anti-Semitic epithets . . .
more
1/31/14
|
Governor Cuomo announced last week that $886.3 million in federal funding was awarded to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to repair and rebuild infrastructure that was damaged by Hurricane …
more
By Anthony Rifilato
|
1/30/14
|
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday unveiled a $17 billion plan to overhaul the state’s infrastructure in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, focusing on areas like transportation, weather prediction, …
more
By Alexandra Spychalsky
|
1/8/14
|
Buses will replace four trains early Saturday morning on the Long Island Rail Road’s Long Beach Branch between Long Beach and Valley Stream, according to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority travel alert. Those traveling via mass transit between Penn Station and Long Beach from 2:15 to 6 a.m. Saturday should except travel times of up to 33 minutes more than usual.
more
12/13/13
|
Dozens of ghosts, ghouls and goblins of all ages descended on downtown Merrick last Saturday for the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s annual Halloween Parade, co-sponsored by the Merrick Herald Life.
more
By Scott Brinton
|
10/31/13
|
Parking downtown has long been a challenge — but that may soon change.
Rockville Centre is one of four Long Island municipalities that were named winners of the Build a Better Burb: ParkingPLUS …
more
By John Maher
|
10/9/13
|