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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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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According to the Nassau County Police Department, a Hicksville man was arrested for a Vehicular Assault that happened last Friday at 7 a.m. in East Meadow. Homicide Squad detectives reported that Daniel Benison, 22, of 47 Woodline Drive E., who was with a 20-year-old female passenger, was traveling southbound on Newbridge Road at Falcon St. in his 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass when he crossed over into the northbound lane and collided with a 2007 Honda Odyssey.
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6/23/11
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To the Editor:
Following a number of significant Long Island Rail Road service disruptions and cancellations caused by Amtrak maintenance recently, I am calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to explore taking over maintenance of the rails in and out of Penn Station and the East River tunnels.
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5/16/11
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The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Task Force is preparing for an “Envirothon,” which is scheduled to take place at the Brookside School on Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick on Saturday, April 30, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/27/11
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If you need a day of self-indulgence and luxury, look no further than the new Red Door Spa by Elizabeth Arden on Merrick Road in Bellmore. The new spa opened its signature red doors last week.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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4/14/11
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The approval of stop signs is often a routine task for the Hempstead Town Board. But one particular proposal this week had an emotional component, especially for the East Meadow School District …
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By Mike Caputo
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3/9/11
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North Jerusalem Road, between Bruce Drive and Cynthia Drive in East Meadow, was closed in both directions for several hours on Wednesday night following a serious motorcycle …
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Mike Caputo
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3/2/11
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Irene Edwards was in her upstairs bedroom on Monday afternoon when she heard an explosion. Edwards, who lives on Blue Spruce Road in Levittown, said her house shook. She thought the worst.
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by Mike Caputo
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3/2/11
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Crews from the East Meadow Fire Department and the Long Island Power Authority worked on downed wires on Newbridge Road, near the intersection of Blue Spruce Road at the East Meadow/Levittown …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/28/11
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