By Anthony Rifilato
Take the train! That’s the message city officials are emphasizing for visitors traveling to Long Beach for the Quiksilver Pro New York competition and festival Sept. 1-15, …
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Anthony Rifilato
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8/24/11
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A Mobil gas station at the corner of Merrick Road and Beach Drive in Merrick has been leaking gasoline and other contaminants into the soil for years, a Herald investigation has revealed.
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By David Weingrad
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8/19/11
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Smoking is now officially prohibited on Long Island Rail Road platforms.
Citing the dangers of secondhand smoke, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law on Monday that forbids commuters from smoking on …
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Lee Landor
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8/17/11
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A Long Beach bound train was delayed on the Long Island Rail Road bridge after a man passed out on the train tracks in Long Beach Wednesday evening, a Long Beach Fire Department official said. …
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Chris Engelhardt
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8/11/11
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As a result of a track modernization project in Mineola, the Long Island Rail Road will undergo service reductions and adjustments throughout the month of August.
One of two main line tracks will …
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8/10/11
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Some 120 feet below the streets of Manhattan, thousands of workers contracted by MTA Capital Construction have been drilling and blasting through bedrock since September 2007 to build a set of Long Island Rail Road tunnels that will eventually connect the Island, including the South Shore, with Grand Central Terminal and the Metro-North Railroad. Tunneling on the Manhattan side of the “East Side Access Project,” as it’s known, is complete, and work on the Queens side, which began in May, is well under way.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/9/11
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A new Associated Supermarket is on its way to Valley Stream. Banners marking the supermarket’s upcoming arrival are already in place at 500 W. Merrick Road, a vacant building that housed Waldbaum’s until three months ago.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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8/3/11
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Long Island Rail Road service has been suspended for the Babylon, Hempstead, Montauk, Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma stations. The Port Washington station is currently experiencing delays.
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8/1/11
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Construction is nearing completion on the 2010-11 road program in Valley Stream, and when work is done, about two miles worth of village roads will have been repaved.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/28/11
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Nearly 46 miles of a total of 53 miles of Rockville Centre roads were rated “average” or better in an evaluation undertaken by an independent engineering consulting firm, according to an executive summary of its report.
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Aaron Axelson
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7/27/11
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