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Spring was a season of frustration for Long Island Rail Road commuters. Two trains derailed in March and April, crippling LIRR service for days. Later in April . . .
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9/14/17
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In politics, talk is cheap, as they say. During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump talked a good game, calling for a $1 trillion national infrastructure program that would modernize the country’s ailing transportation network. So far, nothing.
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7/27/17
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Everybody is against everything everywhere. That seems to be a common theme in Nassau County. Where else can you find people so opposed to . . .
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4/7/17
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority police have identified a man who was struck and killed by an eastbound Long Island Rail Road train on Friday at about 12:45 a.m., according to MTA spokesman Salvatore Arena.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/19/16
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To most of the world, pyramids are synonymous with ancient Egypt, but to fitness buffs it’s the favored form of resistance training.
The name may be foreign to some, but pyramid training has …
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By Brian T. Dessart
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6/15/16
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March is the month we recognize the American Red Cross for all it does, as we have since President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1943: “I request that during that month . . .
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3/3/16
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Service is suspended on the Long Beach, Far Rockaway, West Hempstead and Babylon branches.
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By Vanessa Parker
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2/14/16
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A disabled train in Valley Stream has shut down train service for the entire South Shore of Nassau County.
According to the Long Island Rail Road, service on the Babylon, Long Beach, Far Rockaway …
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By Alex Costello
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2/14/16
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Mepham High School teacher Chris Patten will compete in the world’s oldest annual marathon –– the Boston Marathon –– on April 18. The 36-year-old Boston native will take part along with tens of thousands of other runners, while also raising money for the Red Sox Foundation, the charitable arm of the Boston Red Sox, which funds a variety of philanthropic causes.
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By Daine Taylor
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1/28/16
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Did you know that it takes 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter? Or that people actually suffer from arachibutyrophobia?
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12/10/15
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