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It’s time to address safety on the Southern State
For many years, the Southern State Parkway has been known as one of the most dangerous thoroughfares in Nassau County . . . more
State must do more to ensure parkway safety
From the look of the damage sustained by a charter bus after it crashed into the Eagle Avenue Bridge on the Southern State Parkway in early April, the incident should have been a mass tragedy. more
The roof of a tractor-trailer was sliced off when the truck illegally attempted to pass under a low-clearance bridge.
An eagle eye for over-height vehicles
The Eagle Avenue bridge, off exit 18 of the Southern State Parkway, isn’t just any old overpass. With a height of just 7 feet, 7 inches, it has one of the lowest clearances of any bridge on any Long Island parkway, and is struck from beneath by oversized trucks an average of three times a year, according to the New York State Department of Transportation. more
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Teen bicyclist killed crossing Eagle Avenue
A 13-year-old girl was hit by a car and killed while she was riding her bike across Eagle Avenue in West Hempstead Wednesday, cops said. According to detectives, at 3:03 p.m., the girl was … more
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Eagle Ave. Bridge poster boy for crashes
The Eagle Ave. bridge over the Southern State Parkway has become the poster boy for dangerous bridge strikes in New York State. That overpass has been struck 27 times in the recent past by trucks … more
A suit alleges that children bullied a fellow student at BOCES’s Eagle Avenue Middle School in West Hempstead and staff members did nothing to protect him.
Mother sues BOCES for son's bullying
Just weeks after the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services made headlines for announcing plans to vacate the West Hempstead building where it has operated a middle school for nearly … more
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BOCES recently told West Hemsptead school district officials that it will vacate the Eagle Avenue building next summer, taking about $500,000 in revenue with it.
BOCES to vacate W.H. building in 2013
Declining enrollment is forcing Nassau BOCES to terminate its lease with the West Hempstead school district, and as of June 2013 it will vacate the Eagle Avenue building it has occupied and used as a … more
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New gas station, convenience store coming to W.H.
A new gas station and convenience store will soon be in business at the intersection of Hempstead and Eagle avenues, according to Hempstead Town spokeswoman Susan Trenkle-Pokalsky. Although it is … more
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