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Thousands of Long Island Rail Road commuters were left stranded after a switch cable fire in Jamaica disrupted days of rush-hour service. Around the same time, it was announced that the MTA was exploring plans to raise the price of a monthly Metro card to $130.
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Al D'Amato
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9/3/10
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Last week, freshman Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano laid it on the line for county residents. He told us that the county is facing a $286 million deficit, the largest in its history.
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Al D'Amato
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5/6/10
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Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing.
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3/26/10
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Last Saturday's nor'easter, which featured heavy rainfall and tropical-storm-force winds, devastated parts of the Five Towns, toppling hundreds of trees and leaving thousands of residents without power. Many described it as one of the worst natural disaster to ever strike the area.
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Andrew Coen
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3/18/10
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Five Towns Superstorm gallery
[Photo gallery]
Photos by Andrew Vardakis for the Nassau Herald.
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3/15/10
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Saturday’s Nor’easter that featured Tropical Storm force winds wreaked havoc on the Five Towns area with thousands of power outages reported by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and train service suspended on the Far Rockaway branch.
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Andrew Coen
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3/14/10
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A major switch upgrade project near the Valley Stream train station will affect Long Island Rail Road service across the south shore this coming weekend.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/21/09
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