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the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and eight LIRR unions were set to return to the bargaining table once again this week to discuss contract negotiations.

With less than two weeks to go before a potentially crippling Long Island Rail Road strike, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and eight LIRR unions were set to return to the bargaining table once again this week to discuss contract negotiations. The National Mediation Board, a three-member, quasi-governmental agency, scheduled a meeting between the MTA and union officials on Tuesday in Manhattan. more

By Stapha Charleme | 7/9/14

The MTA proposes to bus all LIRR commuters into the city from Nassau Community College and six train stations, including Bellmore, in the event of a strike.

Bellmore-Merrick braces for possible LIRR strike

With a Long Island Rail Road strike looming, Bellmore-Merrick residents and business owners are preparing for the distinct possibility that tens of thousands of commuters might be bused from the … more

By Julie Mansmann | 7/2/14

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at microphone, stopped at the Bellmore train station on Tuesday and criticized an MTA/LIRR plan to bus commuters into New York City in the event of an LIRR strike in July. She was joined here by Councilwoman Angie Cullin, lower left, Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad, Councilman Gary Hudes, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby and Councilman James Darcy.

Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray lambastes LIRR

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray came to the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Tuesday to call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rethink a plan to bus train commuters … more

By Scott Brinton | 6/25/14

Police officers Tuesday searched the Merrick train station platform with the aid of a police dog. They removed a "suspicious package" from the station, according to a Long Island Rail Road spokesman. Three trains were delayed while the police conducted their search.

‘Suspicious package’ found at Merrick train station

Police removed a “suspicious package" that someone found on Tuesday afternoon at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station, according to LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena. He said he knew nothing further about what the package contained. more

By Brian Racow | 6/19/14

MTA officials and LIRR Unions have not settled their dispute.

Possible LIRR strike nears as MTA and Unions continue contract deadlock

There are six weeks remaining in the current LIRR contract deadline before railroad laborers may go on strike. According to officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the LIRR … more

By Stapha Charleme | 6/18/14

Ex-fire dep't leader sentenced to three years in LIRR fraud case

Michael Costanza, 60, of North Merrick, a retired Long Island Rail Road transportation manager and former North Merrick Fire Department commissioner, was sentenced Tuesday to a three-year term in federal prison for making fraudulent disability claims and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in undeserved government benefits. more

By Brian Racow | 6/4/14

Service was suspended on four branches of the LIRR on Tuesday afternoon.

LIRR service restored on Long Beach, Far Rockaway and West Hempstead branches

The LIRR announced at about 3:15 p.m. that service was suspended on the Long Beach, Babylon, Far Rockaway and West Hempstead branches due to signal trouble at Valley Stream. It announced that service was restored at about 4 p.m. but that delays will continue. more

5/20/14

Permit parking at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station will officially begin Tuesday, April 1. Permits cost $3.

LIRR lot parking permits on sale Tuesday morning in Bellmore

Permit parking at the Merrick Long Island Railroad station will officially begin Tuesday, April 1 ... more

3/24/14

A federal judge sentenced Robert Ellensohn, former chairman of the North Merrick Fire Department’s Board of Commissioners, to two months’ home confinement and three years’ probation for defrauding the government of $337,000 in nine years. The judge also ordered him to repay the money.

Ex-fire commish avoids jail for $337,000 disability fraud

Robert Ellensohn’s decision to pretend that he had become disabled working for the Long Island Rail Road and retire on a disability pension was an “aberrant” mistake in the life of an otherwise exemplary man, Ellensohn’s lawyer, David Jacobs, told a federal judge last Friday as the judge prepared to sentence Ellensohn for multiple felonies. more

Brian Racow | 3/12/14

A 19-year-old female passenger was ejected from this 2004 Honda when it and a 2006 Hyundai collided Monday evening at Hewlett Avenue and Sunrise Highway in Merrick, according to police. They said she was in critical condition on Monday night at a local hospital.

Police: Sunrise crash leaves 19-year-old woman in critical condition

A rush-hour car crash on Sunrise Highway near the Merrick LIRR station left a young woman in critical condition on Monday, Nassau County police reported. more

2/18/14

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