After this week’s blizzard forced state officials to suspend service on the Long Island Rail Road, service has returned to most branches, while the West Hempstead Branch remains under …
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1/27/15
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As of 9 a.m. on Monday morning, the Long Island Railroad is running on time, with all branches reporting good service on the MTA’s weather advisory page. The Nassau Inter-County Express bus line …
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By Brendan Murray
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1/26/15
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I couldn’t have been the only one who loved Nassau County’s ill-fated school-zone speed cameras.
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1/8/15
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There’s long been a rivalry between motorists and cyclists on Long Island. Many, though certainly not all, drivers believe roads are meant exclusively for cars . . .
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9/25/14
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First, a warning and an invitation: This column is a rant. Please join in the diatribe online at www.liherald.com, under Opinions. Thank you.
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9/18/14
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I had been pedaling for an hour and a half when I stopped cold. The view, quite simply, stunned me.
It was 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 22, and I was three-quarters of the way through a bike ride up and down the asphalt path that runs along the Wantagh and Ocean parkways, from Nassau County’s Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to the Town of Oyster Bay’s Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa. The entire ride, from Cedar Creek to Tobay Beach and back, was 17.6 miles.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/29/14
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We don’t have to look very far back in the history books to learn about the damage State Senate Democrats inflicted on Long Island taxpayers during their disastrous two years in the majority in 2009 and 2010.
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7/30/14
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he wouldn’t get involved in the threatened strike by unionized LIRR workers, which may happen on Sunday.
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7/16/14
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After negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island Rail Road’s eight unions “collapsed” on Monday, an LIRR strike that could strand more than …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Michael Ganci
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7/15/14
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Nassau County plans to offer free wireless Internet access and work cubicles in a 20,000-square-foot office in Bethpage’s industrial park if there is a Long Island Rail Road strike on July 20.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/11/14
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