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The Long Island Rail Road is suspending weekend service on the Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches April 16 to 19 for restoration work.
No weekend Far Rockaway, Long Beach LIRR service
Beginning on Friday, April 16 at 10:15 p.m. through Monday, April 19 at 3:30 a.m., service 9n both directions on the Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches of the Long Island Rail Road will be suspended for signal cutover in Valley Stream, which is part of restoration work stemming from Hurricane Sandy damage. more
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The Atlantic Beach Bridge now has two lanes for cashless payment.
Atlantic Beach Bridge is testing cashless tolls
The days of rummaging through your car’s glove compartment for loose change while approaching the Atlantic Beach Bridge toll booth could be coming to an end in the near future.  more
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Five Towns Community Center staff and volunteers with some of the items donated through Bails Tefila of Inwood and World of Giving.
Receiving a slice of World of Giving in the Five Towns
If the charity work performed by five people, a religious institution and a community organization was drawn up like a football play it would look something like this. more
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Tropical Storm Isaias's high winds tilted this utility on Central Avenue in Lawrence on Aug. 4.
Aiming to strengthen the Long Island Public Service Commission office
After what is being considered a “woefully inadequate” response to Tropical Storm Isaias by PSEG-Long Island, two state legislators are sponsoring legislation to bolster the oversight capacity of the Long Island Office of the Public Service Commission. more
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s Vice President of behavioral health Terri Coyle was cited for her leadership by the United Hospital Fund.
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital VP Terri Coyle receives excellence award
The United Hospital Fund, a nonprofit organization that advocates for netter health care, gave its Excellence in Health Care Award to Terri Coyle, the vice president of behavioral health for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway. more
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Christa Farmer, a Hofstra University professor, discussed the science behind climate change on Long Island.
GOSR, Hofstra offer coastal sustainability seminars
Hofstra University and the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery are partnering to provide environmental education to Long Island communities through a certification program. more
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The planned drainage improvements in Woodmere. The red triangles are check valve locations. The green dots are storm water treatment devices.
Collecting public opinion on Five Towns projects
Santa Haanraadtz has lived in her home at 110 Bayswater Blvd., in Inwood, for 43 years, and has never seen a storm like Hurricane Sandy. more
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A pumping Station is proposed to be built by Motts Creek in Cedarhurst. The black outline is the planned bulkheading. On the left is the the Five Towns Mini Golf and Batting Range and on the right is Lawrence High School.
Holding back the water
The construction of a pumping station in Cedarhurst to reduce flooding could get under way as early as next May, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. more
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Congress must act to extend flood insurance
Long Islanders can empathize with the victims of Hurricane Dorian, which devastated the Bahamas and left extensive damage in parts of the Carolinas. Nearly seven years after Hurricane Sandy hit, fears of the next Big One are still palpable in communities like . . . more
What’s the deal with the Green New Deal?
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old Democrat from the Bronx, is surely the most dangerous elected official now in office. You know she is because . . . more
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